Holistic therapy in South Orange County for women and teens
In-person in San Clemente · Online throughout California
Quieting the noise, coming home to yourself.
The world is so loud. You've probably already scrolled past a dozen reels, half-read a news alert before panic-closing the browser, and ChatGPT'd something that's been really gnawing at you… and it's not even noon. If you're someone who feels it all, the world can start to seem like the volume never goes down.
Maybe you drive around with the same thoughts on loop, wishing your mind would let you just be for a second. Maybe there's a fog you can't shake, a pit in your stomach, or a longing for something more that you haven't quite been able to name. You're not just looking for relief. You're longing for something real. Deeper connections. A life that feels alive from the inside. To feel like yourself again.
That's my specialty.
This is a space to slow down and listen. We dim the lights, light the candles, and make room for all of those things in your mind and heart: the hard stuff, the murky stuff, the stuff you haven't even said out loud yet.
Here you can expect a healthy dose of existential soul-searching, zero toxic positivity, and someone on the other side of the room who is genuinely, wholeheartedly glad to see you and proud of you for showing up. I tend to be barefoot and in comfy pants, so there is no having-it-together required. If any of this is landing, I think you're exactly where you need to be.
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Where we can begin…
Therapy for Anxiety
For the ones who feel everything deeply — and whose minds don't easily let go. If life has started to feel like the volume is permanently turned up, there's a quieter place waiting for you.
Therapy for OCD
When your mind gets stuck in loops that feel impossible to escape, it can be exhausting just to get through the day. You don't have to keep white-knuckling it alone. There is a different way.
EMDR & Trauma Therapy
Trauma has a way of living in the body long after the story has been told. EMDR is one of the most powerful tools I use to help you finally put it down.
Therapy for Teens
Adolescence is a lot. For sensitive, big-feeling teens who are trying to figure out who they are in a loud world, therapy can be the one place that's just for them.
Religious Trauma and Deconstruction Support
Leaving a faith — or having it leave you — can shake everything you thought you knew about yourself. This is a space without judgment, where you can grieve, question, and slowly find your way back to yourself.
Therapy for Women
So many women I work with have spent years tending to everyone else. Therapy is the space that's entirely yours — to slow down, turn inward, and remember what it feels like to actually hear yourself.
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Meet Ashley
Tending What is Sacred.
My care for this work is not only professional. It is deeply personal. Through my own soul journey, and with the support of my own therapy, I have experienced what it means to slowly reconnect with myself, even in seasons of anxiety, overwhelm, and darkness. That experience shapes how I show up: with compassion, patience, and deep respect for the courage it takes to turn inward.
My background in depth psychology emphasized that therapists must be willing to do their own inner work too, and that we are never fully done with that work in our own lives. Because of that, I do not approach therapy as someone who has it all figured out, but as someone who knows how meaningful, and how challenging, this process can be. This work feels sacred to me. It is a true honor to walk alongside my clients as they do this brave and important work. My graduate program’s motto, tending the soul in and of the world, still shapes the way I hold therapy: as deeply personal work that also ripples outward into the way we love, relate, and live.
My work is…
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My work is… ✨
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Research suggests that the most powerful indicator of good, effective therapy is the quality of the relationship between you and your therapist. Similar to dating, it can sometimes take a few tries with different therapists to find who you really click with, so don’t give up hope! I work relationally, with deep care for you and how you feel about the work we do together. It is my greatest hope that you feel cared for and accepted, while also feeling challenged to grow into even more fullness of who you are.
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For those who carry trauma as a part of their story, coping can be a significant ongoing challenge, and it is especially important that the therapy space feels safe and secure. Trauma work is often a slow process. We move at your pace, gently strengthening a sense of resiliency and empowerment with tools and exercises that can be used every day. I also provide EMDR therapy, which comes along with a lot of preparation using these regulating tools before diving in. -
Rooted in the work of Carl Jung, depth psychotherapy looks at the deeper causes of suffering and struggles, especially those we might not be aware of. This approach explores dreams, myths, symbols, metaphors, and even spiritual experiences to connect with psyche (the Greek word for soul). By paying close attention to these elements and reflecting on what they might be speaking to us, we can more deeply understand ourselves and find greater meaning in our lives.
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The quality of our relationships is one of the most important elements of our mental wellbeing. Struggles in relationships are often rooted in our early attachment patterns to caregivers, which shapes how we interact with others throughout our lives. I help my clients focus on building secure and satisfying relationships by exploring childhood attachments and their impact on current emotional and relational patterns, and fostering new and healthier ways of connecting with others.
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