Questions People Actually Ask
No guru-speak, no dodging. If something's missing, ask me directly in the consultation call.
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No, telehealth only.
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Illinois and Maine, right now. California is coming soon, I don't have an exact date yet, but I can't legally see clients there until it's active.
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Yes, with limited openings, specific days and times, not a wide-open calendar. You can book a consultation online; ongoing appointment times get set together once we're working together, not self-serve on the calendar.
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No. My practice is queer-friendly and kink-friendly, and a lot of my clients are queer, but you don't have to be to work with me.
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I'm nonbinary and use they/them pronouns, and I lead with that because it matters to some of the people looking for a therapist. It doesn't change how I work with clients who aren't.
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Yes, with the standard legal exceptions: risk of serious harm to yourself or someone else, abuse of a child, elder, or dependent adult, or a court order. Outside of that, what happens in session stays there.
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No, this isn't a crisis or emergency service, and telehealth can't safely cover that. If you're in crisis, go to your nearest emergency room and tell them plainly that you're having a mental health crisis and need to speak with someone about it. A lot of people freeze up not knowing what to say when they get there, that sentence is what gets you seen.
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Yes. It's a standalone, one-time 45-minute evaluation, no ongoing commitment required. If it's clinically appropriate, you get a signed, individualized letter valid for the life of the animal.
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Book a free consultation call. We talk for a bit, you decide if it's a fit, and if it is, we get you scheduled. No intake paperwork marathon before you've even met me.
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We talk about what's bringing you in, I tell you how I actually work, and you get a read on whether this feels right before you commit to anything.
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Because most therapy is built around a client who isn't you. This isn't that, decolonized, not textbook, built around what's actually happening for you instead of a fixed protocol.
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No, this practice is private pay. I provide a superbill you can submit to your own insurance for possible out-of-network reimbursement, but that's between you and them.
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$250 per session, flat, trauma therapy and ESA letter evaluations both. No sliding-scale spots right now.
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I ask for 48 hours' notice to cancel no charge. Inside 48 hours, it's a $150 fee. Inside 24 hours, it's the full session fee. A no-show is $300. I respect your time, and I ask you to respect mine the same way. If something genuinely life-altering comes up, tell me, that's handled case by case, not by the letter of the policy.
With all of that said, life does tend to life. Talk to me…we’re all human and I know that.
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No. We go at the pace that's actually safe for you, not the pace a treatment plan says you should be at.
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Sessions run 53+ minutes. If you're not doing EMDR, that's typically once a week. If you are, it's twice: one session is EMDR reprocessing only, the other is talk therapy. They stay separate on purpose.
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I'm trained in EMDR with over five years experience treating clients using the modality, but I’m not certified in it. That's a real distinction, not a technicality, and I'd rather name it plainly than let you assume something that isn't true.
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