WHAT TO EXPECT
GETTING STARTED
Contact me here to request a free, 15-minute phone call to find out if working together feels like a good fit. If so, we'll schedule an intake session, during which I will ask you a variety of questions to get a holistic sense of who you are and where you're coming from. This process sometimes takes multiple sessions, especially if we are assessing for OCD. Once the intake is complete, we'll discuss your treatment goals together and go from there!
Sessions are scheduled weekly or biweekly, and met via telehealth. I see clients during the day, Monday through Friday.
Note that I am licensed in Oregon and Washington states and as such, only able to see clients who are physically located in Oregon or Washington at the time of each session.
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HOW LONG IS A SESSION? HOW DO I PAY?
Sessions typically run for 55 minutes.
My rate is $150 per individual session, $200 for couples and families (+$50 for each additional person; e.g., a session with three clients would cost $250). I accept credit cards, which are billed securely and automatically after each session. I accept a few kinds of insurance, processed through Headway.
For those paying out of pocket, I partner with a company called Mentaya to help clients get reimbursed. If that's something that interests you, you can learn more here. I don't benefit financially from Mentaya - it's entirely for clients and entirely optional.
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MY THERAPEUTIC PHILOSOPHY
I view therapy as a collaborative experience - it's an expedition of discovery, with you as the leader and navigator. I'm like the tracker or the interpreter - my role is to offer space for you to blaze the trail, and to help make sense of what we discover together.
Therapy isn't always comfortable - and that's usually a good thing, because the best way to grow is to get out of our comfort zones! I'm here to provide support and to nudge you in the direction you've told me you want to go. That said, I will never make you do anything that you genuinely don't want to do. You always have a choice.
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ANTI-RACIST THERAPY
​I am committed to being an anti-racist therapist, and to the work of decolonizing my practice, which I recognize as lifelong pursuits, rather than goals to be checked off.
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I regard myself as a perpetual student, always learning - and bound to make mistakes at times. When that happens, I invite you to engage in a process of repair with me. I recognize the emotional labor involved in the repair process, and I want to assure you of two things:
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1. To the best of my ability, I will take on the work of offering space for repair so you don't have to; and
2. It will not affect my regard for you whether or not you want to engage in this process.
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I acknowledge that the land on which I am now settled and practice therapy "rests on traditional village sites of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin, Kalapuya, Molalla, and many other tribes who made their homes along the Columbia River creating communities and summer encampments to harvest and use the plentiful natural resources of the area" (Portland Indian Leaders Roundtable, 2018). The colonization of what is now known as Portland led to the attempted genocide of its indigenous peoples, as well as theft of their land. These historic traumas continue to impact present day generations; however, Native people are still here and are vital contributors to the community. I invite you to learn more from Leading with Tradition, a document created by the Portland Indian Leaders Roundtable.
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HOW CAN I CONTACT YOU?
Use my contact page! I check phone and email messages multiple times daily, Monday through Friday, and I try to respond to most messages within 1-3 days. At times, it may take me longer to respond to your message if I am engaged with other clients or in my own life; I appreciate your patience.
Please note that e-mail is not considered a confidential form of communication.
If you need support outside of session, please contact a free & confidential Crisis Line, or the Suicide + Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8, available 24/7. If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, call 9-1-1.​​