Services
Areas of Special Focus
Individual Therapy: One-on-one sessions tailored to your specific needs and goals. I create a safe space for you to explore your thoughts, feelings, and experiences, and work collaboratively to navigate challenges and foster personal growth. Sessions are in-person and offered to adults only. Telehealth is the exception and not the rule and is available under certain circumstances.
- Holistic Wellness: An integrative perspective that considers the interconnectedness of your mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. We explore lifestyle factors, self-care practices, and holistic interventions to support your overall wellness journey.
- Death and grief care: As an end-of-life, or death doula, my therapeutic approach is grounded in compassion, empathy, and a deep understanding of the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of dying. This includes not only your own impending death but deaths of loved ones, including pets.
- Spiritual care: When you want to connect with something greater but unsure how. Or, maybe you were raised in a harmful religious or spiritual environment and need to deconstruct belief systems that did not serve you.
- Women's issues: Focuses on the unique challenges, experiences, and concerns that women may face. It encompasses a wide range of topics related to women's mental health, social roles, relationships, wedding stress, prenatal birth planning, hormones and identity.
- Special populations of interest: terminal illness, brides, mental health therapists, life transitions, hustle culture recovery.
What are my favorite therapy modalities?
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a widely used therapeutic approach that focuses on identifying and changing negative or unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors.
- Existential therapy is a philosophical approach to psychotherapy that focuses on exploring and understanding your experience of existence, meaning, and purpose in life. It emphasizes the uniqueness of each person and their freedom and responsibility to make choices that shape their lives.
- Experiential therapy is a therapeutic approach that, unlike traditional talk therapy, uses expressive tools and activities to help clients re-experience and process emotional situations from their past. This can include art, drama, music, cooking, reminiscence therapy and adventure-based therapy.
- Somatic & Body Psychotherapy emphasizes the connection between mind and body, allowing emotions and past experiences stored in the body to be gently processed and released. Bringing attention to physical sensations, muscle tension, and posture to uncover underlying emotions or memories, this is a combination of breathwork, movement and therapeutic touch. This is done with informed consent and clear boundaries.
- Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a therapeutic approach based on the idea that our minds are composed of different "parts" or subpersonalities, each with its own thoughts, emotions, and motivations. IFS involves facilitating internal dialogue between different parts of the self. This can help parts express their needs, fears, and desires, leading to greater understanding and integration.
- Narrative therapy is a way we explore the chapters of your past, present, and future—unpacking the narratives you hold about yourself, your experiences, and the world around you. This approach helps you discover how these stories shape your identity, relationships and choices through storytelling, metaphors, myths, and parables to reframe and re-author the narratives that may be holding you back.
- Faith-based therapy is an integrative therapeutic approach that combines traditional psychological practices with spiritual or religious principles. This approach is particularly beneficial for individuals who see their faith as a central part of their identity and want their therapeutic journey to reflect that aspect of their lives.
- Neurobiology is the study of the brain and its impact on behavior, emotions, and cognitive functions. By understanding how different regions of the brain interact, we gain insight into how experiences—both positive and negative—shape not only our mental health but our physical health as well.
how do i pay and what does it cost
self-pay vs. Insurance
Self-Pay (Out-of-Pocket)
Pros:
- Confidentiality: Your therapy records are kept private, as there's no need to share information with an insurance company.
- Greater Choice of Therapists: You can choose any therapist you like, including those who don’t accept insurance.
- Flexibility in Treatment: You and your therapist have more freedom to decide on the frequency, length, and type of therapy without restrictions from insurance companies.
- No Diagnosis Required*: Insurance often requires a mental health diagnosis to cover therapy, but with self-pay, there's no need for a formal diagnosis if it's not necessary for treatment.
Cons:
- Cost: Self-pay can be expensive, especially if you need frequent sessions. This may limit how long or how often you can attend therapy.
- No Reimbursement: You won’t receive any financial assistance, which can be a burden depending on your financial situation.
Insurance
Pros:
- Lower Out-of-Pocket Costs: Insurance can significantly reduce the cost of therapy sessions, making it more affordable.
- Wide Network Coverage: Many therapists accept insurance, and you might find qualified professionals within your network.
- Financial Accessibility: Using insurance may allow you to attend therapy more regularly without worrying about the cost.
Cons:
- Limited Choice of Therapists: You may be restricted to therapists within your insurance network, limiting your options.
- Potential for Limited Sessions: Insurance companies might cap the number of sessions or require reauthorization for continued treatment.
- Diagnosis Requirement: Insurance often requires a mental health diagnosis to cover therapy, which becomes part of your medical record.
- Privacy Concerns: Your treatment details may be shared with the insurance company, which could potentially affect future insurance coverage.
- Insurance defines what is “medically necessary." This means that insurance could deny a certain diagnosis, number of sessions and treatments and this is could be retroactive for a number of years! These "clawbacks" would then be forwarded to you, as the insurance holder is responsible for payment to the provider.
*The caveat to non-diagnosis is if you still want to give a superbill to your insurance for reimbursement for out-of-network services. That document would require a diagnosis.
Session Prices and insurance
Kansas and Oregon residents only (telehealth only for Oregon residents). Sessions are 45-53 minutes in length. You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your care will cost. Late cancels (less than 24 hours) and no-shows will be charged a $75 fee.
individual session self-pay rate
$125
For Kansas residents, I accept Aetna, United Healthcare and BCBS and in the process of getting contracted with Medicare.
Oregon residents: self-pay and BCBS only.
For both states, I can provide a superbill that could allow you to get partially reimbursed by insurance if I am out of network. Check with your insurance or HSA plan.