Ah Hyun 'Ashley' Lee

Ah Hyun 'Ashley' Lee is the founder of WALTZ Trauma Care and Therapy, with offices in San Francisco and West LA. She is dual-licensed as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in both California and Massachusetts. Ashley currently welcomes new clients after returning from maternity leave and offers free consultations to help match prospective clients with the right therapist on her team.

WALTZ Trauma Care and Therapy specializes in EMDR therapy and trauma-focused counseling for adults in the San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Los Angeles. The practice team includes somatic experiencing practitioners and psychodynamically-oriented clinicians, offering attachment-based and relational trauma therapy. Team member Holly Tu integrates somatic techniques with psychodynamic depth work alongside EMDR.

The practice provides culturally aligned trauma counseling with a particular focus on people of color, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders, addressing intergenerational trauma, immigration history, family-based trauma, and the experience of navigating multiple cultural identities. Areas of specialty include complex trauma, PTSD, childhood trauma, sexual violence, emotional and psychological abuse, grief and loss, medical trauma, social anxiety, intimacy issues, and more.

WALTZ Trauma Care and Therapy is in-network with a wide range of insurance providers and also offers adjunct EMDR intensive sessions for clients who wish to address specific areas alongside their ongoing talk therapy.