About Ashwini
Ashwini Gupta is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 20 years of clinical experience. She blends evidence-based talk therapies with a calm, present approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship or intimacy concerns. Sessions are direct and practical, aimed at helping people make changes that match their values and daily life.
She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice painful thoughts and still move toward meaningful goals.
How Ashwini works
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify patterns that keep problems alive and to test new ways of thinking and acting. Attachment-focused ideas help with long-standing communication and closeness problems. Ashwini works with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, parenting and fatherhood issues, and career or life transitions.
She also addresses ADHD, bipolar disorder, anger, low self-esteem, and challenges around intimacy and commitment. Her practice includes help for people navigating family of origin issues, codependency, and caregiver stress. She offers sessions in English, Hindi, and Tamil and accepts international clients.
Ashwini holds a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist credential in Nevada and Vermont and practices from California. Her style is warm and grounded, with step-by-step guidance and practical tools clients can use between sessions. People typically start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits their needs.
Sessions are delivered in several online formats so work and therapy can fit together more easily.
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What Ashwini works with
The areas below are the ones Ashwini selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English, Hindi, Tamil |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How evidence-based approaches translate to online therapy
Ashwini uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then choose actions that match what matters to them. ACT can help with anxiety, depression, and life changes by focusing on values and small, doable steps. She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to understand how past relationship patterns affect current communication and intimacy. This approach supports people working on connection, commitment issues, and family of origin concerns.The best approach is often a mix. Ashwini will work with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals and preferences. That collaboration includes checking what feels useful and adjusting strategies over time so therapy stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and teachable moments, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, chat can be used for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help people keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and other responsibilities.
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