Asian Therapists in Santa Fe, NM
Do you see your life as a journey? If you are like me, coming from one culture and living in another, then you know something about cultural journeys. However, there are also cultural journeys that are invisible. If you are a stranger in your own culture—someone who is outside looking-in or inside looking-out— you will know the distances that you travel, just being yourself and still being with others. We are all a culture-of-one, but some of us are a little farther out than that, and we juggle the values. How can you make your position in life meaningful?
Do you see your life as a journey? If you are like me, coming from one culture and living in another, then you know something about cultural journeys. However, there are also cultural journeys that are invisible. If you are a stranger in your own culture—someone who is outside looking-in or inside looking-out— you will know the distances that you travel, just being yourself and still being with others. We are all a culture-of-one, but some of us are a little farther out than that, and we juggle the values. How can you make your position in life meaningful?
Dreams and the unconscious hold symbols that assist in the healing process for depression, anxiety, and addictions. As a Jungian clinical counselor, I use these tools to help you establish a connection between consciousness and the higher Self. The Self then becomes a strong core from which we can operate in a healed and healthy manner. We are no longer driven by unconscious complexes and desires, but make conscious decisions that support life and its many expressions.
Dreams and the unconscious hold symbols that assist in the healing process for depression, anxiety, and addictions. As a Jungian clinical counselor, I use these tools to help you establish a connection between consciousness and the higher Self. The Self then becomes a strong core from which we can operate in a healed and healthy manner. We are no longer driven by unconscious complexes and desires, but make conscious decisions that support life and its many expressions.
Telehealth in Nevada & New Mexico: If you’ve been feeling stuck in repeating emotional patterns or exhausted from masking, navigating disability, neurodivergence, or health concerns alone, you don’t have to carry it by yourself. I support adolescents and adults seeking relief, healing, and meaningful change. I’ll walk beside you with warmth, steadiness, and honesty while we build healthier ways of coping, connecting, and being
Telehealth in Nevada & New Mexico: If you’ve been feeling stuck in repeating emotional patterns or exhausted from masking, navigating disability, neurodivergence, or health concerns alone, you don’t have to carry it by yourself. I support adolescents and adults seeking relief, healing, and meaningful change. I’ll walk beside you with warmth, steadiness, and honesty while we build healthier ways of coping, connecting, and being
Have you ever felt like you were drowning on dry land- like a fish out of water?
You don’t have to navigate that feeling alone. I specialize in working with children, adolescents, and families who are seeking support with anxiety, depression, attachment challenges, and trauma.
Have you ever felt like you were drowning on dry land- like a fish out of water?
You don’t have to navigate that feeling alone. I specialize in working with children, adolescents, and families who are seeking support with anxiety, depression, attachment challenges, and trauma.
My ideal client comes with an open mind and heart, willing to look closely at their feelings, thoughts and choices with a strong desire to heal and change. I enjoy working with a variety of ages from teens through elders, as well as all cultural, gender and sexual identities who are looking to work through difficult life experiences, life transitions or managing stressors in personal life or relationships.
My ideal client comes with an open mind and heart, willing to look closely at their feelings, thoughts and choices with a strong desire to heal and change. I enjoy working with a variety of ages from teens through elders, as well as all cultural, gender and sexual identities who are looking to work through difficult life experiences, life transitions or managing stressors in personal life or relationships.
I work with adolescents and adults who carry a lot of responsibility or pressure, yet often feel anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure of themselves. Many struggle with self-doubt, stress, unresolved past experiences, relationship concerns, or major life transitions. My work is grounded in a trauma-informed approach that emphasizes safety, trust, and understanding, while offering a supportive, non-judgmental space to gain relief, insight, and skills to show up more fully and authentically in life.
I work with adolescents and adults who carry a lot of responsibility or pressure, yet often feel anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure of themselves. Many struggle with self-doubt, stress, unresolved past experiences, relationship concerns, or major life transitions. My work is grounded in a trauma-informed approach that emphasizes safety, trust, and understanding, while offering a supportive, non-judgmental space to gain relief, insight, and skills to show up more fully and authentically in life.
