Hello and Welcome!
I’m Ashley Levin, owner of Ashley Levin Therapy. With 20 years’ experience in the field, I specialize in treating childhood trauma in adults. I utilize a holistic approach to treatment with other modalities like CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), IFS (Internal Family Systems), as well as pre-and-post psychedelic integration therapy, to help my clients achieve radical acceptance, self-compassion, and the ability to rewrite their inner narrative.
I love helping people be more successful in all areas of their life by experiencing more enjoyment and ease. I know that the tools that I teach my clients have the power to change lives because they have changed mine and those that I surround myself with. Changing my story and letting go of my need for me and other things to be perfect, I have found my purpose of helping others achieve this same experience. These tools have led to me feeling more aligned with my true self and truly feeling like I am showing up authentically and with integrity.
In addition to providing 1:1 therapy in my private practice, I also work with other mental health professionals by curating workshops and events that explore the importance of whole-body trauma healing and fostering a soulful community of support and partnership.
Your Holistic
Healing Experience
Your one-on-one sessions with me will be tailored to your unique experience, needs and goals. I am here to help you gain control of your life and find peace by learning to show up as your authentic self, with acceptance and self-compassion. By helping you embrace all the parts of yourself through mindfulness, shadow work, and reparenting your own inner child, you will have the tools to let go of the limiting beliefs that keep you stuck in a loop of unwanted patterns and behaviors, and the freedom to rewrite your story.
My commitment to you.
I promise to provide a warm, non-judgmental, and individualized experience for our sessions. Being a Licensed Social Clinical Worker, I understand various factors that can impact mental health and well-being, such as social, psychological, physiological, familial, cultural, financial, and spiritual aspects. I will use my education, training and own life experience to help guide you on the most meaningful journey toward healing.
Treatment Modalities
Holistic Approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Internal Family Systems
Psychedelic Integration Therapy
The Journey to Healing your Inner-Child
Each of us has an inner child, a younger version of ourselves who holds our earlier experiences, thoughts, and beliefs about ourselves and the world around us. This part of us is a representation of our journey through early developmental stages, where we were cared for until we learned how to care for ourselves and where we first learned how to be in relationship with others.
When we begin inner child healing work, we tap into a part of ourselves that is vulnerable and impressionable. We’re able to be both the “grown-up” and the child, providing unconditional self-love, self-compassion, and self-support.
This is the first step toward healing.
Your inner child is part of your subconscious that has been picking up messages way before it was able to fully process what was going on mentally and emotionally.
Inner child
Unhealthy Patterns from Unhealed Trauma
Perfectionism
Perfectionism is extremely common in people who have experienced childhood trauma, especially if your parents withheld love or affection. Children are likely to develop the belief that they must work hard by ‘proving themselves’ or their self-worth to gain love and approval. This narrative typically carries on through adulthood, affecting their ability to maintain healthy relationships with others. Ultimately, the core of perfectionism stems from believing that self-worth is based on success and achievement. Is your perfectionism holding you back from important experiences or from trying new things? Are you feeling constantly exhausted and overwhelmed at the thought of being less than perfect?
People-Pleasing
A people-pleaser is a type of person who constantly goes above and beyond to make others feel good, even if it means putting their own needs aside - including putting themselves in danger. People-pleasing comes from a deep sense of insecurity and those who behave this way often feel that if they do, others will value them and accept them. Instead, these individuals are likely to feel burned out and resentful toward those who they always help, and as a result, feel too physically and emotionally drained to meet their own needs. People-pleasing is another typical response to unhealed trauma. Until we begin to heal the inner child, our unhealthy coping and defense mechanisms will continue to take over, keeping us from living our lives to our fullest potential.
“Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it's a shield.”
Brene Brown