About Sasha

Smiling man with a beard, glasses, hoop earrings, and a nose ring, wearing a black bucket hat with colorful text, a yellow floral shirt, and a black messenger bag strap, standing in front of a wooden wall with a sign reading '16 LABOR'.

My gentle and spacious presence helps clients cultivate their authenticity, engage their deeply held narratives, and reconnect them with the wisdom their bodies hold. As a relational and somatic therapist, I recognize the critical role trauma, dissociation, and dysphoria play in our relationships with our bodies, and am committed to finding a pace and approach that expands ease in your body.

I bring humor, playfulness, compassion, and a wealth of lived experience as a genderqueer second-generation South Asian American who is journeying toward my own well-being. I work in consultation with experienced providers from a variety of backgrounds and actively engage in learning opportunities to constantly expanding my skills and perspectives to meet my clients' needs. When working with me, clients can feel the power of hope and connection to create lasting and aligned change.

I am excited to collaborate with you to expand upon the bravery within you.

I hold a Social Worker Associate Independent Clinical License (LSWAIC) in the State of Washington (SC61277980) and work in private practice under the supervision of Diana Mena, LICSW, EMMHS.

Trainings

  • Asexual Affirmative Therapy with Melissa Dellens, MA, LMFT, TRM-1 (January 2025)

  • LGBTQIA+ Additions with Asher Hung, MA, AMFT (January 2025)

  • Generational Trauma and Generational Healing with Raman Basanti LMHC & Antonia Ramos LMHC (January 2025)

  • From Intake to Termination: Law and Ethics of Clinical Documentation with Eric Ström, PhD, Attorney at Law, LMHC (January 2025)

  • Un-Masking Neurodivergence: Non-Pathologizing Tools for Engaging Neurodivergent Populations (October 2024)

  • Decolonizing Therapy™: Intro to Decolonizing Mental Health (September 2024)

  • Law and Ethics of Imminent Harm: Understanding Mandatory Reporting and Client Lethality Obligations by Eric Ström, PhD, Attorney at Law, LMHC (June 2024)

  • Professional Skills Training in Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy - Level One (October 2023- June 2023)

  • Trauma & Dissociation: a History, a Culture, & a Four-Phase Treatment Model with Emily Christensen, PhD, LCPC (May 2023)

  • All Patients Safe: Suicide Prevention for Medical Professionals Advanced Course (October 2022)

  • Shifting Center Training: Decolonizing Trans Health (July 2022)

  • Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy: an Experiential Introduction with Julia Corley, LCMHCA, NCC, SEP (July 2022)

  • Foundations in Somatic Abolitionism with Resmaa Menakem (June 2022)

  • David Kessler: Helping With Grief During Challenging Times (May 2022)

  • Trauma Support Services of N. Texas: Mobilizing the Unspeakable: Healing Trauma (April 2022)

  • Somatic Experiencing Int.: Gender as Trauma: A Somatic Perspective (March 2022)

  • Integrative Trauma Treatment Center: Dissociation 101 (January 2022)

  • Recovery for the Revolution: Intro to Decolonized Recovery (November 2021)

  • Project LETS: Anti-Carceral Approaches to Suicide (November 2021)

  • Shifting Center Training: Internal Family Systems and Trans Communities (October 2021)

  • API Chaya Natural Helpers Training: Addressing Gender-Based Violence & Human Trafficking (January- March 2021)

  • ​Intro to Decolonizing Non-Violent Communication (January 2021)

  • BeREAL (REsilient Attitudes and Living), DBT & mindfulness-based curriculum facilitator training (December 2020)

  • MSW Telehealth Training: Engagement, Assessment, & Intervention (October 2020)

  • University of Washington Interprofessional Team-Based Substance Use Disorder Training Program (2020-2021)​

Education

  • Masters of Social Work from the University of Washington (2022)

  • Bachelor of Arts from the University of Washington in English, with a minor in Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (2013) 

Memberships

  • The National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

  • The Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work (WSSCSW)

  • The Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH)

  • Somatic Experiencing® International

Experience ​

  • Intern Therapist at MEND Seattle (2021-2022)

  • Graduate Student Assistant at the University of Washington Resilience Lab (2020-2022)

“The kind of change we are after is cellular as well as institutional, is personal and intimate, is collective as well as cultural. We are making love synonymous with justice.”
— Prentis Hemphill