My ideal client is ready to understand their patterns and is seeking meaningful, deliberate change. Many are navigating chronic illness (including cancer), major life transitions, midlife shifts, or identity redefinition. They want practical daily coping tools while reconnecting with hope, fulfillment, and a sense of stability in everyday life. Goals often include deeper self-acceptance, authentic self-expression, and building stronger, more secure relationships. I work collaboratively, supporting your self-exploration rather than “fixing.” Many clients come feeling stuck and want to live with greater intention, clarity, and connect
My ideal client is ready to understand their patterns and is seeking meaningful, deliberate change. Many are navigating chronic illness (including cancer), major life transitions, midlife shifts, or identity redefinition. They want practical daily coping tools while reconnecting with hope, fulfillment, and a sense of stability in everyday life. Goals often include deeper self-acceptance, authentic self-expression, and building stronger, more secure relationships. I work collaboratively, supporting your self-exploration rather than “fixing.” Many clients come feeling stuck and want to live with greater intention, clarity, and connect
I am also bilingual in Chinese both in Mandarin and Taiwanese dialects.
Do you have anxiety, depression, or feel lost in life? I am here for you! I’m a bilingual (Mandarin/English) licensed professional clinical counselor with over 30 years of experience in the mental health field. I specialize in working with adults managing anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, stress, and life transitions. I also have experience supporting clients with disabilities, brain injury, and co-occurring physical health challenges.
I am also bilingual in Chinese both in Mandarin and Taiwanese dialects.
Do you have anxiety, depression, or feel lost in life? I am here for you! I’m a bilingual (Mandarin/English) licensed professional clinical counselor with over 30 years of experience in the mental health field. I specialize in working with adults managing anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, stress, and life transitions. I also have experience supporting clients with disabilities, brain injury, and co-occurring physical health challenges.
The purpose of counseling and psychotherapy is to help individuals embrace healthy life choices through self-understanding and self-awareness. Counseling helps clients/patients identify the causes of stress and to find meaningful and fulling remedies for their life situations, in a safe and supportive atmosphere.
The purpose of counseling and psychotherapy is to help individuals embrace healthy life choices through self-understanding and self-awareness. Counseling helps clients/patients identify the causes of stress and to find meaningful and fulling remedies for their life situations, in a safe and supportive atmosphere.
I help individuals and couples heal, grieve, grow, develop a healthy sense of self and experience their power cooperatively (rather than competitively). When you experience relational conflicts, grief, trauma, or infidelity, I listen with compassion to develop a therapeutic program to help you heal and grow to your greatest potential as an individual (and a couple). By helping you overcome grief, conflicts, trauma, and anxiety, you can successfully achieve some of your deepest desires and feel fulfilled. Healing and happiness often come after identifying, accepting, and learning how to realize those desires and needs.
I help individuals and couples heal, grieve, grow, develop a healthy sense of self and experience their power cooperatively (rather than competitively). When you experience relational conflicts, grief, trauma, or infidelity, I listen with compassion to develop a therapeutic program to help you heal and grow to your greatest potential as an individual (and a couple). By helping you overcome grief, conflicts, trauma, and anxiety, you can successfully achieve some of your deepest desires and feel fulfilled. Healing and happiness often come after identifying, accepting, and learning how to realize those desires and needs.
Sometimes it is difficult when we find ourselves in situations and relationships, doing, thinking and feeling the same thing again and again. People come to therapy to develop increased self-awareness, to understand what is happening inside and get to the root of problems that interfere with accomplishing goals and developing a healthy, satisfying life. Therapy is a place where you can be heard and understood without judgement that supports you to change old patterns of behavior, thought and feelings, and to make different choices in life. Therapy is worth the time, and the investment because you are worth getting to know.
Sometimes it is difficult when we find ourselves in situations and relationships, doing, thinking and feeling the same thing again and again. People come to therapy to develop increased self-awareness, to understand what is happening inside and get to the root of problems that interfere with accomplishing goals and developing a healthy, satisfying life. Therapy is a place where you can be heard and understood without judgement that supports you to change old patterns of behavior, thought and feelings, and to make different choices in life. Therapy is worth the time, and the investment because you are worth getting to know.
