FAQS

Item descriptionYes! I offer in-person therapy at my office in Old Town Alexandria, VA, as well as virtual therapy for clients throughout Virginia and Washington, DC.

Online sessions offer the same personalized, one-on-one approach as in-person therapy, with the convenience of meeting from a private, comfortable space that works for you. Whether we meet in person or virtually, our work will be tailored to your needs and goals.

I'm an out-of-network provider and don't bill insurance directly. I provide monthly superbills that you can submit for potential reimbursement if your plan includes out-of-network mental health benefits. Reimbursement amounts vary, so I recommend checking with your insurance company before scheduling.

Individual sessions are $250 and couples therapy sessions are $275 for 55-minutes.

I know that choosing to begin therapy is both a personal and financial decision, and it's important to find someone who feels like the right fit. I offer a complimentary 15-minute phone consultation so we can talk about what you're looking for, answer any questions, and see whether working together makes sense.

If you’ve ever left therapy thinking, “That was nice, but nothing actually changed,” I understand why you might be hesitant to try again.

I take an active and engaged approach to therapy. I won’t just listen and send you on your way. I’ll ask questions, offer my perspective, point out things you may not be seeing, and tell you when I think we need to look at something more closely. You’ll know what we’re working on and why, so therapy feels purposeful rather than like another conversation about your week.

Books, podcasts, and online resources can help you understand yourself better, but they can't always help you see what you're missing. In therapy, I might notice how often you downplay your feelings, make excuses for someone else's behavior while blaming yourself, or keep having the same reactions in seemingly unrelated situations. I can connect things you've shared months apart and ask questions you might never think to ask yourself. Sometimes, it's those things you don't recognize about yourself that make the biggest difference.

That’s the difference between learning about mental health and having someone trained to recognize what may be difficult to see from inside your own experience.

Progress doesn’t always look like one big breakthrough. Often, you notice it in moments that used to be difficult. You have the conversation instead of avoiding it. You make a decision without questioning it for three days. You set a boundary without immediately feeling guilty. Something that once sent you into a spiral still bothers you, but it doesn’t take over your entire day.

Over time, those moments add up. You may trust yourself more, recover more quickly when something throws you off, feel more comfortable saying what you need, and make choices based less on fear, guilt, or what other people expect from you.

The goal isn’t to never struggle again. It’s to have more choice in how you respond when you do.

Both. There are times when having something concrete to try between sessions can make a real difference, and I’ll give you strategies when they’re useful. But I don’t want therapy to become a collection of “tips and tricks” that help for a few days without changing much.

We’ll use our conversations to understand what’s happening, and when there’s something you can practice, try, or approach differently outside of therapy, we’ll work on that too.

It’s completely reasonable to wonder about that, especially if you’ve tried therapy before or you’re investing significant time, energy, and money into it.

We’ll talk openly about how therapy is going and whether you’re getting something useful from our work together. If you’re not, I want to know. We can look at what isn’t working, reconsider what we’re focusing on, or try a different approach. And if I believe you would be better served by another therapist or a different type of treatment, I’ll tell you.

My goal is to help you make meaningful progress, not keep you in therapy longer than you need.