What populations do you work with?

I work with individuals 18+ in Colorado and Texas, and specialize in complex trauma. Most clients come in to feel more connected to their body, emotions, needs, life-purpose, authenticity, and sense of aliveness. When we humans are disconnected from those core states of being, symptoms such as depression and anxiety become patterns that impact internal well-being and wreak havoc in our relationships. Some of the common issues I work with are healing childhood trauma, healing from abusive relationships, adult children of narcissistic parents, adults with narcissistic or borderline tendencies, panic, OCD, toxic-shame, addictions, and codependency. I do not work with children or couples.

What is your rate?

50 min. individual therapy session $160

50 min. teletherapy session (state-wide) $160

50 min. consultation (for therapists) $125

Accepted forms of payment include cash, check, credit card, HSA & FSA cards.

If this rate prevents you from participating in therapy, please consider local low-cost options listed here on the resources page.

Do you accept insurance?

I do not accept insurance but I’m happy to provide a monthly receipt form (called a superbill) to apply for possible reimbursement with your insurance company. Each insurance company has a different policy on how much they will reimburse for out of network providers, so it is important to clarify your specific benefits with your insurance.

I don’t remember much of my childhood…can this still be effective for me?

Yes. In fact, one of the reasons I have continued to work experientially (in the moment) with clients is because it can be more efficient and less retraumatic than some therapies based on exposure, catharsis, or re-living the past. Typically, what needs to emerge will come up organically in a meaningful way as we explore what gets in the way of your preferred experiences. Our work is to explore how you’re relating to what is happening in the present, not to relive it from the perspective of the past.

I have difficulty knowing what I’m feeling or becoming overwhelmed with feelings. Do I need to be able to do that in session?

Firstly, it is this very disconnection from the body and emotions that was once life saving for us. So this challenge with connection to emotions is to be expected in healing complex trauma. You get to show up to session as authentically as is comfortable for you without pressure to “do it right”. Easier said than done, I know, but my commitment to you is to go at YOUR pace of reconnection to yourself. When therapies attempt to will or force states of being, often it only reinforces disconnection and strategies of inauthenticity (such as pressuring oneself to “do it right”). This process will look a bit different for each person and just as a plant naturally moves toward the light, your body and uncompleted emotions are naturally moving toward integration. Our work is to become curious about how you might be allowing those authentic energies to emerge or pushing them back down. And why would we do that? Well, let’s just say we have learned many ways to “push down” our own aliveness and authenticity. For more on “survival strategies” click here.

How long will I be in therapy?

This is a great question and varies based on the capacity of each client and their specific hope for themself. Some clients come in for support around a transition or event and therapy is more temporary, whereas many clients continue for a year and beyond as they access more and more of their essential inner peace. I’ve heard it said that this therapy is like “learning to fish”. We are building new ways of YOU relating to YOU in therapy and that relationship is something that comes with you outside of session into each moment. For clients who have had to use profound levels of self-rejection and disconnection early in life, healing this relationship with themself takes time. Even so, most clients report gradual shifts, new understandings, increased presence, and movement toward their hopes regularly. The reconnection process has an organic rhythm of connection and disconnection (think of it as two steps forward and one step back). I’m here to assist you in tracking this as part of your growth. Overtime, clients learn to be able to track this more independently and often are able to access preferred internal states of ease, self-acceptance, and connection even when an old strategy of self-shaming arises.

Have more questions about whether this might be aligned for you? Please feel free to schedule a free 15-20 minute consult at the link below.