Meet Vanesa Akbarpour

Vanesa Akbarpour is a Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who combines her expertise in relational therapy with a deep understanding of the body’s role in healing. She integrates somatic and nervous system-based approaches into her work, helping clients release tension, regulate emotions, and reconnect with their bodies. Many of her clients affectionately call her the “Nervous System Whisperer” for her ability to sense, guide, and support them in calming and healing their nervous systems.

Vanesa is passionate about helping individuals and couples build stronger, healthier connections. She works with clients to break unhelpful patterns, heal past wounds, and cultivate emotional intimacy, creating relationships that feel authentic, secure, and fulfilling. Her style is collaborative, compassionate, and trauma-informed, always meeting clients where they are in their journey.

She is deeply committed to cultural humility, inclusivity, and anti-racist practice, ensuring that BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and diverse communities feel safe, seen, and valued. As a bilingual clinician, Vanesa offers therapy in both English and Spanish, expanding access to care for more communities across California.

At A Healing Ground, Vanesa’s unique combination of relational insight, somatic expertise, and compassionate presence supports clients in reconnecting with their bodies, emotions, and relationships in profoundly transformative ways.