Client Services

Individual Therapy

My approach involves a collaborative, relational approach as a foundation for building trust and safety in the relationship. I have a mind-body focus and work with clients to increase their awareness of, connection to, and the ability to shift negatively experienced emotions and sensations. I strongly believe that people are the experts of their experience and that negatively experienced symptoms are survival-based adaptations to overwhelming or oppressive life circumstances. I work to develop a compassionate stance toward and greater sense of self and identity to increase meaningful relationships within oneself and with others.

In my personal and professional work, I effort to challenge the imbedded systems of oppression within the mental health field, within your, my and our ancestral histories, and within community. I endeavor to build relationships that normalize bringing identity and related feedback into the healing process.

Therapy for a single trauma may be short-term; however, for the complexity of the human experience following multiple traumas, particularly those that occurred in childhood, I expect the therapy to be long-term despite my deepest wishes for faster healing for all who I work alongside in therapy. I have learned to approach the therapeutic process with creativity and curiosity, recognizing that the experience of trauma and oppression is too complex for just one therapeutic approach (please note: this does mean I do not provide stand-alone EMDR services).

Information For Clients

In-Person

My practice values the importance of in-person feedback, using more than just the words between us but also the felt sense of each other’s presence to guide our work together. Given the relational nature of trauma, I prioritize in-person sessions for clients and reserve telehealth for cases in which safety is impacted by travel.

Weekly

Building new patterns following chronic exposure to trauma requires consistent practice toward building new neuropathways and interpersonal patterns, thus my practice prioritizes consistent weekly sessions for new clients.

Payment Options

In order to make therapy as accessible as possible, my practice accepts in-network and out-of-network insurances, and I keep a few spots on my caseload for folks requesting a reduced fee.

Fees and Insurance

I offer 53-minute psychotherapy sessions at a rate of $200 for the first two sessions and $185 for each subsequent session.

I am in-network with BCBS PPO plans, Aetna, United Healthcare, Cigna, and Medicare plans. I also accept self-pay and out-of-network benefits and can provide a superbill for insurance reimbursement.

Knowing your mental health insurance benefits can require a learning curve. Please default to your insurance carrier for the most accurate information about your specific plan; however, I’m offering some common language about insurance below to support a greater understanding of your benefits.

Deductible – The amount you owe providers before the plan begins to pay co-insurance amounts.

Copay – A flat rate amount you pay your provider each time the service is offered. This may or may not require you to meet your deductible first.

Co-insurance – The percentage of the provider’s fee you will be responsible for after your deductible has been met, each time the service is provided.

Current Clients: Click here to access the client portal page.

See here for information about my Good Faith Estimate for self-pay clients.

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