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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
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
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
Group Counseling
A safe, culturally aware space for South Asian, Brown (BIPOC)adults who feel torn between worlds or versions of themselves. Together, we’ll explore how family expectations and cultural pressures, dynamics shape identity. We will work on setting boundaries, and live more authentically. Click here if you’d like to learn more.
90 mins | $50
FAQs
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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.
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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
Sakthi Ramesh MA, AMFT specializing in 2nd Gen, South Asian, 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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