About Ashanti
Ashanti Palatnik is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in New York. She focuses on practical strategies for stress, anxiety, depression, and struggles with self-esteem. Her style is direct and compassionate and aimed at helping people make useful changes.
Ashanti uses several evidence-informed approaches to address relationship concerns, addiction, grief, and trauma. She helps people untangle attachment issues and patterns that show up in close relationships. She also works with people who face impulsivity, dissociation, or problems tied to family of origin and blended family dynamics.
How Ashanti works
Sessions include clear goals and steps people can try between meetings. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thoughts and dialectical behavior tools to teach emotional regulation and distress tolerance. Motivational interviewing is used when substance use or other change-resistant habits are involved.
Ashanti brings seven years of clinical experience to her work. She combines a multicultural, intersectional perspective with practical coaching to help people move toward the life they want. Conversations are aimed at understanding patterns and building skills rather than only retelling painful events.
Her focus areas also include intimacy-related issues, body image, codependency, forgiveness, and coping with life changes. People who want clear steps, consistent feedback, and collaborative planning may find her approach helpful.
Ashanti lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Ashanti works with
The areas below are the ones Ashanti selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How attachment work and skills-based therapy translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy helps people recognize how early relationship patterns affect current connections and emotional responses. It focuses on identifying repeating patterns and trying new ways of relating to feel safer and more connected in relationships.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and habits. It is useful for anxiety, depression, body image concerns, and many everyday struggles.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness to reduce impulsivity and manage intense feelings. It can be helpful for people dealing with impulsivity, mood challenges, or self-destructive patterns.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try strategies, and adjust the plan based on what feels most useful. That way the work matches each person's needs and preferences rather than fitting a one-size-fits-all method.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be a quick check-in or fit into a busy day, and live chat or text-based messaging can support shorter updates or momentary coaching. These options make it easier to keep continuity, practice skills between sessions, and fit therapy into a real-life schedule.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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