Kamisha Ford
You may be doing well in many areas of your life and still feel stuck when it comes to relationships, trust, sex, or the experiences you haven’t quite been able to move past. I’m Kamisha Ford, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Sex Therapist specializing in sex, intimacy, and relational trauma with women. I work with women navigating anxiety, betrayal and infidelity, attachment wounds, difficult or emotionally harmful relationships, sexual concerns, and past experiences that continue to affect how they feel about themselves and show up in relationships.
Many of my clients are thoughtful, high-achieving people who feel capable in many areas of life but find relationships confusing or emotionally draining.
Sometimes the issue is clear. You know what happened and why it hurt, but knowing hasn’t changed how you feel. Other times, you may notice the same patterns showing up in different relationships, difficulty trusting yourself or others, feeling disconnected from your body or sexuality, or wondering why something from the past still has so much power in the present. My style is warm, curious, collaborative, and direct. I’m not a blank-slate therapist, and therapy with me isn’t just about talking about what happened. We’ll get curious about the patterns, understand where they came from, and work toward changing what is no longer serving you. Depending on what you need, our work may include EMDR, attachment-based and relational therapy, sex therapy, and other approaches tailored to you. The goal isn’t to become a different person. It’s to help you feel more connected to yourself, more secure in your relationships, and more able to make choices that reflect the life you want now.
First session
Starting therapy can feel intimidating, especially when you’re trying to figure out if a therapist is the right fit. During our first session, we’ll spend time getting to know you, understanding what’s bringing you to therapy, and talking about what you would like to be different. You don’t need to have everything figured out before we meet. I’ll ask questions to better understand your experiences, relationships, current concerns, and some of the patterns you may already be noticing. We’ll also begin talking about how I understand what you’re experiencing and what our work together might look like. If EMDR is appropriate, I’ll explain how the process works, answer your questions, and help you understand what to expect. EMDR isn’t something we rush into. We’ll make sure you have the skills and support needed to feel grounded and prepared before beginning trauma processing. My goal is for you to leave the first session feeling heard, supported, and with a clearer sense of what we’re working on and where we go from here.
Strengths
I’m warm and supportive, but I’m not a therapist who will simply sit quietly and agree with everything you say. I’ll ask questions, notice patterns, offer another perspective, and gently challenge you when I think there’s something worth looking at more closely. Both my professional and life experiences have taught me that there is usually more happening beneath the surface of a situation. I’m interested in the context, not just the content. That means we may explore not only what happened, but what it meant to you, what it brought up, how you responded, where that response may have come from, and whether it still works for the person you are today. I bring curiosity, humor, honesty, and a lot of nuance into the therapy room. I don’t believe everything fits neatly into a box. I’m comfortable sitting with the complicated parts while also helping you move toward change. With more than 15 years of clinical experience, I draw from EMDR, attachment-based and relational approaches, sex therapy, and other evidence-informed practices. I also don’t believe therapy should feel like a technique being done to you. We’ll talk, think, question, connect some dots, and sometimes challenge what you’ve always assumed to be true. You can expect me to hold space for you, but you can also expect me to use it.
Ideal clients
I work best with women who are ready to understand themselves more deeply and explore how past experiences may still be shaping their lives today. You may be navigating anxiety, trauma, betrayal, changes in a relationship, concerns related to sex or intimacy, or patterns that keep showing up even when you know you want something different. You don’t need to come to therapy with all the answers, but you do need to be willing to get curious. My ideal client is open to exploring her story, examining patterns, considering different perspectives, and taking an active role in the work we do together. Therapy with me is collaborative, and regular weekly sessions allow us to build momentum and go beyond simply managing whatever happened that week. Ultimately, the women I work with aren’t looking only for symptom relief. They want to understand themselves differently, make more intentional choices, feel more secure in who they are, and create healthier relationships with themselves, their bodies, and the people they choose to have in their lives.
Treatment methods
Sex Therapy
As an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, I help women address concerns related to desire, intimacy, sexual functioning, painful sex, pleasure, and the impact of betrayal or trauma on sexual and relational well-being. We’ll explore the emotional, relational, biological, psychological, and cultural factors that may be contributing to your concerns. When appropriate, I may integrate EMDR to address distressing experiences affecting sexual or relational functioning.
EMDR
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an evidence-based therapy used to process distressing memories and experiences that continue to affect you in the present. We may work with specific memories or events, along with the thoughts, emotions, and body sensations connected to them. I use EMDR with women experiencing trauma, anxiety, betrayal, emotionally harmful relationships, difficult childhood experiences, and other adverse life events. We’ll also build the skills and resources needed to support you throughout the process.
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In-person sessions4684 Ontario Mills Pkwy, Ontario, CA 91764
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