Hello I’m Sakthi Ramesh, MA, AMFT

(pronounced suk-Thee Ruh-mesh)
Depth therapist | Poetic Philosopher | Rooted in 2 Cultures

I'm so glad you're here, welcome!

As a brown individual who has long straddled the complex art of living between two worlds, I know what it’s like to hide parts of yourself to belong. To shrink or shapeshift to fit one place over the other. I also know the deep pressure to be high-achieving, put-together, and perfect.

Maybe you’ve done everything “right”—the career, the relationships, the family expectations; yet something deeper still aches. A quiet voice within longs to be heard. If you feel caught between who you’ve been told to be and who you truly are, you’re not alone.

Navigating a bicultural identity isn’t easy. Especially when our families are deeply rooted in one culture, while our daily lives unfold in another. There’s no rulebook for how to stay devoted to our heritage while adapting to the demands of assimilation. Somehow, many of us learned to walk a tightrope, striving to be perfect in both our cultural roots and the dominant world around us. It can feel like there’s no space to be fully, authentically yourself without risking how you’ll be accepted.

You may have taken the courageous leap to choose your authentic self, only to find it straining your connection with your family of origin or loved ones abroad. The pull between honoring your truth and preserving cultural bonds can feel like a painful tug-of-war. There’s often a quiet anguish in choosing what feels right for you while fearing it may disappoint those you love. The tension between what you deeply desire and what is deemed acceptable in your cultural identity can feel unbearable. You may long to make everyone happy, including the parts of you that have been silenced, yet feel caught in a cycle of guilt, grief, and invisibility. Or perhaps you’ve begun to risk alienation from everything familiar in order to choose yourself, but the heavy weight of choosing to walk a new, unknown path, beyond your roots still lingers. 

As an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, I specialize in working with brown (BIPOC), Millennial individuals and couples navigating identity, cultural pressures, intergenerational pain, and the quiet grief of self-abandonment. Many of my clients are high-achieving, emotionally insightful, and yearning for a life that feels more authentic, embodied, and alive.

My approach is warm, depth-oriented, and relational. I draw from psychodynamic and psychoanalytic traditions, while honoring the body, spirit, and ancestral storylines that live in us. Together, we create a space to explore what’s been silenced—your anger, tenderness, desires, and truth—and allow your story to unfold in its full complexity and power.

Many people come to therapy feeling unseen or unheard. In our work, clients often discover a space where they feel gently held and met. Whether you’re wrestling with anxiety, relationship patterns, cultural dissonance, or just a sense that something essential is missing, I’m here to walk beside you.

This isn’t about fixing you. It’s about remembering who you are.
Not as a diagnosis, but as a myth waiting to be lived.

If you feel drawn to this work, I invite you to reach out.
Let’s begin the journey.

Warmly,
Sakthi Ramesh, AMFT #155011
Supervised by Dr. Mickey Wilson, # 49203