What are your rates?

Individual therapy: $265 per session
Group therapy: $100 per session

Do you take insurance?

I am an out of network provider and do not bill insurance directly. However, you might have out of network benefits with your plan!

You can check that out here.

Contact your insurance carrier directly to find out. All clients may obtain a superbill they can submit to their insurance for a partial or full reimbursement of the fees.

Where do you provide services?

I am licensed and/or registered to provide virtual therapy to residents of 43 states: Alabama, Arizona, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Washington D.C., Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virgina, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming through the PSYPACT agreement.

My insurance plan listed you as in-network, are you taking my insurance?

No. Unfortunately, insurance companies do not regularly update their referral lists, if ever and there can be outdated and inaccurate information.

I am currently OUT OF NETWORK for all insurance plans. For out-of-network PPO plans, I can provide you a superbill to submit to your insurance for reimbursement, or you can utilize Mentaya to submit claims electronically and get reimbursed quicker.

I recommend contacting your insurance plan directly, and verifying your benefits and coverage with a care coordinator if you have any questions.

How do I get started?

Click HERE and schedule an initial appointment. Before I confirm the appointment, I will call to discuss your interest and goals for therapy and my approach to see if we’re a good fit. This call is brief and lasts no longer than 20 minutes so we’re on the same page before starting.

What happens next?

If we’re a good fit to work together, I’ll confirm the initial appointment and we’ll get started. In this session we’ll discuss some background and set up therapy goals together. We’ll discuss the next steps and you’ll leave session with a clear plan for our work together.

And then therapy sessions?

We’ll meet weekly for 50-minute sessions and work through the steps of your treatment plan. If at any time your goals change or something isn’t quite working, we can adjust so that therapy is effective for you and meets your needs.

How does telehealth or online therapy work?

Telehealth and online therapy are helpful ways to get therapy easily from the comfort of wherever you want to meet! I have been offering telehealth and online therapy since 2016, and clients report it really helps make going to therapy easy. Years of research also continues to show that telehealth and online therapy has the same effectiveness of in person therapy; in some circumstances higher effectiveness due to the accessibility.

I use a platform called SimplePractice which sets up encrypted, HIPAA compliant video sessions where I meet with clients live online. Before each session, my client is emailed and texted a unique web link for their video session. At the time of our appointment, my client clicks the link and joins the online session with me. It works just like a private Zoom or facetime call.

These sessions operate best on a laptop or PC, but also work well on a smart phone. There’s a specific app designed by SimplePractice that’s free, clients download it and use this to meet on their phone. You can download that here for iOS and Android.

When these methods don’t work, or my client doesn’t want to meet on camera, we meet on a normal phone call. Whatever method works best for my client is the method we use.

Do you work with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)?

Yes! In fact working with this community is one of my specialties. I’ve been working specifically with treating borderline personality disorder since 2012 and completed a series of intensive trainings in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to offer science-backed effective therapy.

I offer a customized treatment plan for my clients that uses DBT, CBT, and other trauma-focused therapies to help clients with BPD. Read more and schedule your first session here.

Do you work with Dissociative Identity (DID), Depersonalization and Derealization (DP/DR), and other dissociation symptoms?

Yes, dissociative disorders often originate from compounding traumatic experiences, and many people seeking trauma therapy also experience dissociation symptoms of all kinds, many with chronic dissociation.

I offer comprehensive EMDR, DBT, and CBT therapy to support people experiencing dissociation and safely guide them through trauma processing.

Trauma therapy for someone with DID or DP/DR is different in that it may move slower in order to monitor and stabilize dissociation symptoms while processing trauma. Therapy for DID or DP/DR and will also include additional skills-focused therapy to support clients outside of session with their dissociation symptoms.

Unsure if you’re experiencing chronic dissociation symptoms or DID, DP/DR? Read more about it below.

Do you work with LGBTQIA+ clients?

Yes! As a card carrying member of the alphabet mafia myself, I love offering LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy and working with members of our beautiful community. I offer affirming, liberation focused therapy specifically for trauma, bpd, and more. I am kink and sex positive, and fiercely defend queer and trans rights, visibility, and inclusion. I also facilitate a DBT skills group exclusively for LGBTQIA+, see more information about that here and read about LGBTQIA+ community-based healing on my blog.

What is Trauma?

Trauma fundamentally shapes how we perceive the world, how we function within it, and how we take our next steps. While the word “trauma” is frequently used, and has a very specific meaning. Trauma refers to a significant and serious life altering event, often involving life-threatening danger, physical threat, sexual violence, attachment trauma or substantial harm to our psychological integrity. Trauma is considered a psychological injury, and it is highly treatable and reparable with effective therapy.

Sometimes trauma can be a single, isolated event, other times it can be ongoing traumatic relationships or environments. In all cases, trauma engages our instinctual survival brain to save our lives, and following trauma we may need time and help to recover, repair, and rebuild.

“The doors to the world of the wild Self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much you almost cannot bear it, that is a door. If you yearn for a deeper life, a full life, a sane life, that is a door.”
― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype

I share more information about trauma and PTSD on my blog and podcast.

Do I have Complex PTSD (CPTSD)?

