I don’t take any insurance currently. My rates are available on the Services page.

If you are interested in claiming Out of Network benefits with your insurance provider, I can provide a monthly Superbill for you to submit to your insurance provider.

If this won’t work for you, I can make referrals to therapists who may take your insurance.

Not taking insurance allows me to be more responsive to my clients’ dynamic therapeutic needs and less focused on diagnostic criteria, reimbursable interventions and other insurance-related requirements.

I offer a reduced rate when possible. My sliding scale availability is kept current on the Services page.

If my fee isn’t possible for you, I can refer you to therapists who do have sliding scale availability. I also recommend Open Path, a site that connects therapists with available sliding scale spots people who need them.

The therapy session (our time together) is like a laboratory in which you are encouraged to experiment, get messy and unearth anything that may be holding you back from the life you want. Once we have a sense of the material you want to work with, together, we will test out new, healthier ways of engaging with yourself and others. We are a collaborative team, working to make progress on your goals. I’ll provide feedback, reflection, questions, observations, challenge and suggestions. You are encouraged to let me know when I’m on the right track AND when I’m way off base.

I use techniques from several therapeutic approaches.

For example,

I use cognitive and somatic techniques to help you identify and process your thoughts and physiological responses to triggers. By beginning to notice the patterns of these automatic responses, you’ll develop new, more satisfying ways of being with your own body and in relationship with others.

I use EMDR to help clients process distressing and memories and unhelpful beliefs, often originating in childhood. Once these past experiences have shifted to a more useful place, you can take whatever is helpful and leave the rest in the past.

I use behavioral approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients move from being stuck and overwhelmed to taking values-aligned action.

I use mindfulness techniques and the framework of polyvagal theory to promote nervous system attunement and help clients increase emotion regulation skills, both during and between sessions.

I emphasize acceptance of the present moment and leaning into the experience of both the pleasant and less than pleasant parts of ourselves and our experiences. By giving up the struggle of resisting or avoiding these realities, we get unstuck, acknowledge what we can’t control, take control over what we can, and begin to move through our experience toward healing and growth.