What to Expect as We Begin
I offer a reduced fee initial consultation for $75, so that you can try out my style and determine whether you feel comfortable continuing. We will discuss your description of the challenges you are facing, gathering some history about those challenges, while also uncovering your interests and strengths. Your problems and suffering may be primary right now, but I also want to understand you as a complete person, to give me the most power in helping you heal.
I'll develop a treatment plan with your input, so that we may begin therapy together with a clear and shared vision about how we will approach the obstacles to your energy, purposefullness, and/or life satisfaction.
We would then move forward together with that treatment plan in mind, typically meeting weekly for 50-minute sessions (the fee is $150/session, and if you have a PPO and can see out-of- network providers, I'll give you the appropriate receipt). Good therapy is an adventurous journey, never completely predictable, but many of those travels reflect the themes of our treatment plan. The first focus is upon relieving any overwhelming suffering, and then we move on to see what you need in order to feel energized, lively, and at ease.