Frequently Asked Questions
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I am based in Southington, Connecticut and currently offer online therapy for clients throughout CT.
I am also in the planning stages of offering in-person therapy Intensives in downtown Southington. If that’s something you’re interested in, you’re welcome to reach out and I can share more details as availability opens.
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Yes, research shows that online therapy can be just as effective as in-person sessions. All of the approaches I use translate well to online work. Some, such as I-CBT and ERP, can even be especially effective when we’re able to use screen sharing or work directly within your home environment.
Online therapy is also designed to be simple and convenient. Before each session, you’ll receive a secure link by email. At the start of our scheduled time, I’ll log in and admit you into the HIPAA-compliant video platform. We’ll make sure audio and video are working, then begin just as we would in an in-person session.
I recommend meeting from a quiet, comfortable, and private space with a stable internet connection. Your home would be an ideal setting, although some clients choose to meet from their office or a parked car for convenience or privacy. Any of these locations is completely fine—as long as you’re physically located in Connecticut (where I’m licensed) and can provide an address for safety purposes.
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Sessions are typically offered Monday through Thursday, with appointments available between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm. Limited Friday and weekend sessions may be available by request. These appointments are billed at time-and-a-half of the weekday rate. During your free consultation, we’ll review your availability together and explore whether there are openings that align with your schedule.
Session lengths include:
Traditional sessions: 45 minutes
Extended sessions: 75 minutes
Intensive sessions: 3 hours per day scheduled over 1–3 days, depending on your selected package
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Fees vary based on the length and structure of your session. The fees listed below apply to weekday appointments.
Traditional Therapy Sessions (45 minutes)
Intake session: $300
Ongoing session: $250
Extended Therapy Sessions (75 minutes)
Intake session: $425
Ongoing session: $375
Intensive Therapy Packages
Includes an intake session, 3-hour intensive therapy sessions, a post-intensive support session, and a personalized treatment workbook with tailored resources.
1-Day Intensive (7.5 hours): $2,475
2-Day Intensive (10.5 hours): $3,465
3-Day Intensive (13.5 hours): $4,455
Customized Treatment Workbook
A personalized workbook including assessments, prompts, reflections, and curated resources.
Add-on to Traditional or Extended Therapy: $500
Weekend Rates
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday sessions are occasionally available by request and are billed at time-and-a-half of the weekday session rates.
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Yes, I am an out-of-network (OON) provider. This means that you pay for your sessions up front and I offer superbills for potential reimbursement of your therapy services. Additionally, I offer complimentary OON claim submission through a system called Thrizer. If you are interested in using your OON benefits, I recommend that you call your health insurance company to inquire about your deductible and your OON benefits for outpatient therapy.
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A "Good Faith Estimate" (GFE) is a document designed to provide transparency about the cost of your healthcare. Under the federal No Surprises Act, healthcare providers, including therapists, are required to provide a GFE to all uninsured or self-pay clients.
In simple terms, the GFE is an itemized forecast of the expected charges for your therapy services, based on the information known at the time the estimate is created. It helps you to budget for your care and prevents unexpected "surprise" bills.
The GFE includes a description of the services you are expected to receive (e.g., individual therapy sessions), the service codes, the expected cost per session, the anticipated frequency and duration of treatment, and the potential total cost for that period.
For more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate and the dispute process, visit the CMS No Surprises Act website or call 1-800-985-3059.
You will receive a written copy of your GFE before your first session, and an updated estimate will be provided if your treatment plan or costs change significantly.
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Your appointment time is set aside just for you with great care and preparation. To cancel or reschedule, I kindly ask my clients to text or email me at least 2 full business days, or 48 business hours, in advance. When cancellations happen with less notice, I’m not able to offer that time to another client—and the full session fee will apply. Rest assured, I will review this policy with you at your first appointment and it will be detailed in your consent forms.
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Good Fit to Work Together:
Finding the right therapist is personal—and you deserve to feel genuinely comfortable with the person you choose to do this work with. I’ve put a lot of myself into my website so you can get a real sense of who I am as a therapist and as a human. My warmth, humor, down-to-earth energy, and the grounded gentleness I bring into the room—it’s all there to help you decide whether my style resonates with you.
My best-fit clients are kind, sometimes humorous, sensitive souls who are motivated for change. People who want to feel deeply seen, heard and understood, but who also appreciate a therapist who will kindly and intentionally challenge them—at their pace. They are typically seeking support with stress or anxiety, OCD tendencies, sadness or depression, and grief, loss and life transitions. My clients desire to get to the root of what’s keeping them stuck in order to start experiencing real, lasting healing.