The quality I enjoy most in a client is an intense desire to be free.
The quality I enjoy most in a client is an intense desire to be free.
You might have heard ‘the sunshine of yesterday can’t dry my clothes today.’
My friends, I would like to encourage you to embrace the opportunity in 2026 to address the issues that are important to you. So, feel free to give me a call/e-mail me today and we’ll talk. My experiences include counseling and interpreting. I provide individual counseling, serve adults with issues related to depression, anxiety, communication, relationship conflict, parenting, family/marital relationships, cultural adaptation, faith, grief and loss, self-esteem, conflict resolution, anger management, problem gambling, and smoking cessation.
You might have heard ‘the sunshine of yesterday can’t dry my clothes today.’
My friends, I would like to encourage you to embrace the opportunity in 2026 to address the issues that are important to you. So, feel free to give me a call/e-mail me today and we’ll talk. My experiences include counseling and interpreting. I provide individual counseling, serve adults with issues related to depression, anxiety, communication, relationship conflict, parenting, family/marital relationships, cultural adaptation, faith, grief and loss, self-esteem, conflict resolution, anger management, problem gambling, and smoking cessation.
I have 25 years experience working productively with people of diverse backgrounds, ages, and sexual orientations. Our job together is to identify dysfunctional patterns that contribute to—even perpetuate—your difficulties. The main focus of therapy is to remove inner and outer obstacles that prevent you from reaching your goals and having better relationships. Please note, after years of counseling and assessment in offices, I‘ve recently moved into a different space: video. Active listening in a safe, private setting is foundational to this work. I’ve learned that the catalytic elements of good therapy can thrive via video too.
I have 25 years experience working productively with people of diverse backgrounds, ages, and sexual orientations. Our job together is to identify dysfunctional patterns that contribute to—even perpetuate—your difficulties. The main focus of therapy is to remove inner and outer obstacles that prevent you from reaching your goals and having better relationships. Please note, after years of counseling and assessment in offices, I‘ve recently moved into a different space: video. Active listening in a safe, private setting is foundational to this work. I’ve learned that the catalytic elements of good therapy can thrive via video too.
Maybe it's time to get the support and compassionate care you want, need and deserve!
Feeling anxious, depressed or dealing with loss, grief, trauma or transition?
Perhaps you've just been feeling a little down or disconnected from yourself or a primary relationship. Are you wanting to heal on deeper levels?
Maybe it's time to get the support and compassionate care you want, need and deserve!
Feeling anxious, depressed or dealing with loss, grief, trauma or transition?
Perhaps you've just been feeling a little down or disconnected from yourself or a primary relationship. Are you wanting to heal on deeper levels?
I have a lot of compassion for people going through life’s challenges and transitions, and feel privileged to work with those who are seeking support. I work with adults struggling with a broad range of issues, from depression and anxiety to self-esteem and trauma-related disorders. As a psychodynamic therapist, I believe that our earliest childhood experiences shape our actions and beliefs about the world. I have experience working with adolescents and adults.
I have a lot of compassion for people going through life’s challenges and transitions, and feel privileged to work with those who are seeking support. I work with adults struggling with a broad range of issues, from depression and anxiety to self-esteem and trauma-related disorders. As a psychodynamic therapist, I believe that our earliest childhood experiences shape our actions and beliefs about the world. I have experience working with adolescents and adults.
Friends and family aren't always the best place to turn when life gets difficult. That's where we come in. No matter what might be going on in your life, call us and we'll connect you to a caring mental health provider. Or if you'd prefer, fill out our Client Contact Form on our website, and one of our staff will contact you by the end of the next business day.
Friends and family aren't always the best place to turn when life gets difficult. That's where we come in. No matter what might be going on in your life, call us and we'll connect you to a caring mental health provider. Or if you'd prefer, fill out our Client Contact Form on our website, and one of our staff will contact you by the end of the next business day.
