faq’s

  1. Do you take insurance?

I do not take insurance. I am considered an out-of-network provider. My clients pay me directly and I provide a receipt that they can submit to their insurance company. Any reimbursement negotiations is between the client and their own insurance company.

2. If you don’t take insurance, what are your rates and how can I pay you?

The first session is called an Intake session, it is 60 minutes and costs $195. During the Intake session we review paperwork, discuss the Service Agreement and I gather background history that helps to inform me and guide the therapy. Subsequent sessions last 50 minutes at the rate of $185/ session.

As stated in the No Surprises Act, you are entitled to clear and accurate information about your therapy charges. Your annual investment in therapy will vary depending on which services you use and how often you participate.

For payment I accept Venmo, Zelle or a written check.

3. Are you conducting in-person sessions?

I am currently conducting in-person therapy sessions in Herndon on Thursdays and provide tele-health sessions every week day via a platform called Doxy. The link will be provided before your first session.

4. What is your therapy style?

I am pretty informal and relaxed in sessions. My goal is to make you feel comfortable to enable a safe and warm environment. Therapy sessions involve laughing, crying and honesty. Although relaxed, I do encourage and/or push clients when necessary but always in a careful and loving manner.

5. How long will I be in therapy?

This is a hard question to answer. Some clients come in for a few sessions and others meet with me for years. The average client comes regularly for about four-six months. I strongly recommend that sessions begin on a weekly basis, that is when the deep therapeutic work gets done. Meeting less than weekly early on will dilute the process and become simply a place to vent every couple of weeks without making any real change. Once symptoms begin to subside and positive movement is evident, it makes sense to titrate down to every other week and then monthly.