Pricing
Pricing - At a glance
Session Fees
Individual (50 min): $120
Couples (50 min): $150
Couples (90 min): $175
Superbills available for insurance reimbursement.
Why Private Pay?
Insurance requires a mental health diagnosis that becomes part of your permanent record.
Insurance limits what we can focus on, how often we meet, and what therapy approaches are covered.
Private pay keeps therapy fully confidential, flexible, and aligned with your needs.
Worried about cost?
Tell me. Seriously. We can tweak session length, pacing, or frequency so therapy fits your life—and your budget. Therapy should feel supportive, not like a financial tightrope.
What You’re Paying For
Because therapy is an investment—emotionally and financially.
Money is often one of the first things people worry about when considering therapy. And honestly? That makes complete sense. Therapy asks for your time, your energy, and yes—your financial resources. In a world where so many people are facing real financial pressure, it’s natural to be thoughtful about where you’re investing what you have.
Many clients have told me they hesitated to start because of the cost. If that’s you, you’re not alone. I get it.
My goal here is to help you understand exactly what you’re paying for, why the fee is set the way it is, and how you can make the most of your investment—without shame, pressure, or any sales-y nonsense.
What Your Fee Actually Covers
Therapy is more than the 50 or 90 minutes we spend together. Your fee supports the time, training, and presence required to help you create meaningful, lasting change. Here’s what that really includes:
A tailored therapeutic experience - I’m not a “nod and smile for 50 minutes” therapist. You’re not paying for a warm body in a chair. You’re paying for engaged, attuned, relational therapy—someone who meets you where you are, whether you need humor, depth, challenge, grounding, or someone who can sit in the intensity without flinching. You’re investing in a regulated, steady nervous system that can support you when your friends, partner, or loved ones simply can’t show up in the way you need.
Advanced training and ongoing education - IFS-based therapy, differentiation work, and relational systems therapy each require extensive training and ongoing refinement. Your fee supports a therapist who is continually sharpening her skills so your work stays effective, ethical, and deeply aligned with what actually helps people heal. It’s my job to stay curious, informed, and trained—especially when your already-full life doesn’t have space for that.
Preparation and reflection outside of session - After each session, I spend time reflecting on where we went, what shifted, what needs care next time, and what I want to attune to more deeply. You’re not paying for just the hour—you’re paying for all the thoughtfulness and intention that surrounds it. Hundreds of hours sitting with a diverse set of clients helps me see patterns, name dynamics you may not recognize yet, and offer a grounded perspective that only comes from lived therapeutic experience.
Resources and support between sessions - When it fits your process, I offer tools, readings, parts-mapping resources, or reflective questions tailored specifically to you. My job isn’t just to support you in the room—it’s to help you build skills and language you can rely on throughout your week, not only in the hour on my couch.
A grounded, stable, confidential space - Your fee contributes to a therapy environment that is well-held—emotionally, ethically, and operationally. In my practice, this includes secure telehealth and record systems, ongoing supervision with a licensed, highly trained supervisor, and an in-person space intentionally designed for depth, safety, and connection.
Personal finances - Part of your fee goes toward my own needs. Therapy is relational work, which means the quality of the care you receive is directly shaped by how resourced I am as a human. Financial sustainability allows me to stay present, regulated, and attuned, and ensures that this work can continue to exist in a way that doesn’t burn me out. A portion of your investment helps ensure that I can continue doing this work in a way that’s ethical, nourishing, and sustainable for the long haul.
Why I Don’t Bill Insurance
(And why that might actually benefit you.)
Many people understandably want to use insurance—and I absolutely support you in exploring reimbursement options through superbills. However, there are important reasons why I choose not to bill insurance directly.
1. Insurance requires a mental health diagnosis
To use insurance, I would be required to assign a diagnosis that becomes part of your permanent medical record. The traditional medical model views symptoms as the result of a disorder, which is not how I see mental health. For many clients—especially people-pleasers, perfectionists, trauma survivors, and couples—a diagnosis doesn’t reflect the full picture of how these parts of you initially formed or what you need to heal. Diagnoses can also have lasting effects on life insurance, disability coverage, or certain background checks. For these reasons, I choose to work on a private-pay basis.
2. Insurance dictates what “counts” as therapy
Insurance companies get to decide:
what we work on
how often we meet
how long therapy can continue
whether your goals are “medically necessary”
But your inner world, your relationships, and your emotional patterns deserve more than a box checked on a form.
3. Insurance limits the kind of therapy I can offer
Most plans only cover certain modalities or short-term work focused solely on symptom reduction. IFS, relational systems therapy, and depth-oriented couples work are usually not accepted approaches—even though they are effective for long-term, sustainable change.
4. Insurance requires sharing personal information
To get sessions approved, I must provide clinical notes and treatment plans that many clients prefer to keep private. Opting out means your therapy stays fully confidential between us.