Therapy Services

Helen Bass, LCSW

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At the core of my practice, I am passionate about supporting Asian women, new moms who might live in the fear, attachment issues, and depression after giving birth. Moreover, I help faith-based couple reconnect and strengthen their relationship during and after pregnancy related events.

  • My Specialties:

    • Postpartum Depression

    • Faith-Based Counseling

    • Couples Counseling

    • Asian-American Women Mental Health Support

  • Populations:

    • Adults

    • Couples

  • Insurance: Not Accepting Insurance

  • Cost - $200 Individuals / $225 Couples, Superbills for PPO plans available

  • I want to work with you, but can you lower your rate?

    • Currently I take 5 low-fee clients at a time. They are currently full. But, if you’d like to get on the waitlist, go on the CONTACT page & I’ll put you on the waitlist

    • Or, if you want to sign up for our Groups - it’s 8 sessions/ $70 per group session ($560 total) for Asian Women Caregivers

  • Accepting New Clients: Yes

  • Location: Arcadia, California & Online for California Residents

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My Approach

You’re not just another patient to me. You are a person with a full-story that I’d love the opportunity to serve & learn from! This is therapy that thoughtfully integrates your lived experiences, honors your cultural background, and centers respect, collaboration, and dignity in every session.

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I provide faith-based couples counseling for partners seeking to repair attachment injuries, restore trust, and rebuild emotional and spiritual intimacy. Faith is thoughtfully integrated upon request and approached with theological humility and cultural awareness.

I also work extensively with Asian-women navigating burnout, anxiety, life transitions, and identity shifts. Many of the women I support are balancing cultural expectations, family obligations, professional pressures, and questions of self-worth. Therapy is a space to slow down, examine inherited narratives, and cultivate grounded, values-aligned choices.

My approach integrates attachment-based therapy, culturally attuned care, and anti-racist clinical frameworks. I prioritize depth, steadiness, and meaningful change over quick fixes.

What I’m trained in:

  • Postpartum Depression & Maternal Mental Health from Postpartum International

  • Couples Therapy - Gottman Method Level 1 & 2

  • Narcissistic Abuse Recovery - Certificate with Dr. Ramani Durvasula

  • Nervous-system-informed work

  • Psychodynamic Therapy

My Story - Why I Do this Work

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My work is shaped by my own story. I’m the oldest child in a Filipino-American family, raised in the church, where I grew up with a deep belief that life holds something more—something better—and that we’re meant to move toward healing, not just survival.

Being the oldest meant learning early how to be steady and emotionally attentive, often before I had language for my own inner life.

Like many immigrant families, love and sacrifice were abundant, but emotional needs weren’t always named, and I learned how easily pain can be carried quietly and how strength can turn into self-silencing.

Over time, that tension—between outward competence and inward strain—became a calling. What began as faith became practice: a commitment to helping people experience emotional and relational healing in grounded, human ways. My work is less about fixing and more about restoring connection—to self, to others, and to what feels sacred or true.

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