Individual Therapy
Individual Counseling
Are you looking for a path toward more fulfillment personally and in your relationships? Engaging in a rich and meaningful life requires knowing ourselves deeply and acting on intentional choices guided by our core values, feelings, and desires.
Our relationships with partners, friends, and family members can become more emotionally intimate as we develop both clarity about our needs and courage to be vulnerable with those we trust to meet us on this level.
I love supporting cis and trans people in deepening the capacity for presence, emotional intimacy, and enjoyment through mindfulness, self-compassion, and self-acceptance. If you're looking for guidance in living a more open-hearted life, I'd love to talk with you about the possibilities.
The personal work that calls to us varies in different phases of life, perhaps as a health issue arises, as an important relationship ends, as children age, as we question our career path, or we sense there is more we want to experience.
Exploring our thoughts, feelings, and embodied knowing in therapy often allows us to recognize recurring themes and common underlying issues. The beauty of bringing these aspects to conscious awareness is that our work in one area benefits us in other parts of our lives now and in the future.
We may find that we have covered our pain with the bandages of productivity, excessive concern for others, and “tough love” for ourselves.
We might remember and nourish parts of ourselves we had ignored and forgotten.
We can move into a sense of wholeness. We can shift into feeling an abundance of love for ourself and others.
I offer guidance to my clients in discovering the blocked places, the unspoken messages and internalized beliefs that do not belong to us. I provide a safe space for my clients to learn how to release patterns of staying small. I support my clients in holding a solid sense of self-worth, of finding your voice, of living in healthy relationship with yourself and others.
You can care for yourself while also caring for young children or aging parents.
You can thrive in your career that connects you to a sense of purpose and meaning.
You can be in healthy relationships with partners who respect your boundaries and appreciate who you are.
Questions?
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I typically meet with clients weekly or bi-weekly. Frequency depends on clients' goals as well as other considerations such as affordability and clients' other time commitments.
The duration of our work together varies for each person. Clients often find they can make significant changes over 6 to 9 months, and many choose to continue beyond this to address additional goals.
I recognize that cost can sometimes be a factor in the frequency and length of time we work together. We can choose to clearly set a specific goal for sessions to contain the work, and if therapy needs to be very brief we can also choose to limit the number of sessions at the beginning of our work.
If we are very limited in the number of sessions you can afford, such as only meeting two or three times, we may choose to focus more on education and recommendations for resources you can access for ongoing independent work, as well as referrals to other providers who may work with you to address related issues.
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Individual sessions are $215, and joint sessions are $270.
Payment is made with a credit card, debit card, flex benefit card, or health savings card.
This document explains session cost and includes a Good Faith Estimate.
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I do not bill insurance for sessions, and clients pay directly with a card at the time of service.
If you have a PPO insurance plan, you will have reimbursement benefits for out-of-network providers. You can contact your insurance company to learn about your benefit and how to submit claims. This document provides the questions to ask your insurance company.
If you will be submitting claims, inform me and I will set up your Superbills to be available for you to download through the client portal.
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If you need to reschedule or cancel a session, you can do so through the client portal.
Please provide at least 48 hours notice to avoid being charged for the session.
If you cancel with less than 48 hours notice, please email to notify me, as you cannot cancel through the portal on short notice.
When possible, providing more than 48 hours notice is helpful when you know in advance you cannot attend, allowing me time to offer the appointment to others who may be waiting.
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I offer remote sessions to serve clients regardless of location. We will meet via a secure HIPAA-compliant video platform.
If you prefer phone sessions rather than video sessions, share this with me prior to the session, and I will call you at the time of our appointment.
Remote sessions should provide the same confidentiality, privacy, and security as sessions in an office. For this reason, videoconference sessions use a HIPAA-compliant HITECH-certified service. When reviewing the intake paperwork before our first session, you will find guidelines and system requirements for us to have a secure, private, and confidential session.
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Please email to let me know approximately how late you’ll be. If I haven’t heard from you, I will wait online for 10 minutes before closing the telehealth session and charging for the appointment.
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If you are ready to discuss working together, the next step is to schedule a Discovery Call. We will talk about your goals for sessions, and I will answer any questions you may have about working together.
We can then schedule your initial session, and I will send you a link to your intake paperwork through the secure client portal to complete at least two days prior to our session.
