I offer a complimentary 20-minute in-person consultation so we can talk about what brings you to therapy, explore whether we're a good match, and answer any questions you have. Come curious.

Let's Be Open About Money
Because capitalism would prefer we stay quiet about it.

I use a sliding scale called the Green Bottle Method, created by Alexis J. Cunningfolk. This model lets you choose a fee that reflects your actual financial circumstances and economic reality. Click here to see the 4 levels on the sliding scale.

Before our first session, we'll do something a little scary: have an honest conversation about money.

The Green Bottle Method is built on transparency and trust. I trust you to be honest with yourself about your finances, and I will never ask you for proof.

For this system to work, I need enough people paying at the higher end so I can offer spots at the lower end. That means I may not always have a lower-fee spot open. If the timing doesn't work out, I've gathered some resources to help you find low-cost therapy.

In the spirit of transparency

To make a living, I need to average $165 per session. That number covers much more than our 50 minutes together. Along with a living wage, it pays for office rent, liability and property insurance, required continuing education, supplies, equipment, software, and all the behind-the-scenes work it takes to run a small practice.

Thank you for helping make this work.

I work completely independent of insurance companies because therapy is powerful when it’s relational, private, unhurried, and answerable only to you and me, not to anyone else's bottom line. That's been eroding fast over the past few years. The nonprofit that credentials nearly every therapist in the country was quietly bought out this year and converted to a for-profit run by twelve major insurance and health plan companies, including UnitedHealth, which now chairs its board. This means the gatekeepers deciding who gets to practice are the same companies with a financial incentive to make therapy harder to access and more profitable to standardize.

In a truly scary recent development, venture capital and private equity money is pouring into therapy platforms (BetterHelp, Alma, Rula, and many others) built to scale fast, mine client data, train AI, and turn deeply human work into something closer to gig labor. I've chosen to step fully away from that system, even as an out-of-network provider, because I believe what happens in the therapy room belongs to you, not to a shareholder, an algorithm, or a claims department. That's why I operate completely independent of insurance companies, including no longer offering superbills for reimbursement, which would put me at risk of being required to disclose your personal information or facing "clawbacks" of your reimbursements (yes, that's actually a thing).

My office is located in a beautiful old house on Capitol Hill, right next to the Trader Joe’s on Madison.  The address is 1728 E Madison St. and street parking is free and relatively easy to find.

I see clients Monday through Thursday from 11 am until 6 p.m., with varying hours each day. Because I book up quickly, I generally like to give clients a regular spot, and I can meet with you weekly or every other week depending on your needs. Once we start working together, there will also be the option to book online and set your own schedule if you prefer. 

We all spend so much time on screens! For this reason, I only work in person, because I believe there is something powerful about sharing physical space and being fully present with one another.

Our nervous systems are wired for connection. When we sit together in the same room, we’re constantly picking up on each other’s tone of voice, facial expressions, breathing, and posture, often without realizing it. This is called co-regulation, and research shows that therapists and clients can actually fall into sync physiologically, with heart rate and stress responses moving together over the course of a session.

Spending time with a calm, attuned person helps your own system settle, which makes it easier to explore hard feelings and, over time, to build a steadiness you carry with you. Many of these subtle cues get lost through a screen.

So come sit on my comfy couch in my cozy office, have a cup of tea, and be truly seen.

I maintain multiple HEPA air purifiers in my office, including a state-of-the-art Mila purifier (https://www.milacares.com) that tracks eight air quality measurements in real-time. I can keep a window cracked (with ample heating available) and am happy to mask in session if you prefer a closed window or for any other reason. I will also make an exception and offer a virtual session of one of us is not feeling well.