FAQ

In general, therapy helps you by being a safe place where you are encouraged to look within and explore your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors, in order to gain a deeper understanding of your inner experience and develop more aware of how your inner world impacts your outer world. At a practical level, therapy can help you learn specific strategies and practices for dealing with issues such as depression, anxiety, grief, stress, and difficult relationships. It can help you discover new perspectives on thorny problems, which helps you to make better decisions, build better relationships, develop more effective coping strategies, and help you find greater emotional resilience for life’s ups and downs.

At its most basic form, therapy is a conversation designed to help you sort out problematic emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. Because everyone has different reasons for pursuing therapy, it will look different for each person. Sometimes, a problem is short-term and specific, and we can help you find relief or solutions fairly quickly. Other times, you may benefit from deeper and more long-term support, to deal with more difficult emotions and ongoing situations. As we work together, you and I will keep assessing your current therapeutic needs and progress, in order to make sure you’re getting the help you need.

I offer three options.

Initial Consultations are 20 minutes long. This is an opportunity for us to meet, get to know each other a bit, ask questions and to decide if it feels like a “fit”.

Individual Therapy Sessions are 50 minutes long. This is where the heart of the process happens. I usually recommend weekly or bi-weekly sessions, depending on your specific situation.

Extended Therapy Sessions are 80 minutes long. This is a great option when you feel you would benefit from more time to take things a bit deeper.

Initial consultations are complimentary, and are 20 minutes long.

Individual Therapy Sessions are 50 minutes long and are $140

Extended Therapy Sessions are 80 minutes long and are $210.

Absolutely. You have the choice of meeting either in person at my Bellevue office, or virtually from wherever you are.

Yes, I do. I offer telehealth appointments as well as in-person office visits at my Bellevue office. While I love being able to be in the same room with you, I also know that there’s a great benefit to being able to connect from anywhere. Your choice :)

I am able to accept insurance through Premera and Lifewise. In addition, many of my clients are able to receive reimbursement from their insurance company or employee health spending accounts for my services as an out-of-network provider. Please check with your insurer about their specific policies. I am happy to provide you with documentation that you can send to your insurance company for reimbursement.