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Rooted in Relationship, Moving you Forward
Therapeutic Style
My interaction style is warm, genuine, collaborative, and practical. I start by building a relationship with each individual in which we identify issues and goals for our work. Therapeutic relationship is a confluence—client and therapist, two people’s expertise—that is the foundation of movement forward. Like merging waters, the best therapeutic confluence is powerful, efficient, effective, and fluid. This confluence helps clients flow in desired directions, soften resistance to difficulties in the process, and feel empowered. My aim is to provide a context for healing, growth, analysis, acceptance, and change, so that
clients are invited to experience new ways of being in their lives and to develop more flexibility to respond to life’s demands, rather than reacting out of habit or emotion.
Human beings are complex with myriad life experiences, emotions, thoughts, actions, and sensations. For this reason, I believe an individualized, client-centered approach is the most meaningful way to undertake therapeutic work. This means therapy is customized to client needs and goals, while also being informed by clinical expertise and evidence from current behavioral science.
Additionally, my style is values minded. I seek to help clients connect with what they care about most, what is most meaningful, even if that means living with anxiety, depression, or a damaging history that can’t be changed. This orientation is about moving toward values, rather than merely moving away from pain.
Beyond that, my approach is process oriented as well as content based. We will sometimes examine our reactions and interactions to each other (our process) in addition to discussing and addressing therapeutic targets (e.g., insomnia, mood, trauma, communication skills). This is a special kind of observation, analysis, and exchange. It may be intense, present-centered, and unfamiliar. However, these kinds of interactions can lead to transformative change.
Therapy Services
Types of Therapy
I use various contemporary cognitive behavioral therapies, including:
Motivational Interviewing
Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Insomnia
Prolonged Exposure
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Functional Analytic Psychotherapy
Behavioral Activation
Community Reinforcement Approach
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
These treatments are all non-medication based, cognitive behavioral therapies. They include various behavioral processes such as exposure, relaxation, mindfulness, activation, and motivational enhancement.
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.
-C.S. Lewis
Treatment Duration
There are many problems that can be addressed and resolved in a relatively short period of time (e.g., 4 to 12 sessions) with the appropriate treatment. This can be true even when individuals have suffered with the problems for a long time. Other times, the longer a problem has been going on (i.e., the stronger and more habitual behavior is), the more intensive and extensive a treatment must be to build a different pattern of behavior.
Regardless of whether treatment is expected to be brief or longer term, these therapies are most successful when individuals work between sessions to address what we discuss in therapy. It is an active treatment process for both client and therapist. It is also a process with an assumed end point in mind, even if therapy extends many sessions. My hope is that as the treatment goals are achieved, clients will independently apply the skills, insights, successes, and growth experienced in therapy to their daily lives, and will simultaneously have less need for my guidance. That is not to say that there won’t be a need for therapy services in the future, only that at some point active therapy may not be necessary for full living.
“Balance is not a passive resting place—it takes work, balancing the giving and the taking, the raking out and the putting in.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer
Problems Treated
Areas of Specialty
Trauma/Loss
Sleep Problems/Insomnia
Adjustment/Life Changes
Panic/Anxiety Problems
Relationships/Communication
Mood/Stress Management
Alcohol/Substance Use
Lifestyle/Health Behavior
Telehealth Services for Adults
Intake Assessment
The first appointment in the individual therapy treatment process. It’s a chance for us to get acquainted, evaluate your needs, and determine how I can be most helpful. This is a 60-75-minute televideo appointment. $300
Individual Therapy
Collaborative, one-on-one therapy sessions to accomplish your treatment goals. Typically these are 55-minute televideo appointments. $225
Longer sessions are prorated @ $225/hr per quarter hour.
Group Sessions
Small group sessions focused on gaining knowledge, building skills, and getting support for sleep, depression, anxiety, stress, and relationships. These are 60-minute sessions with at least one other person and reflect a reduced cost compared to individual therapy sessions. $75-$150/hour
In-Person Services
In-person sessions for individual and group therapy are currently being offered on a limited basis. Please contact me to register your interest.
Location
All virtual services are currently offered to adults in WA state only. Due to licensing regulations, I cannot see clients who are not physically located in the State of Washington during each virtual session.
Payment
Payment is due at the time of the provided service via credit, debit, or HSA card.
PLEASE NOTE: I am out-of-network for all insurance plans. However, you may still be eligible for reimbursement for therapy services, depending on your coverage. Please check with your insurance plan directly. I am happy to provide superbills to you for this purpose.
A good faith estimate of expected charges is available upon scheduling an intake assessment or upon your request.