My practice is focused on supporting those using psychedelic medicine for healing. The term “psychedelic” is derived from the Greek words psyche “soul/mind” and delos “to manifest.” No matter where you are on your journey, if you are curious about exploring your inner world and creating a life that is more aligned with your soul, I am here to support you in your integration. Please note, I am unable to sit with people during non-legal medicine experiences or help in acquiring these substances.
My practice is focused on supporting those using psychedelic medicine for healing. The term “psychedelic” is derived from the Greek words psyche “soul/mind” and delos “to manifest.” No matter where you are on your journey, if you are curious about exploring your inner world and creating a life that is more aligned with your soul, I am here to support you in your integration. Please note, I am unable to sit with people during non-legal medicine experiences or help in acquiring these substances.
Sometimes, going through difficult experiences can lead to unexpected growth. Even in pain, you may discover a deeper strength, clarity about what matters most, and a renewed sense of purpose. This process is called Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG) — and it’s real.
Growth is possible when you recognize your inner strength after surviving something hard; clarify your values and what truly matters now; connect your experiences to a deeper purpose; allow safe, supportive people into your healing journey and take small, meaningful steps toward life after trauma.
Sometimes, going through difficult experiences can lead to unexpected growth. Even in pain, you may discover a deeper strength, clarity about what matters most, and a renewed sense of purpose. This process is called Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG) — and it’s real.
Growth is possible when you recognize your inner strength after surviving something hard; clarify your values and what truly matters now; connect your experiences to a deeper purpose; allow safe, supportive people into your healing journey and take small, meaningful steps toward life after trauma.
Stephen Ausherman
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPCC, ATR, MA
Serves Area
Not accepting new clients
You are the expert on yourself with unique perspectives and beliefs shaped by your own personal experiences. I invite you to lead me on a journey of what your life has been like so far, and in doing so reveal to me what you need to live at your full potential. From there we begin the next stage of your journey.
You are the expert on yourself with unique perspectives and beliefs shaped by your own personal experiences. I invite you to lead me on a journey of what your life has been like so far, and in doing so reveal to me what you need to live at your full potential. From there we begin the next stage of your journey.
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What can an Asian therapist help with?
An Asian therapist can help with the same concerns as any other therapist, including anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, stress, grief, and major life transitions. How an Asian therapist can make the experience feel different, however, is the possibility of shared cultural understanding. If you identify with a background such as Chinese, Korean, Indian, Vietnamese, Filipino, or Japanese, working with a therapist who shares or understands aspects of your culture may help you feel more comfortable opening up on such topics.
What role can language play in therapy?
Language can play an important role in therapy because people often express emotions, family dynamics, and personal experiences differently depending on the language they are speaking. For some individuals, working with a therapist who speaks their native language, whether it be Mandarin, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese, or another language, may help sessions feel more natural and emotionally connected. Even if you are fluent in English, certain thoughts or feelings may still feel easier to communicate in your native language.
How can an Asian therapist support couples counseling or family therapy?
Cultural background can play an important role in couples counseling and family therapy, particularly when family expectations, communication styles, generational differences, or cultural traditions are influencing the relationship. An Asian therapist may help partners and family members navigate these topics with more cultural understanding and less need to explain the context behind them. For multicultural or multilingual families, a Asian therapist who is bilingual may also help ensure that each person feels heard and understood during sessions.
How might I inquire about a therapist’s experience with Asian clients?
If cultural background is important to you in therapy, it can be helpful to ask prospective therapists whether they have experience working with clients who share your cultural background or speak your preferred language. In initial conversations with potential therapists, you might also ask whether they have worked with clients experiencing concerns related to identity, intergenerational conflict, family expectations, or cultural stigma around mental health.
Who is included in Psychology Today’s directory of Asian therapists?
The directory of Asian therapists includes professionals who have shared their ethnicity in their profiles. Psychology Today uses this information to assist clients in finding a therapist who can provide a cultural match. However, not all therapists choose to disclose their ethnicity in their profiles, and they may not appear in search results for this reason; also, when the number of therapists identified as Asian is limited, the directory will also show therapists with comprehensive experience working with clients from relevant backgrounds.