Phone Consultation

I offer a free 15-min phone consultation. Please reach out via my Contact page. At that first phone contact, we will determine if I'm the best fit to meet your needs. If not, I'll provide referrals to others I know and trust.

Assessment

Following phone contact, we will schedule your initial evaluation. For individual therapy, the initial evaluation is 60-90 minutes. For couple therapy, the initial evaluation is ~2 hours and includes meetings together and with each partner separately. At times, the initial assessment spans 2-3 sessions.  See the Services page for more information. 

New clients will complete various forms prior to the initial session. These forms will be provided to you via email and uploaded through my secure client portal. If unable to complete the forms prior to your first session, you will be asked to fill them out in our waiting room. They take 10-25 minutes to complete. Please contact me if you have any questions about completing the forms.

Treatment

We start therapy after we've collaboratively developed your treatment plan and goals. Therapy is designed to help you become your own therapist over time. Thus, the aim is to help you significantly improve over our work together, though not all concerns may be addressed at that time. Long term studies show that people can often maintain or continue to improve after ending therapy.  Recovery rates and change varies by concern. Please see the Services page for more information or feel free to ask me questions about the treatment process and expected outcomes. We'll continually touch base on how things are going and alter course as needed.

"Smooth Seas Do Not Make for Skillful Sailors" -African Proverb