Schedule a free 15 minute phone consultation. This will give us a chance to determine whether we’re a good fit to work together and to set up your first session.

At this time, I do not offer in-person therapy sessions. My practice is fully remote, offering online therapy for adults in California through a HIPAA-secure video platform.

Due to license restrictions I am unable to provide services to individuals residing outside the state of California.

I charge $220 for 50-minute therapy sessions. All payments are due at the end of the session and I accept most major credit cards.

While I do set aside 20% of my caseload for reduced-fee clients, I do not currently have any of these spaces available. If you are in need of lower fee therapy, I share referrals for reduced-rate counseling services on my Resources page.

My rates are similar to other masters-level mental health providers with advanced training in Los Angeles. These fees enable me to receive compensation commensurate to my level of training and expertise, to cover the costs of owning a small business, to offer sliding-scale services, to engage in advanced specialty trainings, and to donate financial resources to organizations such as the The Trevor Project, The Loveland Foundation, and Exhale Pro-Voice.

I typically encourage all new clients to start with once-weekly sessions. This will give us a chance to get to know each other and to build up momentum in our work together.

That being said, I understand that for many reasons this may not be feasible for everyone. I’m happy to talk with you about your unique needs and circumstances to determine if an alternate meeting frequency is appropriate.

I ask that you give 48 hours notice for any cancellations, as that allows me to open your spot to other clients who may need it.

I charge a late cancellation fee equal to the cost of your session for any cancellations made within 48 hours of your appointment.

This is a great question! We’ll use our first session to go over some of the logistics of working together, to talk a bit more about what brings you to therapy and how I can help, and to continue exploring whether we feel we’re a good fit to work together.

You don’t have to do anything to prepare for our first appointment. All you need to do is to show up, just as you are, and start with where you’re at today. Sometimes we feel that we need to share everything about ourselves in that first meeting - but that’s a lot of pressure. In time, all of the relevant parts of your story and who you are will make their way into our work together.

I am not in-network with any insurance companies and cannot guarantee any level of out-of-network coverage, but I can provide you with a monthly superbill to submit to your insurance for possible reimbursement.

I encourage you to contact your insurance provider to confirm your out-of-network mental health benefits.

A few helpful questions to ask: (1) What are your out-of-network benefits for mental health? (2) Do you have a deductible to meet before those benefits kick in? (3) Is there a limit to how many sessions are covered? (4) What are the instructions for you to submit your superbills for reimbursement?

Providing access to mental health care is important. For this reason, I offer a number of reduced rate spots to make my services more accessible to a broader range of folks seeking support.

There are a number of reasons why many therapists, including myself, choose to remain out-of-network with insurance companies. Some of these reasons include:

• Diagnoses requirements. Insurance companies determine reimbursement and eligibility for care based off of diagnoses. However, not all clients who seek outpatient therapy meet criteria for any diagnosis in the DSM, a diagnostic manual that has been shown to lack cultural competency. Meeting criteria for a diagnosis should not be the determining factor in whether or not someone is able to access therapy. Therapists are put in the difficult position of either turning away clients who do not meet diagnostic criteria in the DSM or giving diagnoses that may not meaningfully serve the client.

• Treatment determination. Insurance companies determine clinical need, length of treatment, and treatment plans based off of the diagnostic codes provided to them. Rather than these factors being collaborated upon by clients and their therapists, treatment is limited to what insurance companies decide is appropriate. This means that the context of any diagnosis (e.g., how life circumstances may shift focus of sessions week by week or how undiagnosable traumas impact present functioning) becomes irrelevant. If an insurance provider determines a client is eligible for 12 sessions based on their diagnosis, they will not have access to their therapist for any sessions beyond that. This makes it difficult for therapy to be a process focused on healing - in whatever time that takes.

• Records access. When working with insurance, clients’ records are accessible within those companies. While these files are still kept confidential, they go from being viewed only by myself to being viewed by a number of individuals within the insurance system.

• Resource limitations. As an out-of-network provider, I’m able to focus my time and energy on my individual clients. Working with insurance requires that a significant portion of time be dedicated to paperwork or lengthy phone calls advocating for clients’ coverage. Insurance companies’ values and my own diverge when it comes to how time and resources are best utilized; there are understandable differences between the clinical standards of a financially-driven organization and the clinical standards of a clinician.

I understand that this is a complex situation, and there are no perfect answers. My hope is that by being transparent I am able to shed light on why I choose to not create what I believe to be unethical barriers to treatment for my clients.

There are a number of wonderful resources for therapists who are in-network or low fee, and if you feel those options are a better or more sustainable fit for you, please reach out! I’m happy to provide referrals when I can.

You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical and mental health care will cost. 

Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the expected charges for medical services, including psychotherapy services.  

You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency healthcare services, including psychotherapy services. 

You can ask your health care provider, and any other provider you choose, for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule a service. 

If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill. Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate.

For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises.