Who We Work With
People find their way to therapy for many different reasons, often shaped by relationships, life transitions, and the broader contexts of their lives. Below are some of the experiences and situations we most often work with.
We work with partners and people in relationships who want to better understand recurring dynamics, navigate conflict or distance, repair after rupture, or feel more connected to one another. Relationship work may involve couples, partners, or people exploring how relational patterns show up in their lives. We are LGBTQ affirming.
We work with high-conflict couples in Philadelphia, including partners caught in repeated arguments, communication breakdowns, and cycles of blame or withdrawal. Couples therapy can help you understand the underlying emotional patterns driving conflict, reduce reactivity, and build more effective ways of communicating and reconnecting. Our relational, insight-oriented approach supports couples in moving beyond surface-level conflict toward greater clarity, stability, and understanding.
People come to individual therapy for many reasons -sometimes with a clear concern, and sometimes with a quieter sense that something isn’t quite working. This includes people navigating anxiety, trauma, grief, life transitions, identity questions, or long-standing patterns that feel hard to change.
We offer supervision and consultation for therapists seeking a thoughtful, relational space to reflect on their work and deepen their clinical practice. Whether you’re early in your career or more experienced, this can be a place to think collaboratively about cases, explore stuck points, and support your growth as a therapist. Our approach is warm, curious, and grounded in the belief that good therapy is always evolving.
We offer LGBTQ+ affirming therapy in Philadelphia, supporting individuals and couples exploring sexual orientation, gender identity, and relationships. Our work addresses identity development, coming out, relationship concerns, and the impact of stigma, with a relational, respectful approach that helps you feel understood and more at home in yourself.
Members of religious and spiritual communities
We offer therapy for faith, spirituality, and religious identity in Philadelphia, supporting individuals and couples navigating belief, doubt, and spiritual transitions. Our work can help with religious trauma, identity development, family and community dynamics, and the complexities of living between cultures or belief systems. We provide a respectful, relational space to explore your experiences and find a way forward that feels more aligned and authentic.
We are proudly queer affirming and offer unqualified support for:
Queer, trans, and non binary people
Couples navigating gender exploration or transition
Gender exploration and identity questions
Non-traditional and non-monogamous relationship structures
Clients across sexual orientations, gender identities, and relationship configurations are welcomed with love and respect.
Some clinicians at Askin Psychotherapy have particular experience working with people whose lives are shaped by identity, culture, neurodivergence, body size, migration, and social context. This includes support for:
Neurodivergent individuals, including people with ADHD or autism
People from religious minority backgrounds, including Muslim and Jewish clients
People healing from religious trauma or leaving high control groups
Immigrants and first or second generation people including those navigating questions of belonging and cultural transition
Mixed-race and multiracial individuals and couples exploring identity, belonging, and family or cultural dynamics
People of color and members of the global majority
Social justice oriented activists experiencing burnout, grief, hopelessness, or relational strain
People in larger or fat bodies navigating weight stigma, diet culture, or medical trauma
We recognize that these experiences often overlap, and therapy may include making space for how systems, history, and power shape inner and relational life.
Age and Life Span
Our clinicians work with adolescents and adults, and we support people across many stages of life. This includes:
Adolescents navigating identity, relationships, family dynamics, or emotional overwhelm
Young adults facing transitions around school, work, relationships, or independence
Adults at different life stages exploring relationships, meaning, stress, or long-standing patterns
Adults managing significant life transitions such as divorce, growing a family, launching children, or adapting to retirement,
Experiences and Concerns
In addition to identity and context informed care, our clinicians work with people around a wide range of emotional and relational concerns, including:
Anxiety, panic, and chronic stress
Trauma and its ongoing impacts
Depression, numbness, or feeling disconnected from oneself or others
Relationship challenges, including recurring conflict or difficulty with intimacy
High conflict relationships
Life transitions, change, and uncertainty
impacts of chronic illness or disability
Shame
Existential Dread
Intimate partner abuse or sexual violence
Grief and loss
Patterns that feel hard to shift even with insight or past therapy
Many people come to therapy with more than one of these concerns, or without a clear label for what they’re experiencing. We’re comfortable starting from where you are and getting curious together.