Dr. Sasha R. Sioni

How I approach therapy

People don't get stuck because they're weak. They get stuck because a way of coping that once helped now causes problems. What used to protect you starts to hold you back.

Therapy here balances three things on purpose:

• Insight: understanding the pattern that keeps the problem going.
• Skills: tools that work in daily life, not just in the session.
• Integration: a plan that fits the life you go back to between visits.

Modalities

• Psychodynamic / insight-oriented (pattern work, self-criticism, identity themes)
• CBT-informed skills (thought patterns, behavioral experiments, coping strategies)
• Integrative: drawing on different approaches based on what fits your situation
• Couples work informed by EFT, behavioral/integrative couples-therapy principles, and Gottman-informed tools

Training and credentials

Doctor of Behavioral Health (DBH)

Arizona State University. An academic doctorate focused on integrated behavioral health and population care models

Master of Public Health (MPH)

Yale School of Public Health. Population health, behavioral epidemiology, and prevention science

Professional Program in Neuropsychological Assessment

UC Berkeley Extension. Continuing-education training in psychometric assessment; not a license to perform neuropsychological testing

Florida LMHC license

MH24469. Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Qualified Supervisor

Approved Qualified Supervisor for Florida Registered Mental Health Counselor Interns (RMHCI)

Research

My research focuses on problematic gaming, internet gaming disorder, and integrated behavioral health. Recent peer-reviewed work appears in Health Services Research (2026) and PLOS ONE (2026), alongside earlier gaming research in Computers in Human Behavior (2017). See the publications page for the full list.