Cassandra Weeden

I work entirely online through secure video, which makes it simple to meet with people who are balancing busy lives between the UK and the US. 

Because this work takes time and consistency, I tend to keep a smaller practice so we can go entirely at your pace. Right now, I have a few openings for new clients who are looking for ongoing weekly sessions. 

My working hours are spaced out intentionally to bridge different time zones. If you are in the UK, we will usually find a slot in your afternoon or evening. For my clients in Washington, New York, and California, sessions usually happen earlier in your day.

I also believe in taking seasonal pauses to step away and rest, usually for a brief time over the summer and winter holidays. If you reach out while I am away, you will still hear back from me within two business days of my return. 

The work is a space to meet yourself fully. Internal Family Systems (IFS) and analytical depth psychology are how I work. This is not skills-based therapy. We are not here to reframe your thoughts, run through corporate-style worksheets, or focus on quick fixes.

Instead, we get curious about the parts of you that made the choices that got you here. We follow the thread of the patterns you inherited, looking at what those parts of you were protecting or afraid of when they chose the safe, practical path on paper. We explore what you quietly set aside to keep you and everyone else comfortable, and how to give those parts of you a voice again.

Sometimes the parts that need the most attention are hard to hear. That is why I bring creative exercises, imagery, and journaling into our sessions. This layer helps you reconnect with who you actually are. In the work, many of my clients find their creative voices again, discovering that the playful, easeful, creative kid in them never truly disappeared.

This work is for people who have made a trade. They gave up their own desires in exchange for safety, practicality, and certainty. Over time, that trade-off starts to feel like stuckness. It feels like you designed your life around getting it right, rather than being aligned with who you actually are. On the outside, your life checks all the boxes and looks stable, successful, and complete. On the inside, you feel like a stranger in your own life. This feeling is called languishing in adulthood.

This is the work I love most. We get curious about the parts of you that made the choices that got you here. Internal Family Systems (IFS) matches how I already think about people. You are made up of many parts, each with its own job, its own history, and its own reason for doing what it does. The overachiever, the perfectionist, and the part that checks out are not problems to fix. They are trying to protect you. When we get genuinely curious about them, things start to shift. We look at what they were protecting, what they were afraid of, and how you ended up on this practical path.

Analytical depth work is the slower, underneath work. While  Internal Family Systems (IFS) builds the relationship with your parts in the present, depth work follows the thread of where those parts came from. We look at the patterns, the stories, and the forces that shaped what adulthood was supposed to look like for you. These two approaches work together in a way that most therapy does not reach, helping you stop managing the life you built and finally start understanding it.

The first step is a free 20-minute consultation to see if we’re a good fit. No pressure, just a conversation. If it feels right, we’ll schedule a full first session. We go at your pace. You don’t have to have it all figured out before you reach out.

Our first full session is a continuation of that conversation, spent mapping out the stuckness and getting to know the parts of you that lead you here. 

There are no clinical assessments or intake tests to complete beforehand. There are just a few housekeeping items, including completing new client onboarding paperwork and setting up your Sessions Health account where we will meet for our appointments. 

My standard rate applies to this session, and there is no pressure or long-term commitment. It is simply a space to see how it feels to work together. Once we get to know each other, we can set out three to five goals to help guide our work together. 

You can reach out whenever you feel ready.