You’ve done everything right.
You’ve built a life that looks good on paper—
But something deep within still aches
Sakthi Ramesh AMFT #155011
Supervised by Helene Mickey Wilson, Ph.D., LMFT (#49203) through The Art of Guiding Healers
If you’re longing to feel more whole
In your identity, your relationships, and your inner world
Let’s begin
*Now offering therapy for second-gen Brown (BIPOC) individuals & couples in California.
My approach
Depth Therapy Rooted in Story, Culture, and Soul
In a world that often pathologizes difference, my work helps you reclaim it as sacred.
I offer depth-oriented therapy that listens beneath the surface, past symptoms and toward your soul. This is therapy shaped not just by pain, but by legacy, longing, and the quiet call to become fully yourself.
For second-generation brown (BIPOC), immigrant individuals, this work honors the internalized expectations, invisible grief, and intergenerational trauma that often go unnamed.
We’ll explore:
Cultural stories and ancestral patterns
Archetypal energies and inherited emotional myths
Your personal experiences, without erasing the systems that shaped them
This form of therapy helps adult children of immigrant parents, BIPOC millennials, and bicultural couples find healing not just from what happened, but from what was silenced.
You don’t have to keep shrinking to survive. Let’s reclaim your full, complex self, together.
Meet Me
I am a second-generation South Asian therapist who has long straddled the confusing art of bi-cultural worlds, often carrying invisible expectations, and silence parts of yourself to belong. I know well the pressures of our world to be high achieving and perfect — in love, in work and in yourself. I offer a space to unlearn perfectionism, reclaim your story, and feel whole again.
Sakthi Ramesh, MA. AMFT
Providing you with a safe space to unwind
Our appointments will take place in a soothing office environment in Newport Beach, CA with fully private rooms, tea or coffee. Along with individualized and culturally sensitive care.
In-person and remote options
Our office is conveniently located in Newport Beach, CA. Can’t make it into the office? No worries – we’ve got you covered with teletherapy.
*Please note that services are offered to CA residents only.
Now offering therapy to individuals and couple clients across Orange County and all of California with in person and telehealth options available.
If you’re a brown individual or couple longing to feel more whole in your identity, relationship, and inner world — you’re not alone
Book a free 15-minute consult
“I gained a lot of strength that I will carry with me for a lifetime through working with Sakthi. Our time together was healing, and I’ve grown so much in the short time we worked together.”
— Cassie H., Client
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
Questions before getting started? Get in touch.
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.
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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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OFFERING THERAPY IN THE FOLLOWING CITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY & BAY AREA