FAQS

Use the contact form to reach out. Let me know whether you’re looking for couples or individual therapy and a bit about what’s bringing you in. I’ll reply with next steps and consultation options.

Standard sessions are 50 minutes for both individuals and couples at this time.

Sessions are currently provided via secure telehealth.

I’m a PsyPact psychologist and can work with clients in participating PsyPact states. I am also licensed in Illinois and Texas. If you’re unsure about your state, reach out and I’ll confirm.

Individual therapy (50 minutes): $200 Couples therapy (50 minutes): $225

I’m an out-of-network provider and do not bill insurance directly. I am happy to provide you with a superbill for potential reimbursement from your insurer.

A superbill is a detailed receipt you can submit to your insurance company for possible out-of-network reimbursement. I can provide these upon request. Reimbursement depends on your specific plan. For more information, ask your insurer whether you have out-of-network mental health benefits, your deductible, reimbursement percentage after deductible, and whether there are session limits.

I’m warm, direct, and actively engaged in session. I don’t sit back as a referee while the same argument repeats itself. I interrupt painful cycles, ask hard questions, and help you understand the emotional pattern underneath the conflict while it’s happening. This is depth-oriented work, not just communication coaching.

Yes. My practice is affirming of all relationships. While I don’t currently have training to work with polycules, I am affirming of ethical non monogamy. I am actively (meaning I have and consistently do pursue training and experience in justice work) anti-racist, pro-liberation, and weight-inclusive. I pay close attention to how identity, culture, gender expectations, and social power shape emotional safety and relationship dynamics. I understand power as something that exists within each person, between partners, and within larger systems — and that awareness is built into how I practice therapy.

I work with individuals and couples on relationship conflict, emotional disconnection, family-of-origin trauma patterns, attachment injuries, chaotic coping patterns (including substance use, avoidance, perfectionism, and anger), relationship ambivalence, and identity-related stress. Much of my work focuses on how past relational experiences show up in present relationships.

Yes. I have extensive experience in residential and outpatient substance use treatment and bring a non-stigmatizing, harm-reduction-informed lens. In couples work, we look at how substance use and other coping strategies affect trust, safety, and emotional connection without reducing a person to a diagnosis.

Both. I work with couples who feel stuck in conflict, disconnection, or repeating relationship patterns, and with individuals who want to understand how early relationship experiences are shaping their present life and relationships.

Different therapists work in very different ways and, at different stages in life, we are more receptive or less receptive to different therapeutic approaches. My approach is active and pattern-focused. I don’t just listen and reflect — I track the cycle you get pulled into and step in to slow it down, ask direct questions, and help shift the interaction in real time. If past therapy felt passive or surface-level, this work may feel different.

No. Couples therapy is not a vote for staying together or separating. It’s a space to understand what’s happening between you and what each of you needs. Some couples come in to reconnect. Others come in with uncertainty. The goal is clarity and grounded choice, not pressure toward an outcome.