Frequently asked questions.

Starting therapy may feel daunting at first, but it is often a valuable process that fosters personal growth, deeper self-understanding, and long-term positive change.

With us, here is what to expect:

Initial Consultation (1-2 Sessions)

• Review confidentiality and practice policies together

• Intake assessment - Information & history gathering, understanding what brings you to therapy at this time, and your goals

Diagnoses/Presenting Issues

• Clarify diagnoses and presenting concerns, offer psychoeducation to better understand challenges, and collaborate on a treatment plan for moving forward.

Ongoing Therapy/Counseling

• Work together to explore and address challenges, using evidence-based psychological theories and approaches to guide our work. Through this collaborative process, deepen self-awareness, develop coping strategies, and build skills that support lasting change.

Termination/Ending Therapy

• When goals are met/progress is sustained, will discuss reducing frequency of sessions or ending therapy. We intend for therapy to be completed in a thoughtful & intentional way, reflecting on and celebrating progress, and developing plans to maintain progress outside of therapy.

• You are always welcome to reconnect with therapy to maintain progress/check in, or when there are new goals you want to work through

Yes, though the terms are often used interchangeably.

Counseling:

• Focus: Counseling tends to be shorter-term and more focused on specific issues or challenges, such as adjusting to life changes, improving communication skills, or managing stress.

• Approach: It often involves providing guidance, support, and practical strategies for coping with current problems.

• Scope: Counseling may deal with less complex mental health issues and is often more focused on problem-solving in the present.

• Examples: Academic counseling, career counseling, or premarital counseling.

Therapy:

• Focus: Therapy (also known as psychotherapy) tends to be longer-term and can address deeper psychological issues, such as trauma, depression, anxiety disorders, or personality issues.

• Approach: Therapy explores the underlying causes of mental health struggles and aims to bring about long-term change by working through emotional, behavioral, and cognitive patterns.

• Scope: Therapy typically addresses more complex issues and can involve a range of therapeutic techniques depending on the therapist's approach (e.g., cognitive-behavioral therapy, psychodynamic therapy, etc.).

• Examples: Treatment for chronic mental health conditions, therapy for trauma, or long-term counseling for anxiety or depression.

Key Takeaway:

• Counseling is often short-term, focused on immediate issues, and solution-oriented.

• Therapy is usually longer-term, more in-depth, and aimed at resolving deeper mental health issues.

We use an integrative approach in therapy, drawing from cognitive-behavioral, dialectical-behavioral, humanistic, relationship-focused, attachment-based, and family systems theories. This allows us to tailor our work to each individual or couple—addressing their unique needs while promoting insight, emotional growth, and meaningful change. To learn more about these theoretical approaches, see below.

In premarital counseling, we use the PREPARE/ENRICH assessment, and tailor ongoing sessions to match the couple’s needs based on the results of the assessment. We will also address the couples’ own personal & relational goals for counseling.

Individual Therapy: $160/session

We offer sliding scale rates based on income, and reduced rate for college students, please reach out to see if you qualify .

Premarital Counseling Package: $550

Our Premarital Counseling Package includes five sessions + PREPARE/ENRICH Assessment

Neuropsychological Evaluations: Please reach out to inquire for the cost of specific evaluations.

Our practice does not accept insurance for talk therapy sessions at this time. However, some insurance plans do pay for out-of-network (OON) therapy, or may reimburse part of the cost. We can provide a superbill that you may submit to your insurance company, through which you may receive some reimbursement.