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Ashwini Gupta

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Ashwini Gupta, LMFT

California

LMFT - Relationships and Parenting Support

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About

  • ACT methods
  • Attachment focus
  • CBT techniques

About Ashwini

Ashwini Gupta is an LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) with 20 years of clinical experience based in California. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, career changes, and addiction-related issues. She also helps people dealing with ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, and compassion fatigue. Sessions may also address family of origin problems, communication difficulties, and caregiver stress.

Ashwini uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), attachment-based ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, client-centered methods, and existential perspectives in her work. She explains things plainly and focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions. Conversations often include values clarification, behavioral experiments, and mindful noticing to reduce reactivity and increase flexible responses.

Her background includes long-term work with adults navigating life transitions and relationship strain. She brings multiple ways of thinking about problems, from behavioral strategies to attachment patterns and questions about meaning. This range lets her match practical tools to personal concerns like intimacy worries or parenting stress.

Sessions are conducted in English and also in Hindi and Tamil for those who prefer those languages. She accepts international clients. Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session through the online options.

Clients can expect straightforward collaboration focused on daily behavior, communication skills, and clearer personal values. The work is meant to help people manage symptoms and make choices that fit their priorities, whether that means improving relationships, coping with loss, or finding steadiness during change.

How sessions work

How her approaches are used in online sessions

Ashwini often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and then act in line with what matters to them. ACT focuses on values and small actions, which can help with parenting stress, relationship choices, or coping with anxiety.

She also brings attachment-based perspectives to understand how early relationship patterns shape current reactions. That approach is useful for talking through communication problems, intimacy worries, and recurring relationship dynamics.

Finding the right method is part of the work together. She will discuss goals and preferences and then recommend practical techniques from ACT, attachment ideas, CBT or client-centered listening. The plan is collaborative and can change as needs evolve.

Confirm the exact session formats when you book, as the biography does not list specific delivery methods. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, values work, and communication practice to work well over distance so therapy fits day-to-day life.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemBipolar disorderDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismPersonality disordersPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveSexualityWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

20+ years

Listed in

California, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Nevada

Languages

English, Hindi, Tamil

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, and related areas such as ADHD, bipolar, and addiction.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based ideas, client-centered approaches, CBT, and existential thinking to offer practical steps, values work, and attention to relationship patterns.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Ashwini has 20 years of experience working with adults on life transitions, relationship strain, and emotional challenges.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is an LMFT licensed in Nevada and Vermont and practices from California.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English, Hindi, and Tamil.

Can I work with her from outside the United States?

She accepts international clients; confirm scheduling and any regional considerations when you book.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin a first session?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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