About Me

I have a knack for noticing things that aren’t being spoken or named or tended to. I like to point at the elephants in the room. If we work together, you’ll probably feel seen, vulnerable, and sometimes uncomfortable.

But I don’t believe in “tough love.” Most of us are using too much “tough love” on ourselves already. And for most of us, it hasn’t been working so well.

I think change and healing happen through bringing more awareness, compassion, and connection to the things that are up for you. So, I’ll meet your protective strategies and fears and hesitations with compassion and grace and humor and I’ll remind you of how you make sense. I will, over and over again, invite you to be more honest and also more soft with yourself. Sometimes I’ll get it wrong, and we’ll get to explore any reservations you have about asking for what you actually want.

I’ll also slow down and meet you with a ton of spaciousness. Sometimes the movement that wants to happen requires that we pause in places of uncertainty and wait for the next thing to emerge.

What is therapy like?

More practically, sessions with me look like some combination of these four things:

Sharing your story

Sometimes you just need to be deeply seen and heard with compassion, acceptance, and empathy. You need to be reminded that you are ok, that what you are feeling makes sense, and that you deserve care and attention and support.

Figuring some things out

Compassion might not feel like enough, though. Sometimes you want more active help sorting through some of the burdens you’re carrying. I’ll ask questions, offer alternatives ways of looking at things, point out and question some of your assumptions, and sometimes suggest resources or strategies. We can use Internal Family Systems to help you clarify what’s happening inside of you gently and with lots of compassion. I’ll also ask you questions about what’s happening in your body because it’s a good source of information that we sometimes ignore.

Using a modality to work on a stuck spot

We might decide to use a more structured approach to tackle a particular issue. The ones I use most often are EMDR and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. EMDR can help you process distressing memories and the painful beliefs stuck in those memories. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy can help you clarify what’s most important to you, make peace with discomfort, and live a more meaningful life.

Uncovering and working through relational patterns

Most of us are struggling in some way with connection, whether we feel disconnected from ourselves or are struggling in relationships with others. You are probably using some strategies in relationships that used to serve you well, but aren’t working so well anymore. Some of them might be really hard for you to see. Patterns that tend to come up in your relationships will probably come up in some form in your relationship with me. We can explore how those patterns have been adaptive in the past and how you might begin to shift the ones that are getting in the way of connection now.

Approaches and Modalities

I draw from a variety of therapy modalities. These include:

  • Gestalt Therapy

  • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy

  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

  • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)

FAQ’s

What are your rates?

My rate is $130 per 50 minute therapy session.

I am not in network with any insurance panels. I can provide a bill for you to submit for out of network reimbursement.

Where are you located?

I provide online therapy only. I am in Denver, Colorado and can work with you if you are physically located anywhere in Colorado.

Good Faith Estimate

Under Section 2799B-6 of the Public Health Service Act, health care providers and health care facilities are required to inform individuals who are not enrolled in a plan or coverage or a Federal health care program, or not seeking to file a claim with their plan or coverage both orally and in writing of their ability, upon request or at the time of scheduling health care items and services, to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” of expected charges. 

You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical care will cost. 

Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the bill for medical items and services. 

You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency items or services. This includes related costs like medical tests, prescription drugs, equipment, and hospital fees. 

Make sure your health care provider gives you a Good Faith Estimate in writing at least 1 business day before your medical service or item. You can also ask your health care provider, and any other provider you choose, for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule an item or service. 

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, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises 

We send Good Faith Estimates through our credit card billing system, the first time you are charged, and then quarterly thereafter to include any changes in services. 

Most therapy lasts at a minimum of 5 weeks. The total cost of 5 weekly sessions is $650.

Let’s talk.