Michelle Ascher-Weinberg, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Michelle Ascher-Weinberg, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Professions: Marriage & Family Therapist
License Status: I'm a licensed professional.
Primary Credential: Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - 32387
Telephone: 707-940-7160
Billing and Insurance:

I don't currently accept insurance, but I can provide documentation if clients wish to submit to an insurance company for "out of network" benefit coverage

Free Initial Phone Consultation

Therapy in:

Irvine, California 92620

What's My Approach to Therapy?

Are you at the end of your rope at work, in family relationships, or in your partnership, finding yourself feeling frustrated, hopeless and discouraged? It is possible to create the change you're looking for. Together, we will focus on understanding what’s beneath long-held patterns and help you feel connected inside and in your relationships.

I offer a safe, steady space where you can voice your feelings and desires, which can be the first step toward growth and healing. Together, let's better understand the obstacles that keep resurfacing, and tend to any parts of you that are hurting. I’m deeply drawn to Internal Family Systems (IFS) and its compassionate approach to understanding the different parts of you that need guidance to move forward in the best way possible.

Together, we can uncover the self-compassion that’s been overshadowed by self-criticism or self-doubt. I invite you to reach out if you’d like support finding more internal balance and confidence.

My Practice & Services

I offer telehealth sessions only at this time. I periodically offer online group therapy opportunities.

How Psychotherapy Can Help

Psychotherapy offers more than a place to talk. It provides a steady, thoughtful space to understand yourself more deeply. It can help you recognize patterns that keep repeating, make sense of emotional reactions that feel confusing or overwhelming, and strengthen your ability to respond rather than react. Over time, this self-understanding builds clarity, confidence, and more grounded decision-making.

Through a supportive and collaborative relationship, therapy helps you develop greater self-trust and emotional resilience. Instead of just managing symptoms, the work focuses on lasting change, so you can feel more connected in your relationships, more aligned in your choices, and more at ease within yourself.

Had a Negative Therapy Experience?

If you've had a disappointing experience in therapy, you're not alone. Maybe traditional talk therapy didn't go as deep as you hoped, you felt your therapist was disengaged, or you were given advice when what you really needed was space to understand yourself. Those experiences can leave you feeling unheard, discouraged, or skeptical.

Therapy should feel collaborative, attuned, and genuinely supportive. Rather than telling you what to do, the right therapeutic relationship helps you uncover your own clarity and insight. If past therapy fell short, it doesn't mean therapy isn't right for you. It may just mean you have yet found the right fit.

Therapy Services & Specialties

Client Age Groups I Work With

  • Adults
  • Elders

Languages

  • English

Groups I Work With

    Professionals experiencing burnout
    Therapists and other helpers with compassion fatigue
    Perfectionism
    Anxiety
    Burnout
    Relationships
    Adult Child Issues
    LGBTQ+
    Complex Trauma
    Developmental Trauma
    PTSD

    Family Conflict

Industries & Communities Served

  • BIPOC
  • Entertainment Industry
  • Self-Employed and Freelance Professionals
  • Union First

Client Challenges & Concerns I Address

  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Breakup
  • Codependency / Dependency
  • Emptiness
  • Family of Origin Issues
  • Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance
  • Men's Issues
  • Perfectionism
  • Posttraumatic Stress / Trauma
  • Relationships and Marriage
  • Self-Criticism
  • Stress
  • Women's Issues
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Therapeutic Approaches & Evidence-Based Methods


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