faqs
how much do you charge?
My out of pocket rate is $125 per 55 minutes. I do not offer a sliding scale at this time. Instead of offering discounted rates, I accept insurance, including medicaid.
do you take my insurance?
Right now, I am in network with these plans:
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Aetna
Medcost
Healthy Blue Medicaid
Amerihealth Caritas Medicaid
Vaya Health/“Medicaid Direct”
For those with other insurance, I am happy to provide a superbill so that you can work with your insurance company directly for out-of-network reimbursement.
what will counseling be like?
At the beginning of our work, we’ll get to know each other and work toward building mutual trust and respect. This will become very, very important going forward. In session, I will encourage you to notice your present-moment experience in your body and your mind. Yes, I’m probably going to ask about your emotions… a lot. I’ll help you learn to feel your feelings and change your relationship to your thoughts. My style is direct and empathetic. I’ll care about you enough to point out the uncomfortable stuff.
I believe the point of therapy is to enact change. It is important to note that I don’t generally offer the type of counseling that is solely supportive. Rather than being a space to chat about how your week is going, I focus our therapy work on transformation. I want to help you liberate yourself from destructive and painful habits, patterns, and mind-states.
I am hopeful that you will find new freedom, comfort, and stability through our work, but I can’t guarantee when or how, or even that it will happen at all. You may go through parts of the process where you feel more stuck and less comfortable. The way out of a hard spot is often straight through it. You will be in control of the process, and I take my responsibility as a helping professional very seriously.
what are your qualifications?
I earned a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Lenoir-Rhyne University in 2021 and an Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) from the University of South Florida in 2011. I graduated from the University of South Florida with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in anthropology in 2008.
I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and my license number is 16904.
how long is this going to take?
The short answer is I don’t know for sure; it depends on a lot of factors. And, truly, it is up to you. You may engage in therapy for just a few weeks or months to work on a specific problem and then move on. Or, you might need more time to formulate what it is you are moving toward, or your process may be more complicated and nuanced. You can also use therapy as a space to focus on your personal growth, and you may choose to maintain our therapy relationship after your initial concerns have resolved. I will keep this a topic of ongoing conversation so we can navigate the end of our therapy relationship when the time is right.
