she/her
Cassandra WellsLMFT
Location
Virtual, California
Insurance Accepted
Anthem Blue Cross Of CA, Aetna, Health Net/MHN, Cigna/Evernorth, Blue Shield of California
Communication Style
Action-oriented, Affirming, Authentic, Energetic, Exploratory
Focus areas
Anger Issues, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Body Image, Burnout, Couples Therapy, Cultural Issues/Racial Stress, Depression, Eating Disorders, Family Conflict, Family Therapy, Grief, Life Transitions, Premarital Counseling, Relationship Concerns, Self-Harm, Stress, Trauma, Women's Issues, Workplace Stress
Experienced with
BIPOC, Black community, Parents, Students
Years of Experience
3+
I am very energetic, positive, and down to earth while also being mindful to match my client’s energy and personality.
License number
#128174
Therapy style
I am a Black therapist with about 10 years of experience working with a wide breadth of clients from various cultural backgrounds and diversities. My specialties include working with the severely mentally ill and adults of all ages with a focus on anxiety, depression, grief work, college counseling, couples, families, and eating disorders.
My clinical experience began when I started working for a smoking cessation helpline that used Motivational Interviewing to engage our clients. From my experience, I sought out more training and obtained my master’s in counseling psychology and gained more experience working at a residential program for the severely mentally ill. After completing my program, I moved back home and started to work for an organization that helped children and families through community-based therapy and gained immense experience working with kids and their families.
I primarily work from a Cognitive Behavioral background looking at how your thoughts can influence your feelings and behaviors and developing coping skills to manage thoughts and better regulate feelings.
My main goal in therapy is to meet the client where they are at and provide treatment and support based on the goals and needs of the client. I am very energetic, positive, and down to earth while also being mindful to match my client’s energy and personality. I am a strong believer in creating a stable and therapeutic connection with my clients so as to build trust in the therapeutic relationship.
Approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic
- Solution-focused
Languages Spoken
English
Education
MA - Psychology, Argosy University
PsyD - Alliant International University San Francisco
Interests
Prison reform, increasing mental health awareness, and integrating fashion and mental health.