Ashley Ikeda

I spent 25 sessions with her for complex trauma, depression, and though self identified as autistic, I got an official diagnosis 4 months into “therapy.” She could have referred me out at any point, but she watched me cry and vent for 25 sessions without any guidance, skills taught, let alone interrupting any false beliefs. It was a one way conversation and I knew it was time to leave when she referred me to an autism center that was for high support needs clients. If you want someone to sit there and listen to you without feedback or validation, she is your “therapist.” Instead of finding me a trauma informed therapist with experience with ASD, she had me return weekly based on her convenience, having me meet every Monday at noon so I can start my work week retraumatized since she helped process nothing. We did have one EMDR session to work on making me feel like I matter, that clearly failed so she isn’t skilled in EMDR. A good therapist had me out of suicide mode in 1 session.