Complex PTSD (or C-PTSD) is a trauma and stressor related disorder in which a person develops on-going trauma symptoms in response to experiences of repeated traumatic exposure, chronic and ongoing trauma symptoms, and traumatic exposure occurring in the context of a caregiving relationship and/or environment. For example, complex trauma can result from experiencing ongoing abuse as a child at home, witnessing persistent and volatile verbal abuse, neglect. Complex trauma can also result from multiple incidents of trauma occurring outside of primary relationships, when the primary relationships are marked with chronic invalidation of emotional expression and needs.

Complex PTSD (C-PTSD) includes these symptoms:

difficulty managing big emotions
frequent emotional overwhelm
difficulty identifying needs including not attending to medical needs
difficulty building trust in relationships
hyper independence in relationships
significant dependence in relationships
avoidance of emotional vulnerability
unstable sense of self
sense of worthlessness
sense of not knowing what your values or needs are
hypervigilance to the emotions of others (being an “empath”)
difficulty keeping and maintaining relationships
additional ongoing trauma symptoms like flashbacks, intrusive thoughts, mood disturbance, impaired sleep, anxiety and hyperarousal.

Complex PTSD symptoms are also pervasive and chronic, and can be experienced in most if not all areas of someone’s life including personal relationships, work or school life, self care and time at home.

There’s more helpful information about CPTSD on my blog and my podcast.

What is EMDR?

Eye Movement Desensitizaton and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is an evidence based multimodal intervention to treat trauma as well as significant upsetting experiences that shaped how we feel about ourselves, our world, our relationships. EMDR is widely researched and continues to grow and be shown as highly effective at helping folx reduce symptoms of trauma, emotional distress, and increase connection to the present moment and ability to act in alignment with one’s goals and values

EMDR is safe and uses ongoing assessment and support to ensure clients can proceed with trauma processing in a safe way, preventing retraumatization. EMDR uses multiple stages that include assessing background and targets to focus processing on, set up helpful supports to create safety throughout trauma processing, process emotion-based memories and experiences, and set up future expectations grounded in acceptance and resilience.

I am an EMDR therapist that offers attachment-focused EMDR, this specialized approach engages more safety building, supportive resources, and techniques to connect to early memories and experiences that shape us growing up. Attachment focused EMDR is highly effective for early childhood trauma and significant experiences from childhood that effect folx today, as well as safely processing trauma memories and significant experiences from adulthood as well.

You’ll get great info on EMDR on my blog and podcast.

Do I have DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder)?

DID is when our identity is disrupted in a fundamental way, often caused by significant and/or prolonged trauma, in which there are two or more distinct personalities. These different personalities have different emotional states, may serve different roles, hold different memories, and different ways of thinking and behaving. There can be separate and distinct personalities, and sometimes there are only pieces and parts of personality, often referred to as fragments, that may all be a part of a person’s internal personality system.

Many times people identify DID first when they start to notice there are blocks of time missing from their memory, or they end up somewhere or doing something and don’t remember why.

DID is treatable, I work with DID from a trauma-focused and skills based method, helping people stabilize the sense of disruption and distress with dissociation, and process trauma safely.

Learn more about my trauma therapy approach here.

What is Depersonalization Derealization (DP DR)?

Depersonalization and Derealization are two forms of dissociation that can occur in episodes or briefs periods of symptoms, or chronically in ongoing occurrence of symptoms.

Depersonalization is when someone experiences a sense of being outside themselves or their body, observing and watching themselves at a distance, or disconnection from their body parts, sensations, thoughts, and emotions.

Derealization is when someone experiences that disconnection with the external environment, they feel that the world around them isn’t real, or might describe it like living in a dream.

People who experience DP DR can feel a lot of anxiety and distress when these symptoms occur, but they are treatable with supportive trauma focused therapy. Learn more about my trauma therapy approach here.

What if I dissociate, can trauma therapy help?

Yes! Absolutely, trauma therapy helps with all dissociation symptoms. Dissociation is a reflexive survival response that our bodies use at times of peak distress. When these episodes occur outside of distressing situations, or remain longer than they’re supposed to, trauma therapy can help. Trauma therapy helps the body recalibrate our survival responses to occur only when needed, and helps process significant experiences that lead to these responses getting stuck. Learn more about my trauma therapy approach here.

What is DBT?

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was developed by Marsha Linehan, Ph.D., ABPP, in response to the great need for effective treatment for people suffering from chronic suicidality, self harm, emotion dysregulation, and instability of the self.

Through an evidence-based approach, Dr. Linehan methodically developed an adaptive and comprehensive treatment for Borderline Personality disorder. Dr. Linehan and her associates continue ongoing research to modify DBT to maintain superior effectiveness and expand DBT to treat complex diagnoses and psychological needs including substance use, trauma, eating disorders, mood disorders, and family conflict.

I share more helpful information about BPD on my blog and my podcast.

Is DBT right for me?

I find this modality is quite helpful for many folx wanting to learn how to manage painful and uncomfortable emotions, communicate better with others, set boundaries, and work to align more closely with their personal values. My clients use DBT to build effective skills to use to support trauma recovery, cope with difficult emotions, enhance healthy relationships, and connect with their values.

You can get more information about DBT on my blog and podcast.