Cassandra Massey
Cassandra Massey
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Cassandra Massey, JD, MMFT(She/Her/Hers)

(She/Her/Hers)
Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy, MMFT
California
Relationship issues- Anxiety -Emotion regulation-Autism spectrum disorder-ADHD-Parenting-

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Out-of-network with insurances

$250

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Professional statement

Cassandra Massey works with individuals, couples, and families who feel stuck in painful relational patterns, repeated conflict, shutdown, overwhelm, parenting stress, or disconnection. She has a particular focus on relational and neuro-affirming therapy for clients navigating ADHD, autism, AuDHD, suspected neurodivergence, sensory differences, executive-function challenges, emotional intensity, masking, and feeling misunderstood. Clients often come to her when they want help making sense of what keeps happening — within themselves, with a partner, or in their family system.

Cassandra’s approach is active, warm, structured, and nervous-system informed. Rather than locating the problem in one person, she helps clients slow down the cycle, understand what their nervous system, relationship, or family system is trying to manage, and build more workable ways to communicate, regulate, repair, set boundaries, parent, and reconnect. Her work is practical and collaborative, with an emphasis on insight, accountability, compassion, and change that clients can begin using outside of sessions.

Cassandra has advanced training in several relational and attachment-based models, including the Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Attachment Theory, Internal Family Systems, Relational Life Therapy, Discernment Counseling, and neuroaffirming approaches. Her background as a former family lawyer also informs her ability to work with complex relational dynamics, conflict, decision-making, and repair with both clarity and care.

Cassandra offers individual, couples, and family therapy via Zoom for clients located in California. Her practice is a good fit for clients who want therapy that is compassionate but direct, neuro-affirming but not vague, and focused on creating meaningful shifts in daily life, relationships, parenting, and connection.

Therapy is offered as a California Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT #143043) through her employment at the Center for Mindful Psychotherapy,

Message to clients

Before starting therapy with me, I want you to know this: I will not treat you, your partner, your child, your family, or the way your brain and nervous system move through the world as the problem. I am interested in the patterns that keep taking over — the shutdowns, escalations, misunderstandings, resentments, sensory overload, unmet needs, and repair attempts that do not quite reach. We will work to understand what is happening with more clarity, less blame, and more respect for each person’s capacity, processing style, and support needs.

My hope is that therapy helps you stop feeling like you have to choose between compassion and accountability. You can honor neurodivergence, nervous-system limits, real differences, and different ways of processing the world while also building stronger communication, clearer boundaries, more effective repair, and more connected relationships. I bring warmth, structure, honesty, and practical tools so therapy does not stay abstract — it becomes something you can use in daily life.

Work and Education


Alliant University, California School of Professional Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, 2023
UC College of the Law, San Francisco, Juris Doctor, 2005
University of California, San Diego, Psychology, 2002

Licensure

California: 143043

Supervisor: Scott Balderson(LMFT 34280)

Languages

English

Specialties

Relationship issues - Understanding one’s wants and needs in relationships; exploring patterns of interaction, addressing concerns, and strengthening satisfaction in relationships and dating

Anxiety - Coping with excessive worry, nervousness, or stress; intense discomfort in social settings (social anxiety); sudden and intense feelings of panic (panic disorder)

Emotion regulation - Learning how to effectively manage the ups and downs of intense emotions; developing coping skills to use in a variety of settings to calm oneself and to give an appropriate amount of space to emotions

Autism spectrum disorder - Support understanding the diagnosis and related challenges and strengths; skill-building in areas of daily routine, transitions, coping with overwhelming sensory experiences, social skills, and emotion identification and regulation

ADHD - Skill-building and support around organizational challenges, distracted attention, procrastination; building and maintaining healthy routines and structure

Parenting - Helping parents develop and implement strategies to address challenges that arise throughout childrearing; managing stress and increasing support

General expertise

Treatment approaches

Clientele

  • Adults (24+)
  • Couples

Locations & Hours

Insurance

Cassandra Massey is not in-network with any insurances.

Read about the benefits of seeing an out-of-network provider here.

Out-of-pocket fees

  • Individual sessions:$250 (50min)
  • Couples sessions:$250 (50min)
  • Family sessions:$250 (50min)

Additional session information

Out-of-network billing options

This provider can support you in getting reimbursement from your insurance company if you are seeking out-of-network reimbursement. Here are the out-of-network billing options they provide:

  • Super billing
Payment options
  • Credit Card
  • Debit Card
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