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Ashanti Woods

Therapist(she/her/hers)
2 years of experience
22 patients on Headway
  • Virtual
  • Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, PTSD
  • Individual therapy, Child or adolescent therapy, Couples therapy, Family therapy

Great to meet you!

Ashanti is a Board Certified-Dance/Movement Therapist (BC-DMT), Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT), author, and founder of Asante Body Movement. She completed her Masters of Science at Sarah Lawrence College. Treatment approach is rooted in evidence-based practices that focus on body-mind connection and experience working with teens and adults at high-risk. She is inspired by the strength of her patients and wants to empower them to achieve their full potential.

My approach to therapy

As a dance/movement psychotherapist, I combine movement and somatic practices with dialectical behavioral therapy to help teens, adults, and couples go from surviving to thriving.

Specialities: inner-child healing, complex trauma, body image/concerns, family therapy, couples therapy, adolescents, young adults, depression, anxiety, PTSD, abuse, grief, ADHD, adjustment

What you can expect from me

Asante Body Movement offers helpful and constructive feedback while increasing autonomic (body) awareness and developing regulating resources through creativity and expressive arts.

About me

  • I identify as
    Other Racial or Ethnic Background, Black or African descent, Woman
  • My style is
    Participatory, Holistic, Creative

Qualification and insurance

  • Years of experience
    2 years of experience
  • Training
    MS (Master of Science) at Sarah Lawrence College
  • License type
    LCAT (Licensed Creative Arts Therapist) (New York)
  • Licensed in
  • Insurance accepted
    Cigna

Cost

Care details

  • Top specialties
    Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, PTSD
  • More specialties
    ADD/ADHD, OCD, Family issues, LGBTQIA+, Stress management, Anger management, Panic disorders, Cultural & ethnic issues, Grief or loss, Men's issues, Relationship issues, Women's issues, Identity issues
  • Therapy methods
    Strength-Based, Positive Psychology, Somatic, Play, Solution Focused Couples Therapy, Psychoeducational Family Therapy, Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), Psychoanalytic, Attachment Based, Narrative Therapy, Trauma Focused CBT, Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), Psychodynamic, Family Focused Therapy (FFT), Art Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Family Therapy, Attachment Based Family Therapy, Structural Family, Multi-Systemic (MST), Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Humanistic, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Processing (CPT), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Care types
    Individual therapy, Child or adolescent therapy, Couples therapy, Family therapy
  • Ages served
    Adolescents, Adults
  • Languages
    English