So, who am I?

If called to work together, you will quickly learn about my approach as a professional therapist, but it is also important to know the person behind the title.

My name is Ashanti Gosha, and I am a daughter, sister, aunt, cousin, niece, and more. I consider myself to be very family oriented and when I am not at work, I am usually around them. Culturally I am a Black American cis-gendered woman who incorporates a multicultural lens to my work. I am a lover of history, nature, music, learning, and the diverse nature of the human species and our psyche and behaviors. When not at work you can find me learning how to play the bass and the piano or just listening to music. I enjoy traveling, eating good food (not cooking it), or some type of exercise.

Here’s my story, before we get into yours…

Initially, I was called to the field of therapy as a response to violence against women and children in society and started off working in residential treatment facilities in Colorado.

After graduating from my master’s program, I began working with an outpatient first episode psychosis program, which I give many thanks and credit for the learning that allows me to be the therapist I am today.

From there, my experiences have allowed me to work with a diverse population of humans, who walk into therapy with a range of presenting diagnoses, physical symptoms, and curiosity about what is happening to their internal system. I am honored to create a space to make sure that everyone’s story is not only heard, but that a path to healing is possible with tools and approaches to define and outline that process,

I’m all in— heart, soul, and training.

  • Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology, University of Denver

    Bachelor of Arts in Ethnic Studies, Colorado State University

  • Advanced Trainings in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: 2020-2021

    • Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

    • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis (CBT-p)

    Motivational Interviewing: 2021

    Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT): 2021

    Strength Based Therapy: 2022

    Internal Family Systems: 2022 

    Certified Clinical Trauma Professional: 2025

I approach therapy with an integrative approach. Meaning, I have studied, maintained continual education and training in different styles and techniques. I approach mental health from a mind, body and nervous system lens so many of my approaches include psychoeducation into how the nervous system functions and its role in helping the nonverbal part of the brain and body such as emotions, impulses and physical sensations increase communication with the verbal and reasoning part of the brain. This method allows for individuals to view the way mental health symptoms live inside the body not just in our cognitive thoughts. Therapy thus includes verbal processing along with physical interventions such as mindfulness and somatic resources that help regulate the nervous system, behavioral activation, identifying triggers and improving day to day functioning. What does this mean? It means I work with you to see the ways that your symptoms impact your day-to-day life, and we work together to see how we can improve that.

We start from within, seeing how all you have overcome doesn’t only make you resilient, but how it impacts how you move through day-to-day life. The modalities I integrate the most are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectic Behavioral Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Somatic Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing.

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