Individual Counseling

I currently work with individuals aged 18 and over. My practice is open and affirming, and I welcome all members of the community to the counseling room. LGBTQ+, Bi&POC, Transgendered or transitioning, all nationalities and religions/spiritual faiths.

Insurance Accepted! I am a preferred provider (IN NETWORK) with Regence, Premera, Optum, UnitedHealthcare and Aetna. For other insurance companies, I also work Out of Network and we can supply your insurance with a superbill.

I specialize and have advanced training in Anxiety disorders, and Adult ADHD symptom management.

I also work with these issues: Sleep Disturbance (“insomnia”), Depression and Sadness, Grief and Loss, and transitions (Menopause, Retirement, New Parenthood, Divorce).

I also work with parents who want to strengthen their skills and work to improve relationships with their children, including parents recovering from their own childhood trauma.

I practice evidenced based therapy – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).  These therapies have been shown after much research to be effective for long term symptom management and coping skills.

I also use complimentary approaches that may include psychoeducation about the body or certain symptoms, information on neurobiology and gut health, and the mind body connection.

My approach has been likened to “work shopping the body-mind” and often people leave with practical and goal driven information and resources to continue their healing, long after they stop seeing me in session.

A word about working with insurance companies * * Please Read * *

Working with insurance companies means any mental health care provided should be “medically necessary”. When you sign an insurance contract you are giving them access to any and all of your medical records, with any provider that you see, for any session you use insurance payments for. In the highly unlikely case that your insurance provider asks to see your records, I am required to provide them, although some exceptions apply. I take great care in protecting many parts of your information, but notes will include pertinent, medically relevant data.

As a provider that contracts with insurance companies, I must be able to show that you have a medical need to be in therapy and that your symptoms warrant that sort of care. If in the course of assessment or treatment, it becomes clear that you no longer fit the “medically necessary” criteria (such as you’re are doing well! Your symptoms have resolved!), then I can no longer ethically bill your insurance, and your sessions will revert to self pay, if you elect to continue being seen. Rest assured, more details are provided at the start of service and we will be in collaboration every step of the way. I have a strict No Surprises rule in my practice.

You have the option to not use insurance, even if you have it and I am in network. But if you choose to do that, then we cannot offer a superbill to bill your insurance Out Of Network.