If what you’ve read so far feels aligned, I’d encourage you to explore my site a bit more and then schedule a consultation. That’s our chance to talk through your hopes, concerns, and questions, and for you to get a feel for whether working together feels like the right next step. You’ll know we’re a good fit if you feel safe, supported, understood, and invited into deeper healing at a pace that honors you.
Not a Good Fit to Work Together:
I practice according to the Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers, and thus do not work with clients whose needs fall outside of my scope of practice, experience, and training. This includes severe mental illness such as schizophrenia spectrum, psychotic disorders, and Bipolar I as well as personality disorders (i.e. borderline, narcissistic, antisocial) and active addiction or untreated substance use disorders. I also do not work with clients who are in crisis or who need a higher level of care. This includes individuals struggling with active suicidal ideation, recently hospitalized, currently enrolled in PHP/IOP, or those living in transitional/halfway housing.
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I offer a complimentary 15-20 minute consultation phone call to help us determine if we are a good fit to work together. Just like any relationship, it’s important that we both feel comfortable and at ease working together. During this call, you’ll have the opportunity to share some background on yourself, your concerns from which you are seeking relief, and what brought you to seek therapy now. I’ll also briefly introduce myself and provide an overview of my therapeutic approach to see if I can support you in reaching your goals.
We will also discuss logistics such as scheduling and fees. At the end of the call, we will check in to see if you would like to move forward with scheduling your first appointment. If you do decide to move forward with an intake session, we will input your form of payment and you will be provided with instructions on how to complete your intake paperwork. As your session time is valuable, I ask that you complete your intake documents at least 48 hours prior to your first appointment in case you have any questions and to allow time for review.
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Your first appointment is where I‘ll get to know you better. We will get a feel for working together while you share what brought you into therapy. I will want to hear about your upbringing, your current life, and what your struggles have been. You can choose to share as little or as much as you’d like—you are always in control. We will then create a plan for your treatment to help you achieve those goals. This plan will include when and how often we will meet, the methods we will use to help you, as well as specific treatment goals. If your intake is a 75-minute extended session or for an Intensive, we may also have time to begin introducing resourcing skills.
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That’s completely okay. You never have to talk about anything before you’re ready, and I’ll never push you to share more than feels safe. Many of my clients worry they’ll be expected to “spill everything” right away—especially the parts that feel tender, confusing, or hard to put into words. But therapy doesn’t work like that with me. We move at your pace, with your consent, and with a lot of gentleness (and sometimes even a little laugh-through-the-tears levity) along the way.
What’s helpful to know is that deep healing doesn’t always require talking in detail about painful experiences. Approaches like Brainspotting and IFS-informed EMDR can be especially supportive when something feels too big, too emotional, or too “stuck” to talk through directly. These methods allow us to work with your nervous system and the parts of you carrying the pain—even without diving into the specifics of the story. Clients often find relief without having to relive or retell anything they don’t want to.
You’re always in the driver’s seat. If something feels off-limits, we honor that and get to know these protective parts through a method called Internal Family Systems. And when you are ready, we unpack things with care, curiosity, and the right amount of challenge to help you move toward the healing you’re seeking. My goal is for you to feel safe, supported, and fully in control of your pace.
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The length of therapy depends on your goals, needs, and what you’re hoping to work through. My aim is always to help you make meaningful progress as efficiently as possible—so therapy supports your life, rather than becoming something that feels endless. We’ll regularly check in to make sure therapy continues to feel helpful and aligned with your goals, and I’ll be here to support you for as long as that’s true.
For some clients, therapy Intensives are a great fit. Intensives offer a more focused, accelerated approach and can be especially helpful if you’re preparing for a major life event, transition, or performance-related situation that feels emotionally charged.
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Yes. I offer therapy Intensives for individuals across Connecticut using Brainspotting, IFS-informed EMDR, and I-CBT approaches. Intensives are focused, extended therapy sessions designed to help you make progress more quickly. They include dedicated time together and a customized treatment workbook to support your work before, during, and after the intensive. Intensives can be scheduled in 1-day, 2-day, or 3-day formats, with 3-hour sessions clustered within a week or over the course of a month—depending on your needs. This structure allows for greater momentum, continuity, and depth than traditional weekly therapy.