Questions. Answers.

Do you accept insurance?

I do not participate in any insurance networks. While I do not accept insurance I respect that using your insurance may be an important financial consideration for you. What I can do is provide you with a superbill, which is a receipt for healthcare services and contains information that your insurance company would require for reimbursement. In most cases a superbill is eligible for out of network provider reimbursement. In other words if you submit a superbill to your insurance company they will likely reimburse you for a portion of the fee that you have paid to me for therapy. If you are considering this option I would strongly encourage you to contact your insurance company ahead of time and inquire about their specific policies. My current rates are listed here.

What does a typical session look like?

The first few sessions typically focus on gathering a history and outlining some preliminary goals so that I can establish how to best structure our work together to get you where you want to go.  After that initial work therapy becomes much more of a dialogue.  Typically we'll start off with a brief review of what has transpired since our last session and set a rough agenda for how to best spend our time that day.  My sessions are deliberately flexible so that you can have the space to get what you need out of it and we can focus on the issues or life domains that are most important to you. “Flexible” does not mean aimless or totally free-form as I will always be active in guiding our meetings to ensure we are progressing towards building the life that you want.  Sometimes I will talk more, sometimes you will talk more, and we will often experiment with new behaviors and ideas.  The only real hard and fast rules are that we begin and end on time (out of consideration to those with appointments scheduled before and after you) and you have to talk about yourself.

How long will I be in therapy?

I typically suggest a commitment to six sessions.  This usually provides a good time frame to make some preliminary changes, trial some new skills, and evaluate early progress.  Depending on the scope of the changes you want to make it may be possible to accomplish your goals in six sessions, but my most typical clients attend twelve to sixteen sessions (or roughly six months).  I've had many clients with very specific goals we have accomplished quickly, and I have also worked with many that have elected to continue with therapy for years with an evolving agenda.  The one guarantee I can give is my commitment to work as efficiently as possible towards improving your quality of life.

What if I don’t know what to talk about?

I have honestly lost count of how many times a client was walking into my office and stating some version of "I really don't know what to talk about today", and we go on to have a productive and lively session.  In early session we will establish some goals and directions you would like to move in, so on those weeks when you don't have a specific topic you'd like to explore we can reference those to keep moving forward.  It is also my goal in each session to be active and give you things to work on in the week or two between sessions, which can give us a starting point if nothing "new" has happened in that time.