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I work with 2nd Gen, brown (BIPOC) individuals and couples. I offer a warm approach where you can feel seen and held in our work. I help shine a light on what’s been silenced, with care, warmth, and soulful insight.

I know beginning therapy can be a daunting task, to make things easier, I offer a free 15 minute phone call to get to know each other.

Our services

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Individual Counseling

A space for second-gen brown (BIPOC) millennials, to unearth what's buried—cultural shame, emotional numbness, burnout—and come home to yourself. Together we’re explore the layers: cultural, ancestral, emotional that shape who you are and who you’re becoming.

50 mins |  $190  

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Couples Counseling

For bicultural and interracial couples wanting to feel seen, heard, and held—whether you're navigating family pressures, miscommunication, or growing apart. We’ll work toward deeper connection, curiosity, and healing together.

50 mins |  $250  

FAQs

  • I’m based in Newport Beach, CA at 20341 SW Birch Street, Suite 320.
    For those navigating full lives or living farther away, I offer secure online sessions to meet you where you are. *Services available to CA residents only.

  • We’ll start with a free phone consult to get a sense of what’s stirring beneath the surface.
    If we feel aligned, I’ll hold space for your story in 50-minute sessions.

  • I don’t work with insurance directly. But if you have out-of-network benefits, I can provide super bills for reimbursement. This keeps our work private, sacred, and not dictated by diagnosis codes or managed care.

  • I work with brown, bicultural, high-achieving millennials navigating identity, family wounds, intergenerational trauma, and the ache of feeling like you don’t fully belong in either world. If you’re wrestling with the tension between who you’ve been told to be and who you truly are—you’re in the right place.

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“Sakthi has been so helpful and encouraging in my life. Our work together has been very inspiring, by helping me to see myself clearly.”

— Priya B., CLIENT

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Sakthi Ramesh MA, AMFT specializing in 2nd Gen, Brown (BIPOC) individuals and couples is registered in California (#155011) and practices under the supervision of HeleneMickey Wilson, PH.D., LMFT, License #49203 through The Art of Guiding Healers and a proud member of the TeenCentered Group of pre-licensed therapists.

NOTICE TO CLIENTS

The Clinical Director, HeleneMickey Wilson, Ph.D., LMFT of The Art of Guiding Healers receives and responds to complaints regarding the practice of psychotherapy by any unlicensed or unregistered practitioner providing services at The Art of Guiding Healers. To file a complaint, contact Dr. Wilson at 949.799.8001, DrMickeyWilson@gmail.com, https://www.TheArtofGuidingHealers.org or 20341 SW Birch Street, Ste. 320, Newport Beach, CA 92660. The Board of Behavioral Sciences receives and responds to complaints regarding services provided by individuals licensed and registered by the board. If you have a complaint and are unsure if your practitioner is licensed or registered, please contact the Board of Behavioral Sciences at 916-574-7830 for assistance or utilize the board’s online license verification feature by visiting www.bbs.ca.gov.

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You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical and mental health care will cost. Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the expected charges for medical services, including psychotherapy services. You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency healthcare services, including psychotherapy services. You can ask your health care provider, and any other provider you choose, for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule a service. If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill. Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate. For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises.

OFFERING THERAPY IN THE FOLLOWING CITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY & BAY AREA