What to Expect From Therapy
A little clarity can make the first step easier.
Getting started doesn't have to feel overwhelming. Here's what you can expect from the therapy process, along with answers to common questions about rates, insurance, and more.
Getting Started
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Finding the right therapist matters.
During this brief consultation, we’ll talk about what brings you to therapy, what you hope will change, and the kind of support you are seeking. You’ll also have an opportunity to ask questions and learn more about how I work.Because my approach goes beyond short-term symptom management, we’ll consider whether exploring the deeper patterns beneath perfectionism, anxiety, overthinking, control, or burnout matches what you are seeking. Together, we’ll decide whether beginning this work feels like the right fit.
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Our first full session gives us time to look beyond the surface and understand the fuller picture. We’ll explore your current concerns, how they are affecting your life, and the history, relationships, pressures, and patterns that may be contributing to them.
We’ll also discuss your strengths, supports, overall well-being, and treatment goals. Together, we’ll develop an initial understanding of your needs, determine the recommended frequency of therapy, and create a preliminary plan for moving forward.
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Ongoing therapy sessions are typically 50–60 minutes and may be scheduled weekly or every other week, depending on your needs, treatment goals, and progress.
Some clients benefit from sessions that are more structured and focused, while others prefer greater space to reflect and explore. We’ll tailor the rhythm and structure of therapy to your preferences while also considering my clinical judgment about what will best support meaningful change.
Together, we’ll move beyond managing symptoms to understand and change the deeper emotional and relational patterns beneath perfectionism, anxiety, control, avoidance, anger, or burnout. I’ll offer guidance, observations, and appropriate challenge as you develop greater freedom, flexibility, and self-trust.
An investment in yourself and your well-being
You invest so much time and energy into your work, relationships, and responsibilities. Therapy is an opportunity to turn some of that attention inward—to better understand yourself, create meaningful change, and build a healthier relationship with yourself and others.
Therapy sessions are 50-60 minutes at a rate of $225.
The initial intake session is up to 90 minutes long at a rate of $250.
Please note: I do not accept insurance directly. I am a private -pay provider.
Some clients choose to use out-of-network benefits and may submit superbills for possible reimbursement depending on their insurance provider.
We've partnered with Mentaya, a service that streamlines getting reimbursed for your therapy sessions through out-of-network benefits.
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Have out-of-network benefits
Feel overwhelmed by superbills and insurance
Have submitted superbills but failed to get any reimbursement
Simply want to skip the hassle of paperwork!
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Sign up for Mentaya: https://mentaya.co/inviteclient/PlrCOUxWJHlzZM2Q7fm5
Our practice will enter your sessions into the platform.
Mentaya submits the claim and handles any insurance follow-up.
You get reimbursed by insurance!
Mentaya charges a 5% fee per claim, which includes handling any paperwork required, dealing with denials, and calling insurance companies.
It's risk-free: They guarantee claims are successfully submitted, or a full refund of their fees.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Starting therapy begins by reaching out and scheduling a consultation. Many people contact me when they are feeling emotionally exhausted, overwhelmed, or disconnected, constantly “on,” or tired of carrying everything alone. You do not have to wait until your life completely falls apart to seek support.
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Therapy sessions are 50-60 minutes at a rate of $225. The initial intake session is up to 90 minutes long at a rate of $250.
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No. I do not accept insurance.
Some clients choose to use out-of-network benefits and may submit superbills for possible reimbursement depending on their insurance provider.
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Online therapy offers a private, convenient space to slow down and better understand yourself. We work to understand the deeper patterns beneath anxiety, burnout, perfectionism, emotional overwhelm, and relationship stress, and chronic pressure – not just manage symptoms on the surface.
Many high-achieving individuals are used to appearing “fine” externally while struggling internally. Therapy creates space where your internal experience is taken seriously.
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Therapy frequency depends on your emotional needs, stressors, goals, and what is clinically appropriate. Most clients begin weekly to build consistency, insight, and momentum. Over time, some clients transition to biweekly or monthly depending on their needs and progress.
