Ashwini Gupta, LMFT
Narrative-focused therapist with a practical approach
Details
| Name | Ashwini Gupta |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LMFT |
| Based in | California |
| Licensed in | California, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Nevada |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English, Hindi, Tamil |
| Years in practice | 20 |
About Ashwini
Ashwini Gupta is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 20 years of clinical experience. She blends narrative-informed work with practical therapies to help people facing anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, and life transitions. Ashwini offers a calm, respectful presence in sessions and speaks English, Hindi, and Tamil.
She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people act in line with their values even when emotions feel overwhelming. Narrative approaches are used to help clients reframe difficult stories and notice other ways of understanding their lives.
Background and approach
Attachment-informed ideas guide work around intimacy, abandonment, and communication patterns. Ashwini has worked with a wide range of concerns including relationship and intimacy issues, career stress, parenting strains, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses specific focuses such as ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, body image, codependency, and fertility-related stress.
This experience shapes how she tailors sessions to each person’s situation. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Clients can expect to name a few practical steps, try new ways of noticing thoughts and feelings, and experiment with different relationship habits between meetings.
The therapist aims to make techniques clear and doable for daily life. She provides services remotely for people in California and accepts international clients by arrangement. Costs vary with location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Language options include English, Hindi, and Tamil.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Intimacy-related issues among the things Ashwini works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Ashwini among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Ashwini among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Ashwini among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Ashwini among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Ashwini among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Ashwini among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Ashwini among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Ashwini among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Ashwini among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Ashwini directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Ashwini directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and ACT work online
Online sessions often draw on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people move toward what matters to them. ACT focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck and choosing small, values-driven actions that build a different kind of life. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with big changes.Narrative-informed work helps people separate themselves from problem stories and try out new ways of describing difficult events. That approach is especially helpful for relationship tensions, identity questions, grief, and patterns that keep repeating. Attachment-informed ideas are sometimes used to look at how early relationships shape current connection and communication habits.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, test methods, and adjust what they do based on what feels useful. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques to keep using and which to change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversational work, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people fit therapy into busy lives.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, trauma, and relationship or intimacy issues. Additional focuses include parenting strain, career stress, body image, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style blends narrative thinking with practical methods like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-informed work. Sessions are conversational, gentle, and focused on clear next steps.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 20 years of experience working with people through life changes, mood challenges, and relationship problems. That background informs how she shapes goals and interventions.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT - and practices from California with NV LMFT and VT LMFT credential designations listed.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, Hindi, and Tamil. She also accepts international clients when scheduling allows.
What session formats are available?
People can meet by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits their needs. Formats can be mixed to suit scheduling and communication preferences.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and is managed through a subscription model. The subscription can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability. Those steps begin the intake and matching process.
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