- Attachment focused
- Skills and insight
- Evidence informed
About Ashanti
Ashanti Palatnik is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in New York who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and self-esteem struggles. She frames therapy around each person’s story and meets clients where they are. Her work also addresses addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and the challenge of big life changes.
She uses clear, evidence-informed methods to help clients identify unhelpful patterns and try small, practical steps. That might look like learning new ways to handle strong emotions, practicing different communication choices, or testing a new daily routine to reduce anxiety. Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented while staying grounded in the client’s life circumstances.
Ashanti brings seven years of clinical experience to the work and emphasizes an intersectional, multicultural perspective. She pays attention to how identity and background shape feelings, behavior, and relationships. This helps her tailor interventions so they are relevant to each person’s needs.
Her clinical approaches include attachment-based work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing. These tools are used to address issues such as abandonment, attachment struggles, codependency, communication problems, and substance-related concerns.
People who come to Ashanti can expect straightforward, compassionate support aimed at practical change. She focuses on helping clients build self-compassion, cope with painful memories, and develop skills that make daily life more manageable.
How Ashanti’s approaches translate to online work
Ashanti uses attachment-based methods to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. This approach helps people notice connection habits and try new ways of relating that reduce conflict and isolation.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test practical changes in behavior. CBT is useful for anxiety, low mood, and everyday stress because it focuses on small, measurable steps. Dialectical behavior therapy offers skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can help with mood swings, impulsivity, and relationship strain.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. That collaboration can include mixing techniques from attachment work, CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing as appropriate.
Confirm the session formats available before booking, since specific options are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also gives flexibility for sessions that focus on skills practice, emotion regulation, and communication rehearsal without promising a particular delivery method.
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Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Ashanti help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem and grief, plus relationship and intimacy-related issues and addictions.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and practical, blending attachment-based work with CBT and DBT tools and mindfulness exercises to build skills and insight.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Ashanti has seven years of experience working with people on a range of emotional and relational concerns.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, licensed in New York and practices from that region.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and what does therapy cost?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.