Virtual therapy sessions for California residents

Ashleigh Sorenson, LMFT #88863 -- Providing virtual therapy sessions to California residents and professional consultation to other helpers.

Trauma-informed, somatic, and neuroaffirming therapy.

Hi, I’m Ashleigh. I’m a licensed psychotherapist and consultant in California.

You’ve stumbled upon my page and my hope is that you learn a bit about my approaches to therapy, you find a helpful resource, or a part of you feels validated or less alone as you scroll through.

Maybe this is your first time seeking out therapy support. Maybe you’ve worked with all different kinds of therapists and haven’t felt truly understood. Maybe you’re just needing something different in this season of life. Maybe someone else told you that “you should talk to someone”.

Whatever your reason, I’m glad you’re here. If you think we might be a good fit in working together, contact me to set up a free 15-minute consultation call so we can discuss your needs and goals and how I might be able to help.

Who I get to work with:

My clients are creative in a variety of ways, sensitive, have a deep sense of justice, and have moved through life often feeling alone, misunderstood, and othered. They are curious about their inner lives, want to understand themselves, others and the world, and have come to a point where old ways of surviving just aren’t working for them anymore. They desire — and deserve — more.

People usually reach out to me because they are struggling with symptoms of anxiety, depression, or post traumatic stress. Fast heart rate, trouble sleeping, challenges with initiating or completing tasks, challenges with slowing down and being present, difficulties with relationships and work, feeling guilty for wanting to understand their challenging childhoods, feeling lost, and feeling overwhelmed by the world. They want to feel more empowered and find more meaning in their lives.

They are often curious about how these symptoms manifest not just in their emotional world, but in their physical bodies, physiology, and nervous systems. We work together on building not just more emotional awareness, but somatic awareness as well.

Does any of this resonate for you? If so, we might be a great fit!

Along the way, as their stories unfold and parts of themselves start feeling safer, we learn and sort out together what has been effected by childhood and adolescent traumatic or challenging experiences, how their brain structure and sensory systems may be impacted by living in a neurotypical world, and how misogyny, racism, homophobia, transphobia, classism, and other oppressive systems have impacted themselves and their families over generations. You can read more about my approaches to therapy here.

For those interested in Autism and ADHD assessments, I will be offering these services beginning January 2025 to new clients. Please fill out the contact form if you are interested in more information and to be added to my waitlist.

Specialties

  • Complex trauma

  • Inner Child Work

  • Anxiety and depression

  • Exploration of sensory needs

  • Millenials and Gen Xers

  • Neurodiversity — ADHD and Autism

  • Highly Sensitive People

  • Attachment

  • Therapists in therapy

  • People-pleasers

  • Perfectionists

  • Finding purpose and meaning-making

Services

Individual Therapy

Psychotherapy for adults. Relational, down-to-earth, and tailored sessions to support you and your goals.


Professional Consultation

Consultation services for other helping professionals looking to deepen their understanding of trauma-informed care, somatic practices, and affirming care.


ADHD + Autism Assessments

Available beginning January 2025!