Fees & FAQ

Individual and couples therapy sessions – $325 / 50 minute sessions.

Brainspotting Intensives – Contact for Pricing

I do not accept insurance. However, if you meet medical necessity I can provide you with a superbill (an itemized medical receipt) to submit to your insurance company. You pay me, then send them the superbill and they will reimburse you for what (if any) they cover.

Insurance companies require that I assign you a medical diagnosis to reimburse for treatment. This diagnosis becomes part of your official record. Some people feel uncomfortable with this, as it may have future impact. However, if you qualify for a diagnosis and request a superbill for reimbursement, I am happy to provide one.

Additionally, insurance companies can get overly involved in client treatment, prioritizing their bottom line by limiting the number of client sessions or even denying treatment, even when it is not in your best interest. They also may request information about what is happening in our sessions, including your private information.

Finally, insurance providers do not always reimburse psychotherapy providers at reasonable wages for our levels of training and expertise, and billing and retrieving payment can be incredibly time consuming and frustrating. Time that is better spent on studying things that can benefit my clients, or enjoying my free time. It is important to me to be fresh, present, and at the top of my therapy game and to be the best therapist I can be for my clients. This is most possible for me without accepting insurance.

Should you decide you would like to use your out of network benefits and submit a superbill, I suggest contacting your provider and asking them about your reimbursement. Some questions you may want to consider asking include:

• Do I have out of network mental health benefits?
• What is my out of network deductible (if any?)
• Do you cover telehealth services?
• How much will I be reimbursed? Does my reimbursement rate depend on my address or the address of the therapist?
• Are there any limitations I should know about?
• How do I submit a superbill?

Brainspotting is a powerful treatment method that focuses on identifying, processing, and releasing neurophysiological sources of pain, trauma, dissociation, and other challenges so that you can have a free, receptive, and well-regulated nervous system.

Brainspotting is a tool to support the healing relationship of client-therapist, and to help your neurobiology go to where it needs to go for its greatest potential. We often use biolateral sound to enhance the effectiveness of Brainspotting.

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is another tool for processing trauma that uses bilateral stimulation via eye movements, tapping/buzzers, or sound. EMDR is a more structured approach with less emphasis on the therapeutic relationship and (traditionally) less flexibility to follow and trust the client’s process.

I am certified in Brainspotting and trained in EMDR. While most of my clients prefer Brainspotting due to it’s organic integration into a normal therapy session as well as it’s focus on trusting their process, I do also use EMDR with clients when it is preferred.

Brainspotting intensives are two or three days of multi-hour therapy sessions focused on a specific goal or issue. These are ideal for those who are looking for supercharged healing or expansion work, those who feel “stuck” with their weekly therapy, and busy professionals who want a touch up or boost but don’t have the time for weekly therapy.

Our first session I like to do a thorough intake to get a strong sense of what you’re working on and clarify the goals you have for therapy. This may or may not extend to the second session.

We’ll use Brainspotting, talk therapy, mindfulness, somatic focus, parts work ala Internal Family Systems, and bits of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and coaching strategies to help you achieve your goals. While we might not talk explicitly about your goals each session, we always have them as a backdrop for why we’re doing what we’re doing together. Therapy looks a little different with every client, because each of you is unique and wants and needs different things.

My clients report that I’m smart, intuitive, sharp, and always up for a dose of humor. I’m not one of those therapists that will just stare at you until you talk, and I’m definitely not somber. I’m engaged and engaging when you need me to be, and will step back and let you lead when it’s time for that.

I have a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology from Saybrook University. I have done extensive post-graduate training including but not limited to Brainspotting, EMDR, Internal Family Systems, and Mindfulness. I have been working as a psychotherapist since 2014 and licensed in California since 2018.

I am licensed in California (LMFT # 104310,) New York (LMFT #002163,) and Illinois (LMFT # 166.001525.)

You may verify my licenses at:

https://www.breeze.ca.gov/datamart/loginCADCA.do

https://eservices.nysed.gov/professions/verification-search

https://idfpr.illinois.gov

At this time, I exclusively work online.

However, I do have an office in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago, and am planning on offering in-person sessions there within the next year.

Recent research has shown online therapy to be as effective as in person therapy. Plus you get the convenience of being able to fit the session into your busy schedule without the annoyance and unpredictability of travel times.

As I am only licensed in NY, CA, or IL I cannot provide therapy to those physically located in other states. There are some international locations that I am able to provide therapy to. Contact me for more information.

You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your health care will cost. Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have certain types of health care coverage or who are not using certain types of health care coverage an estimate of their bill for health care items and services before those items or services are provided.

You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any health care items or services upon request or when scheduling such items or services. This includes related costs like medical tests, prescription drugs, equipment, and hospital fees.

If you schedule a health care item or service at least 3 business days in advance, make sure your health care provider or facility gives you a Good Faith Estimate in writing within 1 business day after scheduling. If you schedule a health care item or service at least 10 business days in advance, make sure your health care provider or facility gives you a Good Faith Estimate in writing within 3 business days after scheduling. You can also ask any health care provider or facility for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule an item or service. If you do, make sure the health care provider or facility gives you a Good Faith Estimate in writing within 3 business days after you ask.

If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more for any provider or facility than your Good Faith Estimate from that provider or facility, you can dispute the bill.

Contact me to schedule a free 15 minute phone consultation.