FAQ

I take electronic payments like Venmo or PayPal, credit cards as well as HSA cards, cash, or check.

I am in network with Pacific Source and First Choice.

If you have another insurance that you would like to use, I would be considered out of network; however, I’d be happy to provide you with a bill to submit for reimbursement.

Additionally, there are ways to make therapy affordable without the use of insurance. We can discuss this further during our initial call.

I am sensitive and compassionate. I have a direct, no BS approach (I am originally from Philadelphia, after all!). I am also a teacher; I teach skills that will allow you to become a better expert on yourself.

This depends on your personal goals, and it’s something that we can decide together. Many people start with one session per week and then move to every other week after they’ve achieved progress toward their goals.

Often, things will come to light in a session, and you will naturally focus on heightened awareness and new ways of being. Sometimes, you may desire a more specific assignment – when that need arises, we’ll figure it out together. It could involve writing a letter, making a call, doing meditation, or contemplation, or it could even involve self-care, like doing something special for yourself.

No problem. I’m as flexible as I can be with my time and appointments. Cancel 24 hours in advance to avoid being billed for the session. If something unavoidable comes up and we reschedule within the same week, I will not bill you for the missed session.

Again, we make this decision together. (Are you beginning to see that therapy is a collaboration?) There’ll be a time when you have learned enough about managing your challenges, and you’ll no longer need to come regularly.

Once you’ve achieved your goals or are well on your way to doing so, we’ll decide that it’s time to end treatment or to come in on an as-needed basis.

As I’ve said, this is a collaboration. You are an expert on yourself. I’m an expert in helping you integrate your past and creating a vision and concrete map for the future. We’ll work together, so you can learn how to navigate your inner and outer worlds like a boss.

I don’t let couples fight in my office. During the assessment, I may have couples take ten minutes to discuss an ongoing or difficult problem to understand how they deal with conflict. Still, after the initial evaluation, I intervene by teaching researched and proven ways to tackle problems.

Originally, I became a therapist to help myself. Before I started graduate school, I spent a year teaching 7th grade. During that time, I realized that kids and their parents needed to learn the language of emotions. I saw none of this being addressed in the schools at the time.

Conscious connected breathing is a breathing process that increases your ability to feel and resolve your past effects. Using a deep connected breath for approximately one hour, the process releases stress and tension from the body and accesses and releases stored emotion. The breath opens the body’s energy channels and accelerates the flow of creativity and intuition. The session lasts 1.5 hours.