DD Aspiras, LMFT - California Therapist at Grow Therapy

DD Aspiras

DD Aspiras

(she/her)

LMFT
8 years of experience
Warm
Authentic
Empowering
Virtual

Are you struggling with what's on your plate, whether you are doing "what you are supposed to be doing," or feeling like an imposter at times? Are you transitioning into a new phase, or ready to do something different? Are you feeling urgency to finally do the inner work so you can live in alignment with your innermost desires and values? If so, I look forward to connecting with you. I can help you process and move through what’s holding you back right now from flourishing. Let’s work together to manage anxiety, low self esteem, depression, and avoid burnout. Together, we can identify what's not working, help you find more clarity, and figure out what will serve you. Seeking therapy can feel scary but you are making the right choice. Give yourself permission to take this time for yourself. You deserve a space to heal and grow. In our sessions together, I'll meet you with compassion and evidence-based techniques so you can overcome the challenges that have brought you here. Let's work together! I use a variety of therapy styles and tailor my approach to your needs. Mindfulness, connecting to creativity, and a culturally informed social-justice lens also inform my practice and are important to me. I often assign homework between sessions. These might look like exercises or activities to engage in, or prompts to consider and reflect upon. I want for you to feel heard, understood, and validated. At the same time, know that I will challenge you when it is appropriate, and encourage you to experiment with doing things differently than you may have done before. Relief and healing is possible, change and flourishing is possible, but not without effort on your part. Therapy is about getting the support you need, while learning ways to cope, recover, grow, and thrive.

What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?

In our first session, we'll start with brief introductions, and then I'll ask you many questions to learn more about you, what brings you here now, and explore what you are looking for in therapy.

Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.

I use a variety of therapeutic approaches tailored to meet your unique needs. **Currently only accepting individual clients 18+ years old. Not currently offering couples therapy.** Since this provider only provides remote/virtual sessions, individuals with more serious mental illness, high acuity, and severe trauma-related issues are not a good fit for this practice, where local, comprehensive, wraparound treatment services would be more clinically appropriate.

About DD Aspiras

Licensed in

Appointments

Free consults, virtual

My treatment methods

Compassion Focused

I integrate a compassion focused approach that aims to help those with issues related to persistent shame, self-criticism, and an inability to view one’s self and one’s behaviors kindly and compassionately.

Solution Focused Brief Treatment

My therapy style integrates SFBT, a short-term goal-focused evidence-based therapeutic approach, which incorporates positive psychology principles and practices, and which helps clients change by constructing solutions rather than focusing on problems. It is strengths-based, future-oriented, and can be effective for kick-starting and sustaining desired behavioral change.

Culturally Sensitive Therapy

I understand that the systems we live and function in generally do not prioritize equity, health, and wholeness. Our contexts are not neutral, and I will not neglect naming how this may play a role in the challenges you are experiencing. I practice therapy with an intersectional culturally-informed social justice lens.