Do you accept insurance?

I do not accept insurance, but will provide monthly statements for you to submit for reimbursement. Many insurance plans offer out of network benefits. Please reach out to your insurance company for clarity before contacting me.

Do you offer sessions at reduced fees?

Yes. I hold several spaces for sliding scale clients. I ask my clients to be honest with themselves around ability to pay my full fee so that I can provide significantly reduced fees to clients experiencing financial hardship. (Please refer to this helpful graphic.) If you fall into the latter category, please contact me. If I don’t have space, I can offer assistance finding a low fee therapist.

What is your session fee?

My session fee is $200 for 50-55 minute individual sessions. I accept checks, Venmo and credit cards. Cancellations within 24 hours are charged the full fee.

Do you offer clinical supervision?

Yes! I have experience supervising clinicians beginning their private practice as well supervising within local university social work programs. Please contact me to learn more.

Do you have any openings?

My availability is often variable. Please reach out to me to discuss. If I am not currently taking clients, I can often provide resources for alternative options.

I’m new to therapy. How does this work?

Welcome! I’ve been there too. Starting therapy can be daunting and overwhelming. However, it should be my job - not yours - to explain how this whole process works and if we’re on the right track. As a collaborative, communicative therapist I’ll check in with you, especially in our early engagement, to make sure I’m being clear, hearing your story correctly, and prioritizing what brought you to therapy in the first place.

I’ve been in therapy before but didn’t feel it helped. Will working with you be different?

The fit between therapist and client is hugely important in successful therapeutic relationships. I have often been told that my approach is different than previous therapists and that I “really get it.” Therapy shouldn’t be chatting. It shouldn’t be venting. It should be collaborative, challenging, emotional and most of all - healing. What it shouldn’t be is stagnant and unmoving. If our work ever feels this way, I’ll reflect this and we will explore together the dynamics inside of the therapy.

Do you have a specialty?

A long career working with a broad range of clients has given me the ability to offer highly customized treatment. I work with clients experiencing anxiety/depression, facing challenging life transitions, or those wanting to gain insight into negative emotions or patterns. Using an attachment framework allows my specialty to be meeting you, the client, where you currently are and working together to create long lasting positive change.

What does it mean that your practice is an “active space of decolonization”?

As a white, cisgender woman, I take deep responsibility for the trauma “helping” professions such as social work have caused in perpetuating racism and harm in our society. Dr. Jennifer Mullan teaches the importance of Decolonizing Therapy through “…an end to individualistic and pathologizing Eurocentric methods of wellness– one that includes those who have been purposely excluded and historically forgotten. It demands a model of mental health that is accessible to all and that offers a path to liberation and thriving.”

Practically what it means for our work together is that I take into account the larger systems (societal, familial, cultural, political, institutional) that shape who we are and how we live. This includes the effects of systemic oppression, white supremacy, colonization and how this oppression trauma creates mental health issues.

I am committed to my own unlearning and apologize without shame when I make a mistake or an assumption and create a rupture in the relationship. I am deeply committed to culturally sensitive mental health care.

What is a Good Faith Estimate?

As of 2021, under law, health care providers are need to give clients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the expected charges for medical services, including psychotherapy services.

You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency healthcare services, including psychotherapy services.

You can ask your health care provider, and any other provider you choose, for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule a service, or at any time during treatment.

If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill. Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate.

For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, or how to dispute a bill, see your Estimate, or visit https://www.cms.gov/nosurprises.

Still have questions?

Don’t hesitate to contact me below. I do my best to reply within 3-5 business days.