Therapy in Seattle for Anxiety, Trauma, and Depression

We explore why you are seeking counseling at this time and look at your therapy goals.

Generally speaking, during the first 1-3 sessions, we will do a thorough history and establish specific goals for your therapy. The next 3-4 sessions, we will develop a tool kit for dealing with the current stressors that brought you to counseling. In the last part of therapy, we will do the deep diving work to help heal the roots of problems that brought you to counseling.

We have found that meeting weekly improve clients’ progress toward their goals. For that reason, we meet with clients weekly. We will establish a set time to meet each week and that will be our reoccurring weekly appointment. 

There are a lot of factors that contribute to the length of counseling, so it is difficult to predict until we begin working together. Typically, clients commit to counseling for 9 months and progress is measured monthly. 

I offer an array of different kinds of therapy in addition to EMDR.  However, EMDR is helpful for anxiety, depression, OCD, addiction, unresolved grief and other mental health issues.  I am also trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Mindfulness-based Therapy. And sometimes you just need talk therapy to work out other issues, such as relationship problems, family issues, and career/job goals. My priority is providing therapy that works for you.

The intake session (first session) is $250 and, thereafter, $200 for a 50-minute session. I also provide 75-minute sessions upon request and availability.

I am covered out of network with various insurance companies. I do not bill for insurance but can provide a receipt (called a Superbill) for reimbursement from your insurance company.  You can check on your insurance company’s out-of-network provider terms by asking the following questions:

Does my policy have mental health benefits?  What is my deductible and has it been met both in-network and out-of-network? How many sessions per calendar year does my plan cover? How much does my plan cover for an out-of-network provider? What is the coverage amount per therapy session that my insurance covers? Is approval required from my primary care physician?

Click here to download a free out-of-network coverage worksheet as you prepare to talk about coverage with your insurance company.

I work Monday - Thursdays from 10AM-5PM. If you need sessions outside those days, please let me know.

I currently provide in-person and video counseling using a secure HIPAA compliant platform. If you have any questions regarding this process, let’s discuss them during the free 15-minute consultation session.

I have a 48-hour cancellation policy, so if you need to cancel make sure you give me 48-hours’ notice to avoid paying the late cancellation fee, which is the full session rate.  If you are too sick to attend the session using video, we can meet by phone.  In the case of an emergency that prevents you for giving 48-hours’ notice, please contact me just as soon as you can and we’ll make other arrangements.