Ashley Lydia Wren (they/them) is a licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist with ten years clinical experience serving the greater Los Angeles area.  Ashley is a certified Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist completing their Doctoral-level education at Yo San University.  Ashley’s passion is mental health and stress support, particularly the LGBTQIA2S+ and BIPOC communities. They strive to provide Trauma Informed Care with cultural competency to people with SUD and/or Co-Occurring Disorders.  With personal experience in recovery, she walks the walk, yet knows that each person’s path to recovery is unique and always evolving. 

Ashley has worked in higher education since 2014. They are currently teach in the Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture departments at Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine since 2014. They were assistant Dean from 2017 to 2019.  They supervised an externship at Wise and Healthy Aging West until March 2020, have experience treating at Venice Family Clinic in Santa Monica, and are currently completing hours at Yo San Blount Community Clinic in Los Angeles.  Ashley volunteered as a board member for Peer Action 4 Change, a non-profit organization for mental health advocacy, from 2018 to 2021.  She is certified in NADA and recently began providing acupuncture to young adults in transitional housing at Covenant House CA as of August 2023.