Frequently Asked Questions

Therapy:

$300 for 60-minute sessions.

The initial 75-minute assessment is $375.

You may be able to use your out-of-network benefits to save money on therapy. Use this HIPAA-compliant benefits checker to see if you qualify for reimbursement for my services.

Intensives:

$360/hour:

• 2-hour intensives are $720.

• 3-hour intensives are $1,080.

• Schedule and pay as you go, with no multiple day commitments or obligations.

Yes! I have a lovely office in the Beverly Grove area of LA near the Original Farmer’s Market.

Online, I see clients from across California using the HIPAA-compliant platform Zoom for Healthcare.

I am not paneled with any insurance companies. However, many PPO plans provide out-of-network benefits and reimburse a percentage of your fees after you meet your deductible.

I am happy to provide a superbill for you to submit for reimbursement.

Use this HIPAA-compliant benefits checker to see if you qualify for reimbursement for my services.

I maintain a very limited number of reduced rate slots for clients who cannot afford the usual fee. Please contact me to see if any are available.

Per the No Surprises Act, you have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical and mental health care will cost.

Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the expected charges for medical services, including psychotherapy services.

You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency healthcare services, including psychotherapy services.

You can ask your health care provider, and any other provider you choose, for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule a service.

If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill. Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate.

For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises.

Please note: I send a GFE to all clients prior to the start of services and resend this at the start of every calendar year.

I accept credit cards and HSA/FSA cards online.

In general, weekly sessions are 55-60 minutes.

To jump-start the healing process, you may prefer the intensive format.

I usually see clients weekly, especially for the first 3 months. Progress occurs most quickly and substantively with consistent weekly sessions.

If you are interested in every-other-week sessions, please contact me to discuss.

Your appointment times are reserved for you and difficult to fill at the last minute. Please note that for all clients, the first no-show or late cancellation provided less than 24 hours in advance will be charged a partial fee of $100, with full fees charged on no-shows and late cancellations thereafter. Please note that I cannot hold your weekly slot for you if there is a pattern of non-attendance.

I work with adult individuals 18+. I do not provide couples therapy or services for children/teens.

At the first session, we will talk about what brings you to therapy and what you hope to get out of it. What we do in sessions after that depends on your goals. We will talk, do experiential exercises, and may integrate EMDR, brainspotting or Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART).

We may also use Internal Family Systems (IFS) to get to know your parts, like your inner critic, your taskmaster, your wild child, or your people-pleaser. This can be a very effective way to resolve internal conflicts, heal childhood trauma, and understand the behaviors that undermine your conscious goals.

We will explore to find the modalities that work best for you. For many clients, an integrated approach, such as using EMDR and IFS together, is incredibly effective.

How long therapy takes depends on the unique circumstances and needs of each individual. Several factors, such as the difficulties you’re facing, your goals, whether weekly attendance is consistent, and other considerations can affect the length of therapy.

My goal as a therapist is to help you meet your goals as quickly as possible.

Most clients attend therapy weekly for at least 3 months. Some stay in therapy for a year or more.

To see progress quickly, read more about how to get the most out of every session and how to track change.

If you are feeling motivated and seeking to accelerate the healing process, you may also want to consider therapy intensives, which are 3-hour blocks of work dedicated to resolving stuck patterns. Intensives take place in my Los Angeles office and are tailored to your specific and unique needs.

You can schedule a free 20-minute consultation on my calendar. You can also send me an encrypted, HIPAA-compliant message. If it feels like we’re a good fit, we can schedule our first session and off we go!