Anna Shumway, LMFT

Anna Asefi is a dishonest and disloyal Marriage and Family Therapist and CANNOT BE TRUSTED.  She reached out to me by text, email, and phone to provide therapy as a license professional a few years ago. Her true intentions was more to help her friend separate me from my kids which is unconscionable.  When I met with her at the park for therapy, she told me she was helping me as a licensed professional and anything I told her was 100% confidential.  Of course her intentions was to deceive me and obtain information so she can share with her friend and use against me with false declarations to the court to separate me from my kids.   She then later stated in her court declarations that she was acting as a friend and not a therapist.  A LIAR!!!  Of course she used her license and education to deceive me.  Anna Asefi doesn't believe in client confidentiality and frankly should not even hold a license.  Anna may also go by the name Anna Asefi Shumway.  Again, Anna Asefi cannot be trusted and she does not recognize the meaning of client confidentially.  I would avoid her at all cost.  She is an ugly person.

Anna Asefi is a dishonest and disloyal Marriage and Family Therapist and CANNOT BE TRUSTED.  She reached out to me by text, email, and phone to provide therapy as a license professional a few years ago. Her true intentions was more to help her friend separate me from my kids which is unconscionable.  When I met with her at the park for therapy, she told me she was helping me as a licensed professional and anything I told her was 100% confidential.  Of course her intentions was to deceive me and obtain information so she can share with her friend and use against me with false declarations to the court to separate me from my kids.   She then later stated in her court declarations that she was acting as a friend and not a therapist.  A LIAR!!!  Of course she used her license and education to deceive me.  Anna Asefi doesn't believe in client confidentiality and frankly should not even hold a license.  Anna may also go by the name Anna Asefi Shumway.  Again, Anna Asefi cannot be trusted and she does not recognize the meaning of client confidentially.  I would avoid her at all cost.  She is an ugly person.

I have nothing positive to say about this scam artist Anna Asefi.  I would not recommend therapy with her.  She talks down to you, is a racist, and unprofessional.  Is it ok for a therapist to check her emails and personal calls during a session which we pay for (and very expensive), Or eat in front of you and interrupt you in the middle of your sentence ?? A doctor of disrespect is my opinion and others whom I've spoken to.  Expensive therapy ove $180.00 per session, only to walk out from there feeling worse than you did when coming in.  She talks too much about herself in the sessions and appears disinterested and arrogant.  I don't recommend this  racist loud mouth to anyone.

I urge people to listen to the other negative reviews and avoid this place, especially if you are already having any emotional issues. The intake specialist is incredibly rude and thoughtless (Anna Asefi Shumway), and won't hesitate to insult and scold you on the phone. It's disappointing that a counseling practice doesn't ensure their employees are kind to the patients, who might be going through a variety of issues

Anna Asefi Shumway (AKA: Anna Asefi) who is the owner specializes in narcissism which is actually quite ironic because if you spend anytime talking with him you will soon see that she herself is very narcissistic! She thinks he's got it all figured out and that she is the next Freud or Jung. I just hope she has a good therapist of her own.. Client's beware. Go elsewhere. Keep in mind, podcasts, books and blogs DOES NOT = good therapist.  

My family friends experience with this practice was not positive. Anna asefi Shumway who works with feminist Wynn Helms is unexperienced and unprofessional.   Completely not worth the money as my dear friend is now seeking services elsewhere. She felt belittled and schooled during sessions. Don't be fooled by the fancy Web page. This place puts on a façade and only caters to the wealthy.  Avoid horrible Anna Asefi Shumway and Wynn Helms!

In my opinion, Anna Asefi who works with Wynn Helms (another lousy therapist) is a dreadful, abysmal, abrasive, hostile weirdo who gave me the worst therapeutic advice I've ever received. I saw her individually so I don't know about her whole marriage shtick but seeing her individually was horrible. The advice she gave me was hugely detrimental, unethical and caused me great, great suffering. The thought of her makes me cringe.

Anna Asefi Shumway is horrible. I went to see her practice about a year & half ago. It was the worst experience I had, when it comes to therapist. Anna Asefi Shumway only saw me twice. I realized she doesn't have much experience and is a liar.

Anna Asefi took advantage of me, my time, and money. DO NOT work with her. Is she a "good" therapist? I don't know, but I can only guess that if she broke my trust during the initial free consultation, it's not going to be good thereafter.

Upon arriving to her office in Sherman Oaks I let her know I ONLY wanted to spend the 1/2 hour with her because I didn't want to pay $125 for an hour of "getting to know each other". I'd rather invest that $50 toward an actual therapy session. After asking a few times to confirm the 1/2hr, she continued to say "why don't we talk first?" Given I had already expressed my clear request, I went ahead with the initial consult.

The clock on the wall sat directly in front of her (behind me), so I trusted her to keep track of time and to honor my request for the 1/2hr consultation. 20min into it I turned my whole body toward the wall behind me to look at the clock and told her I wanted to STOP at 1/2 hr and she said "yes, I know you have to go soon."

She asked me some questions about my past and then proceeded to go on and on about who in her network (including herself) would be a match for me. 50min after the consultation I started to freaked out about the time knowing I was past the initial free 1/2hr consult. I figured that because I had expressed my request for 1/2hr numerous times, she was being generous in helping me figure out the best therapist and that she would NOT charge me the $125.

Lo and behold, she failed to honor my request and charged me $125 for an hour of time I never wanted to spend hearing about her and her network's therapy methods. I feel taken advantage of and straight out DISRESPECTED by this woman.

I would NOT recommend anyone to work with her because if she exhibits such a lack of integrity in an initial consultation, what kind of behavior can be expected in a therapist-client relationship? She obviously cares more about tricking clients into giving her money, instead of looking out for them and respecting them.

Unfortunately I ended up needing therapy to get help.

Anna Asefi made me believe I had been verbally and psychologically abusive to my partner and that I had traumatized him -- which I believed at the time and felt awful about, like I was the worst person in the world and unfit for a man like him. My partner got angrier and angrier at me after the sessions with her, and she kept saying that that was normal, that he had repressed that anger and needed to let it out. When in fact that wasn't the issue at all, so it only made things worse.

The relationship became unbearable, it became worse than it was before the sessions,

I do not recommend her if you are dealing with couples issues. What she did to me was very serious and it led me into serious avoidance from any meaningful relationships after that. A therapist can really ruin you because you believe they know best. I trusted her and she only made things worse. Do not go to her if you have a serious couples problem. Just don't.