My self-pay fee is $180/session.

I accept the following insurance plans, and verify your specific coverage during the intake process:

• Central California Alliance for Health (CCAH)- MediCal for Santa Cruz, San Benito, Monterey, Merced, and Mariposa counties

• Aetna

• Optum (Oscar, Oxford, UMR, UHC Student Resources, Core EAP)

• UnitedHealthcare

For all other insurance plans, I am considered a licensed out-of-network provider, and you may still be eligible for reimbursement for all or a percentage of my fees from your insurance. I can provide monthly superbills invoicing your direct payments. All reimbursement is between you and your insurance company.

You may also use health savings (HSA or FSA) accounts to cover co-pays or session fees.

The standard meeting time for individual therapy sessions is 50 minutes.

We determine the frequency of sessions together. Often clients start out weekly and reduce to bi-weekly or monthly as appropriate. 

Otherwise, there is no universal timeline for the length of therapy. It depends on your goals, experiences, needs, and circumstances. I work collaboratively with you to track your progress and engagement. Some people want to come to therapy so that they don’t need it anymore, others want ongoing support indefinitely. Trauma work itself can be cyclical in nature, depending on the stability you feel and depth of processing you want.

For anyone seeking a new therapist, I usually recommend trying two sessions to feel out the style and dynamic. You can consider whether you feel respected, understood, and comfortable being open. The relationship between therapist and client is an important part of the healing process, and I encourage you to “follow your gut” on it.

Yes, and you will have control of what we talk about, when, and how much. A big part of the work is strengthening your self-soothing tools, which we balance alongside the intensity of what’s brought up. The cliche phrase is “feel it to heal it,” and there is science to back this up: when you fully feel an emotion, you shift from an automated threat response to an active processing state.