Ackley is passionate about helping adolescents, young adults, and families navigate life’s challenges with compassion, curiosity, and cultural humility. Born and raised in Fremont, Ackley brings a culturally aware perspective shaped by his experiences growing up in a blended, multiracial Chinese American family and spending time on the East Coast. These experiences have deepened his appreciation for the unique backgrounds, identities, and stories that each person brings to the therapeutic relationship.
Ackley earned his Master of Science in Counseling Psychology with a concentration in Marriage and Family Therapy from California State University, East Bay. He has experience supporting adolescents and adults in school settings, psychiatric facilities, and community mental health clinics, helping individuals navigate anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, life transitions, and emotional challenges.
Ackley believes that meaningful change begins with feeling understood and supported. He strives to create a warm, welcoming, and nonjudgmental space where individuals can feel comfortable exploring their experiences, building self-understanding, and developing practical skills. His approach is person-centered, strengths-based, and collaborative, drawing from CBT, DBT, and EMDR to support clients in developing greater insight, coping skills, and meaningful change.
*Available in person in Fremont, CA and virtually throughout California.
Associate Marriage and Family Therapist #165869
Supervised by Nanci Kim, LMFT CA #95979
Ackley Wang, AMFT
SPECIALIZATIONS
Children and Adolescents
Ackley enjoys working with children and adolescents, helping them navigate emotions, relationships, school-related stress, and life transitions. He uses play-based and creative approaches to help younger clients feel comfortable expressing themselves and exploring their experiences in a way that feels natural and age-appropriate. Ackley believes that building a trusting therapeutic relationship is the foundation for meaningful change and prioritizes creating a safe, supportive space where children and teens feel heard, understood, and accepted. As someone who grew up in a Chinese American immigrant family, he also understands the unique cultural values, family dynamics, and expectations that can shape the experiences of children and adolescents in immigrant households.
ADHD & Neurodiversity
Ackley works with adolescents and young adults navigating ADHD and neurodivergence, including challenges with attention, executive functioning, organization, time management, task initiation, follow-through, and emotional regulation. His work considers how these challenges can affect academic, work, relational, and everyday functioning, while providing a supportive, individualized approach that helps clients better understand their patterns, build practical skills, and develop strategies that align with their strengths and needs.
Young Adults, Selfhood, and Sociocultural or Racial Identity
Ackley supports adults as they navigate life transitions, relationships, family dynamics, work-life balance, anxiety, depression, neurodivergence, and questions of identity and belonging. He believes therapy is a space to reflect on where we have been, understand where we are now, and explore where we hope to go. Ackley strives to create a warm and supportive environment where clients feel safe to explore their emotions, experiences, and challenges at their own pace. He is passionate about working with individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those who have experienced feeling misunderstood, disconnected, or challenged in understanding their cultural, racial, or personal identity.
Professional Work Experience
• Psychiatric Hospital Settings
• Community Mental Health Clinics
• School-Based Counseling Settings
RATES AND INSURANCE
Psychotherapy
Individual Therapy (50 min) $150
Individual 30 min Check In for exisiting clients only (Including Parent Check In) $85*
Couples/Family Therapy Extended (90 min) $300**
Couples/Family Therapy (50 min) $175**
Accepted Insurances
Aetna
Cigna
Optum/United Healthcare
**Please note: couples therapy may or may not be covered by your insurance. Please contact your insurance to confirm if your coverage includes couples therapy.
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