Frequently Asked Questions
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How long will I have to be in therapy?
You are completely in charge of when to end your therapy. You might acheive your goals in a relatively short period of time (e.g., five sessions) or you might decide to stay in therapy longer because you feel it is helping or there are other issues you’d like to explore.
Do you take insurance and what are your fees?
I do not accept any insurance. I can give you a bill that you can submit for possible reimbursement.
For the standard fifty-minute sessions my fee for individual psychotherapy is $175/session; $200/session for couples counseling sessions. Longer sessions (90-minutes) would be prorated.
Is therapy or counseling effective?
The short answer is yes. Numerous research studies have shown that therapy can help with a wide range of emotional challenges, including depression, anxiety, addictions, marital/relationship problems, to name a few.
What can I expect in our first session?
In the first meeting we will discuss what is troubling you. I will ask questions about your life circumstances and the areas of your life where you feel stuck. This will help us clarify the goals you’d like to acheive in working together. I also encourage you to ask me any questions that will help you determine if I’m the right psychologist/therapist for you.
How much experience do you have in working with individuals and couples?
I’ve been a clinical psychologist for over twenty-years and have worked with hundreds of individuals and couples on a wide range of issues. After meeting with you and exloring what your goals are, I will discuss with you if I believe I am the right therapist for the issues that bring you to counseling.
Marriage & Couples Therapy
What is infidelity counseling?
Infidelity counseling is designed to help couples rebuild the trust that has been lost after an affair has occurred. Knowledge of an affair is highly traumatizing and the couples counseling needs to focus on healing from the trauma as well as rebuilding the marriage/relationship. If you are seeking a marriage or couples counselor to help heal from an affair, the counselor should have knowledge and experience working with psychological trauma.
How can couples counseling help our marriage or relationship?
It’s not uncommon for couples to get stuck in painful cycles of feeling misunderstood by each other, defensiveness and emotional disconnection. Couples counseling is designed to help you both identify how these negative cycles take hold and how to create new patterns of relating in order to have your emotional and intimacy needs met.
Will I need individual therapy in addition to couples counseling?
You might choose to do both individual and marital/couples therapy if you find that there are unresolved, underlying issues that are impacting your ability to be emotionally open and vulnerable with your partner. While individual therapy isn’t a necessary condition for couples counseling to be effective, your therapist/counselor should guide you on the best course of action after you start working together.
How will I know if it's time to stop counseling?
The work of counseling is to help you reach your goals (e.g., to be less anxious, to undone self-defeating patterns of behavior, to have a more fulfilling relationship, etc.). To this end, you should come away from your counseling sessions feeling that you have a better understanding of yourself (and your relationship in couples therapy). If it feels like you have reached your goal(s) or that you’ve created enough momentum from the counseling that you are ready to take the reins on your own, then you might be ready to stop. It’s often beneficial to discuss your feeling about stopping therapy with your counselor. But it’s important to remember that you can stop at any time, whether you feel that you’ve reached your goals or if you believe the therapy is not helping you or that you and your therapist aren’t a good fit.