Introduction
Hey, I’m Cassandra!
A Black millennial telehealth therapist in California who meets you where you are. I’m not about toxic positivity or “just think positive” when the world is on fire. I’m more of a “we survived parents who didn’t do therapy, lived through a global shutdown, and now we're learning that boundaries are non-negotiable” kind of therapist.
My goal? To create a space where you can be real — no performative healing, just honest conversations that help you understand yourself. I work with adults navigating relationship patterns and emotional overwhelm—especially when ADHD is part of the picture.
This can include looking at how ADHD, anxiety, and long-standing patterns are showing up in your relationships and day-to-day life.
California License: LPCC 22495
Who I Work With
Millennials and Gen Z, especially people of color, who are:
- Tired of being the “strong one”
- Navigating cultural or family expectations
- Learning boundaries for the first time
- Unpacking people-pleasing and survival patterns
- Noticing cycles of self-sabotage
- Trying to understand themselves beyond what they were taught
- Feeling stuck in thought and relationship patterns that feel hard to break
Many of my clients are also navigating ADHD—whether diagnosed or just starting to connect the dots—and how that shows up in their relationships, emotions, and day-to-day life.
I work with adults across cultures, identities, and backgrounds—people who are tired of having to explain the nuances of their existence, code-switch in therapy, or perform just to be understood.
An unfiltered space grounded in respect, understanding, and compassion for your humanness.
What you can expect
Therapy with me is warm, direct, and yes — sometimes funny. But it's also grounded in clinical expertise and practical strategies that create actual progress. Including approaches that work with your brain, not against it.
Here's what that actually looks like:
- Get curious about the patterns shaping your relationships
- Get uncomfortably honest with yourself — that's where the real work lives
- Understand the impact of family, cultural, and early expectations
- Find strategies that actually help day-to-day
- Practice boundaries that are clear and sustainable
- Strengthen trust in your own judgment, needs, and voice
- Separate what's actually yours from what was handed to you
- Learn to feel the discomfort of change in your body without letting it make your decisions
We move at your pace — not the speed of productivity culture.
Your healing isn't going to look like anyone else's — so your therapy shouldn't either.
We might dig into how your past is showing up in your relationships, get honest about why you keep doing the thing you swore you'd stop doing, or just slow down enough to figure out what you actually need.
Including understanding how your brain responds under stress, overwhelm, or shutdown. I follow your lead — we go where the work takes us.
Sessions & Fees
Telehealth sessions across California
50-minute individual session: $150
Sliding-scale spots available
24-hour cancellation/no show policy: $100 late fee
I am a private-pay practice only (Insurance not accepted).
Credentials
Cassandra Spinks-Gilbert, LPCC 22495
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor — California Board of Behavioral Sciences
M.S., Counseling Psychology — Hope International University
M.S., Higher Education- California State University Fullerton
B.A., Gender, Ethnicity & Multicultural Studies — Cal Poly Pomona
Healing what your family never talked about doesn’t have to happen alone. Therapy with me isn’t about perfection or pretending—it’s real, human work. Sometimes deep, sometimes challenging, and yes… sometimes we laugh too.
No blank stares, no performative nodding — I'm in it with you.
present, real, and genuinely invested.