Ashley Kokjohn-Poehler, LCSW

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About

Ashley Kokjohn-Poehler, LCSW specializes in anxiety, depression, and trauma therapy in Carlsbad's La Costa area, practicing from the 6994 El Camino Real clinical complex near the Omni La Costa Resort. Her clinical toolkit combines Emotionally Focused Therapy tapping techniques with Attachment Focused EMDR, a somatic-processing approach that parallels the mindfulness-based practices at Peace Love And Yoga in Carlsbad. Kokjohn-Poehler holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential and additional training in energy psychology, using bilateral stimulation and meridian-point tapping to access and reprocess stored trauma in the nervous system. Her adolescent and adult caseload spans attachment injuries, generalized anxiety, and complex PTSD, with treatment plans that integrate the mind-body-spirit wellness philosophy shared by providers including Welby Health in Carlsbad. Highest-complexity sessions layer Attachment Focused EMDR's eight-phase protocol with real-time heart-rate variability biofeedback to titrate trauma reprocessing intensity for patients with dissociative features.