Everyone can benefit from therapy. Even people who report they are overall happy with their lives find benefit from therapy during times of stress, loss or transition. We all have a story and no one makes it through life unscathed. I can help you explore the areas of your life that have needed attention so that you can feel like your best self.

On the other hand, some clients have struggled with mental health diagnoses most of their life but may not have found the help they needed in other therapeutic settings. Together we can figure out what has not been working for you, collaborate with other health care providers if needed, and create a treatment plan that helps you feel more in control.

First of all, I’m not here to judge you. I know what it’s like to sit down across from someone you don’t know hoping that if you are brave enough to tell your story they will be able to help you feel differently. I believe you are showing tremendous courage by even considering coming to therapy and I promise to see the best in you.

The therapy relationship is different than the one you have with family or friends. I will offer you support, validation and a safe place to explore your most difficult feelings and experiences. I may also gently challenge you or offer a different perspective. However, therapy is only able to help you change yourself and your viewpoint; it can’t change your circumstances or the actions of others.

I also believe that therapy should be effective. You shouldn’t spend years going to weekly therapy without any real idea of what you are working on or how it is benefitting you. My goal for our work together is to help you increase your understanding, develop insights, and create substantive changes that will benefit you the rest of your life.

Typically, you will get out of therapy what you put in to it. You may come with an exact idea of what you want to work on or you may come feeling a little unclear but knowing something in your life needs to change. You are welcome just as you are. But I ask that you show up committed to the work and ready to make changes.

I typically recommend that clients come at regular intervals (every week or every other week) in the beginning of treatment to build trust and a foundation for the work. As you progress towards your goals you may want to space out therapy and eventually come as needed. I strive to be aware of your schedule and resources to make therapy as effective for you as possible.

A big part of success in therapy is the feeling like you “click” with your therapist. You should feel safe and like your therapist understands you. I hope that we will be a fit and try my best to connect with all of my clients, but if we are not it is perfectly okay! Therapy is about you, not about me. I’m happy to connect you with other therapists in the area who may be a better fit. I also encourage you to let me know if I ever say or do something that rubs you the wrong way. Disappointment is inevitable in any relationship but a goal of therapy is to practice working through difficult emotions together.

I do not accept insurance at this time. Insurance reimbursement is based on a model of treatment that emphasizes diagnosis and not overall growth and mental wellbeing. Insurance also tries to dictate the terms of the therapy including how often and for how long you can be seen by your provider which can impede treatment.

The benefits of not using insurance is that you won’t have a diagnosis permanently attached to your health record. Your records are protected which means that all of your very personal information cannot be obtained by the insurance company or other healthcare entities without your consent. It also means that your care is not dictated by the insurance company but by our collaborative treatment goals.

I will gladly provide you with documentation for out-of-network benefits but please note that superbills require a mental health diagnosis. I reserve a small number of slots in my practice to offer at a reduced cost. Please contact me for consideration prior to your appointment.

Yes! I offer telehealth through a secure and confidential online platform to all Colorado residents.

Trauma and difficult life experiences can keep us trapped in an endless loop of pain, anxiety, anger and self-doubt. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an evidenced-based treatment that helps people recover from traumatc experiences by reprogramming their mind’s response to triggers and negatively stored information. EMDR works by using rapid eye movements or other forms of bilateral stimulation to help the brain process traumatic memories. Bi-lateral stimulation connects the neural pathways that held the traumatic information to neural pathways that have the present and adaptive information in the brain, hence giving the brain the information it needs to desensitize and reprocess. Unlike talk therapy, the insights clients gain in EMDR therapy result not so much from the therapist’s interpretations, but from the client’s own accelerated intellectual and emotional processes.

Repeated studies show that by using EMDR therapy people can experience the benefits of psychotherapy that once took years to make a difference. One study showed up to 90% of single-trauma victims no longer have PTSD after only 3 90-minute sessions. Another study found that 100% of single-trauma victims and 77% of multiple trauma victims no longer were diagnosed with PTSD after only six 50-minute sessions.

EMDR is now used to treat more than just trauma; it treats anxiety, depression, anger issues, chronic pain, addictions etc. After successful treatment with EMDR therapy emotional distress is relieved, negative beliefs are reconstructed, and physiological arousal is reduced. The result is that clients conclude EMDR therapy feeling empowered by the experiences that once kept them stuck.