Frequently Asked Questions

Frequency of Sessions?

Our relationship truly is a large part of the medicine of this process and spending time to build it contributes to healing. We will plan to meet weekly and can evaluate how the work is feeling for you at any time, but I often do by session 6.

What to expect when in session?

Expect to go within and then beyond the mind to dive into your physical, energetic and emotional body’s understanding of your life and soul experiences. Expect to have new insights unveiled to you, which you may have not anticipated. Expect there to be challenges in uncovering different aspects of your psyche and there to be great joy in meeting these parts of yourself. Expect to learn how to support yourself in your daily life and learn how to be led by your Self (Adult or Core). Expect to be guided into enhancing your understanding of your own healing abilities. Expect your experience of each session to be different, as you are a unique expression of your own essence each day, although we will identify your themes and patterns. Expect to be honored with honesty and led into truth, to be guided towards responsibility and accountability with love. Expect to meet parts of yourself in your soul’s journey that long to meet you.

Also, my dog Kwinse may pop into the scene during our time together. She is chill and brings extra support and sweetness with her.

Why Therapy Costs What It Does?

It’s a good question—and one that comes up often. Therapy can feel like a big investment, and it’s understandable to wonder why.

The cost of therapy reflects more than just the time spent together in session. Therapists spend years in education, training, and ongoing supervision to do this work well. Each session is one-on-one, focused entirely on you, not rushed or divided among other clients.

There’s also a lot that happens behind the scenes—preparing for sessions, writing notes, continuing education, maintaining secure systems, and covering the costs of running a private practice (like space used, technology, and professional insurance).

Insurance doesn’t always cover the full range of concerns that bring people to therapy. Many plans only reimburse for specific mental health diagnoses and may limit the number or type of sessions covered. People come to therapy for more than diagnosable anxiety or depression; they can be seeking to resolve feelings of loneliness, going through life transitions and relationship issues, which are not considered covered diagnosable costs by an insurance plan. That means topics like personal growth, relationship challenges, stress, or life transitions—things most people come to therapy for—might not be included.

For those reasons, many therapists set fees that reflect the true cost of offering quality, confidential, and personalized care. While therapy is an investment, it’s one that often creates lasting change—helping you feel more grounded, connected, and aligned with yourself long after the sessions end.

How Insurance Affects Access to Therapy

Many community agencies and hospital systems work directly with insurance companies, which can make therapy more affordable for some people. The tradeoff is that these settings often have long wait times before you’re able to see a counselor.

Another piece in this, often times these systems overwhelm or even bring about burnout, requiring a therapist to see a higher number of clients, in order to be paid a proper wage due to insurance reimbursement rates for therapists, which may mean you are getting less of their presence than they would be able to give with proper space, time and pay.

Mental health systems and health care systems are not only broken for those they are serving, but they are also broken for those serving within them.

Also, another truth, insurance companies rarely reimburse therapists at rates that reflect the time, care, and training that go into good therapy. Mental health services are often valued much lower than other areas of health care, which makes it hard for many therapists to work within those systems while still offering the kind of presence and quality that people deserve.

This is one reason why many therapists, many of whom have more than likely come from and have experienced these systems, including myself, choose to stay out-of-network, become private pay: it allows for more privacy, flexibility, and a therapeutic relationship that isn’t dictated by an insurance company’s rules or limitations.