Psychotherapy done differently

We charge $160 for the 50 minute "therapy hour." The fee for the two hour couples/family therapy is $320.

We don't take insurance but we do provide a "superbill" whenever you request it. Often clients will submit a superbill to the insurance provider and the provider will reimburse the client directly.

This is a complicated question to answer. Complicated because we have developed our own way of doing therapy. We call our therapy Process-Alignment Psychotherapy. It's a way of working we have been developing for over 6 years and have finally begun to share with others. We are very excited to share it with the world and are currently writing a "white paper" to explain what Process-Alignment Psychotherapy is and how it works for the general reader. One thing we can share is that it's very flexible and adaptable to most client problems and strengths. We can say this because the base framework of the therapy is built on current research in how the brain constructs individual experience for each of us uniquely. If you are familiar with different types of therapy we can tell you that it is similar to, and often borrows techniques from: psychoanalysis, mindfulness-based cognitive therapies (like ACT and Dialectical Behavior Therapy), and experientialist therapies like Gestalt and Somatic Experiencing. Now that it's probably clear as mud, we would love it if you would call and we'll be happy to explain what all of this means over the phone.

Sessions are 50 minutes long and we typically begin with 1 meeting a week. Once a client is showing noticeable improvement we often meet every 2 weeks and in time reduce it to once a month. Couples and family therapy is a little different. Initially we ask couples to come in for an hour and 50 minutes because our experience has taught us that an hour is only enough time to get everyone really upset. The extra hour is helpful to get the issues on the table and then take steps to get things moving in the right direction. That way our clients can leave feeling hopeful as opposed to frustrated. Once the process is in place we then shorten the meetings to the 50 minute "therapy hour."

No. Medicine is the work of a psychiatrist. We provide counseling. We are not "anti" medication, but as a general rule we want to help you be free from needing to depend on medication.

For those of you who have never been to therapy before we have prepared a separate page to prime your expectations. To find out more see below.