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Many high-achieving individuals struggle to justify therapy because they are still functioning professionally, parenting, succeeding, or managing responsibilities. But functioning well externally does not always mean feeling emotionally healthy internally.
Many people I work with are exhausted, emotionally disconnected, overwhelmed, anxious, irritable, or operating under constant internal pressure while still appearing highly capable to everyone around them.
Therapy is not only for people who are falling apart. Sometimes therapy is about no longer wanting to survive at the expense of your peace, relationship, emotional health, or sense of self.
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High achievers often learn early in life that competence, productivity, achievement, emotional control, responsibility, or performance create safety, approval, acceptance, or worth.
Over time, achievement can become deeply tied to identity.
The same traits that helped you succeed can eventually contribute to chronic stress, emotional exhaustion, perfectionism, rigidity, overthinking, relationship difficulties, narcissistic tendencies, and difficulty slowing down enough to experience joy, peace, rest, and genuine connection.
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For many high-functioning individuals, anxiety does not always look like panic attacks. Often, it looks like chronic mental activity, overthinking, internal pressure, difficulty relaxing, irritability, mental rehearsal, trouble sleeping, or feeling responsible for everything.
Many people say things like: “I’m always thinking about what I should be doing next,” or “Rest feels uncomfortable instead of relaxing.”
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Yes. Perfectionism is often misunderstood. Most people struggling with perfectionism develops as a way to manage anxiety, shame, fear of failure, criticism, rejection, uncertainty, or emotional vulnerability.
Therapy helps you better understand the emotional patterns underneath perfectionism while developing greater emotional flexibility, healthier coping strategies, reduced self-pressure, and a more stable sense of self -worth outside of achievement and performance.
The goal is not to remove your ambition but to help you feel less trapped by it.
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When your nervous system has spent years operating in survival mode, performance mode, caretaker mode, or athlete mode, chronic stress can make it difficult to slow down, remain present, or fully experience your own life. Beneath this constant striving, there is often shame—the quiet belief that your needs, emotions, limitations, or authentic self are somehow unacceptable. You may have learned to earn your worth through achievement, competence, control, or caring for others while hiding the parts of yourself that feel vulnerable or “not enough.”
Emotional disconnection is rarely only a private struggle. Over time, chronic emotional unavailability can leave loved ones feeling unseen, alone, or emotionally abandoned—even when causing harm was never the intention. Shame may then deepen the cycle: disconnection creates relational pain, relational pain activates more shame, and shame leads to further withdrawal, defensiveness, control, or overperformance.
Therapy helps you understand and interrupt this cycle. Together, we work toward reconnecting with yourself, your emotions, your relationships, and the parts of life that feel genuinely meaningful—so that you can experience your life rather than simply perform your way through it.
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Yes. Chronic stress, burnout, emotional overload, anxiety, perfectionism, resentment, and emotional exhaustion often show up as anger and irritability – especially in high-functioning adults.
This may look like:
Feeling Overstimulated
Low patience or tolerance
Snapping at loved ones
Feeling emotionally reactive
Feeling internally “on edge” most of the time.
Often anger is not the core issue. It is a signal that your nervous system has been overwhelmed for a long time.
Therapy helps you better understand your triggers, improve emotional regulation, reduce chronic emotional tense, and respond to loved ones from a more grounded place.
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My practice is designed primarily for individuals experiencing perfectionism, anxiety, chronic stress, burnout, over-responsibility, emotional reactivity, relationship patterns, and the psychological pressures associated with achievement and performance. Some concerns require specialized treatment or a higher level of care than my practice provides. When that occurs, I will discuss this with you and help identify appropriate treatment options whenever possible.
A place where you
do not have to perform
Therapy with me offers a confidential place to:
step away from those demands
understand what is driving the pressure
develop healthier ways of relating to yourself,
your work, and the people who matter to you.
You do not have to wait until you are overwhelmed or burned out to seek support. If you are ready for thoughtful, respectful, and meaningful work, I invite you to reach out.