cassie weeden
Psychotherapist ~ Educator ~ Researcher~ Artist
Hello, I’m happy you’re here and exploring ways to heal and care for yourself.
I am a licensed psychotherapist in New York, Washington, and California and a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. I work with adult clients through secure online therapy in New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, and London.
My approach integrates Internal Family Systems (IFS), depth-oriented psychotherapy, and somatic practices to support healing that is both deep and sustainable. I specialize in working with anxiety, life transitions, internal conflict, identity exploration, and relational patterns using IFS parts work. Whether you’re seeking online IFS therapy in San Francisco, support with anxiety in New York City, or are based in London and looking to explore your inner world, I offer a collaborative space to reconnect with your Self and the parts of you that need care and attention. My goal is to help clients feel grounded, curious, and more connected to their inner world.
My psychotherapy approach is grounded in Internal Family Systems (IFS) and informed by psychodynamic theory, which helps us explore how early experiences and unconscious patterns shape your inner world. I also work through the lens of creativity and Jungian shadow work, integrating these perspectives to deepen healing and self-understanding.
Healing begins when we start to make contact and build relationships with the different parts of you, including the child parts, the feisty parts, the critical parts, and the protector parts. Creating inner harmony starts by approaching these parts with curiosity and awareness. As we come to understand how they came to be and tend to them with care, a crowded and loud internal world can begin to transform into a place of spaciousness and calm.
Alongside this inner work, I also weave in tangible tools to help manage distressing parts and experiences in the moment. These may include somatic psychotherapy, mindfulness practices, DBT distress tolerance skills, and tapping therapy (EFT). These supportive techniques can help regulate the nervous system and create more space for healing, self-leadership, and lasting change.
Exploring Your Inner World
Meet a Part of You: A Gentle Practice for Inner Awareness
Internal Family Systems (IFS) teaches us that our minds are made up of many parts, each with its own feelings, thoughts, and roles. Sometimes, parts of us carry pain or protective behaviors that affect how we feel and act.
This simple practice invites you to gently connect with one of your inner parts. By bringing curiosity and kindness, you can begin to understand its story and what it needs from you. This awareness is the first step toward healing and integration—awareness leads to understanding, and understanding leads to change.
🌿 Try this gentle practice:
Begin with the breath
Slowly bring your attention to your breath. Let yourself pause and arrive here, now.Tune into your body
Bring awareness to any physical sensations—tightness in the chest, a shift in temperature, a flutter in your stomach, or a subtle nudge somewhere in your body. These may be signals from a part of you that wants to be known.Notice what’s present
Bring a gentle curiosity to any strong emotion or recurring thought you’ve been experiencing. Ask yourself softly:
“Which part of me is feeling this?”
“What might it be trying to protect or express?”Invite memory
Ask this part, “What is the story you have to tell?”
Let it show you its earliest memory or a moment that shaped its role in your inner world.Be curious and kind
Take your time to investigate and befriend this part. Observe what it reveals without judgment. Ask:
“What does this part need from me?”
“How would it like to be cared for or tended to?”Offer presence and appreciation
Let this part of you know:
“I see you. I’m here with you. I feel your presence.”
Thank it for speaking to you and for the role it’s played in your life.
“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes”.
Carl Jung
Leaving the Psychoanalyst's Office by Remedios VaroAbout Me
I’m a creative spirit, an artist, a book lover, a nature enthusiast, a meditator, a lifelong learner, and a traveler. I’m deeply fascinated by the ways we connect with ourselves and others, and how those connections shape our healing, growth, and the relationships between the different parts of us.
I grew up between the UK, in Oxfordshire and Suffolk, and the US, which has given me a unique perspective on culture, belonging, and the many internal voices that shape our sense of self across places and life experiences.
I hold a Master’s in Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness from New York University, where I focused on psychodynamic therapy, a foundation that deepened my understanding of the hidden parts of ourselves that influence how we relate, heal, and grow.
In my six years of clinical practice, I have developed a specialization in Internal Family Systems therapy, an approach that honors the complexity of our inner world. IFS helps us compassionately understand the protective parts that have kept us safe, connect with vulnerable parts that carry emotions and memories, and access the Self —a calm, curious, and connected inner presence that can lead to healing from within.
My clinical experience includes roles at the City of New York Mayor’s Office during the COVID-19 pandemic, where I provided psychiatric first aid, and at the University of Washington Medical Center, where I supported community health initiatives.
I am currently pursuing a PhD in Transpersonal Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies. My research explores death literacy, community-based death care, altered states of consciousness, imagination, and belonging —themes that connect deeply with how we relate to our inner and outer worlds.
My passion lies in helping others feel seen, supported, and connected to the parts of themselves that have been waiting to be heard with gentleness, presence, and intention.
Services
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I currently offer teletherapy to clients in Washington, New York, and California, as well as in the United Kingdom. My work supports individuals navigating anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, body image concerns, stress, life transitions, death anxiety and literacy, attachment challenges, and relationship issues. I specialize in working with clients who experience a loud or conflicted inner world, those who feel pulled in different directions internally, struggle with self-criticism, or sense that parts of them are stuck in old patterns.
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Languishing is the space between feelings of depression and flourishing. Settling into adulthood may bring up feelings of emptiness, dullness, stagnation, lack of motivation, existential anxiety, and feeling disconnected from yourself, others, your community, and your career. Languishing may feel like you are just going through the motions. This support group intends to create a space for young people to share their experiences, cultivate practices for moving towards flourishing, build connection, explore the stories you were told about adulthood, and plant the seeds to invite some playfulness into your adult story.
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With clinical experience at the City of New York Mayor’s Office including the Department of Aging and New York City Health and Hospitals and the University of Washington Medical Center I bring a strong foundation in supporting psychological health across diverse and complex settings. My work involved visiting places of employment to support the mental health of city government employees, while balancing client confidentiality and relaying broader concerns back to management to help support the agencies.
I offer consulting support to health organizations and institutions seeking to develop culturally sensitive and inclusive approaches to psychological health and workplace well-being. I am passionate about collaborating to design strategies that promote mental wellness in multicultural environments.
What to Expect: Fees and Payments
United States
I offer a self-pay option as well as Thriver, a HIPAA-compliant and secure billing platform, if you’d like to use your out-of-network (OON) insurance benefits. With Thriver, you pay only your portion upfront, similar to a copay, while they handle the insurance claims directly. This means you don’t need to submit superbills or follow up on claims yourself. Plus, you’ll know your expected reimbursement before we begin, making the process smooth and transparent.
United Kingdom
Therapy is offered on a private pay basis. My fee is £130 per hour, but I am happy to discuss a sliding scale based on financial need to make therapy accessible.
If you have any questions about fees or payment options, please feel free to reach out.
Bonnie Mae
Bonnie is a Chocolate Labrador and an emotional therapy dog in training. She’s from rural eastern Oregon and loves swimming, though she’s definitely not a fan of the heat.
She often visits the office and loves to sit with clients. You might even catch her lying on the couch in my therapy room, happily showing her belly.
Her favorite snacks include cheese cubes, salmon skin treats, and kiddie cups of vanilla ice cream.
