Services

At this time I am serving individuals age 12 and up.

Adolescent Therapy

Adolescence isn’t easy – for the teen or the parent.  I have experience working with individuals struggling with depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, communication difficulties, difficulties transitioning, school refusal, suicidal thoughts, and/or self-harm. When working with minors, I engage families in dyadic and parent guidance sessions.  Family involvement in therapy is important, as the family system is imperative in maintaining the adolescents’ gains in therapy.

Parent and joint sessions can also be used to assist with healthier communication in the parent-child relationship, as well as exploring the parental role in conflict and interventions to assist in a healthy and respect filled parent-child relationship.

At the clients’ or parents’ request, I can assist with identifying appropriate referrals for medication evaluation/management and engage in a collaborative approach to treatment with other providers when needed.

Individual Therapy

I find contentment is about balance, passion, relationships, vulnerability, empowerment, and sustainability.  I consider it a privilege to assist others in finding joy in all these things for themselves.

You are your own author. Who knows your life better than you?  Your perspective of your world and your experiences are the core of what our therapy is centered around. We work toward identifying and achieving your attainable goals through exploring and enhancing awareness, attunement, and positive regard toward self and others.

Clinically, this is done through a person-centered approach aimed to increase insight to create short term and long term goals for treatment. These insights assist us in identifying maladaptive thought patterns, behaviors, or emotions – and replacing these with healthier thoughts, clarity of emotions, and with congruent behaviors.  This is also known as cognitive behavioral therapy.

Insurance

I currently am in network with Cigna, Husky, Optum (United) and Anthem/BCBS.  Prior to beginning treatment, I can verify your benefits with your insurance company and discuss your insurance plan/benefits as it relates to our therapy.  I also provide services as an out of network provider or self-pay.  When utilizing out of network or self-pay services, documentation of Good Faith Estimates are provided.