I provide individual psychotherapy for adolescents and adults.

Phone contact: First, we will likely speak on the phone to discuss your needs and my practice, and see if we have matching times available to set up an initial consultation.

Consultation: We will meet for about 2-3 sessions for me to get a clearer sense of you, your needs and goals, and your background.  The consultation also gives you an oppurtunity to get a better sense of me, my style, and what it would be like to work with me on an ongoing basis.  At the end of the consultation, I will give you my initial impressions and feedback, how I think I can help you specifically, and answer any questions you may have about me and my work.  If it doesn't seem or feel like a good enough match for either of us, I will be happy to refer you to someone in the area who may be a better match.  It it does seem like a good match, we will arrange ongoing psychotherapy.

Referral:  During or after the consultation, if we decide that we won't be working together, I should be able to, based on the consultation, find a therapist who could be a better match for you.  We may decide to refer elsewhere if you don't feel comfortable with me, if you need more specialized help, or if we decide a different therapeutic style would be a better fit for you.

Ongoing Psychotherapy: If we decide to work together, we will typically start by meeting once or twice a week, for 50 minute sessions.  We can eventually meet less frequently, based on your preferences and needs, and if it works schedule-wise.  We will periodically check in with our treatment progress to see if any thing needs to be addressed or changed, including switching focus or goals, my style, session frequency, the ending of treatment, or taking a break. 

Medication: Because I am not a psychiatrist, I do not prescribe medication.  However, if we decide that a medication consultation would be potentially helpful, I will refer you to some local psychiatrists that I work with (including doctors Jason Rosen at www.drjasonrosen.com, and Anjali D'Souza at www.dcmindbodymd.com).

Payment and Insurance:  My fee is $170 per session (for each consultation and ongoing psychotherapy session).  I am not on any insurance panels so I will be considered out-of-network.  Please see the Insurance and Rates page for more information.

Treatment specialization includes:

• Personal and emotional insight, management, and growth
• Attention Deficit/Productivity difficulties/Procrastination
• Relationship issues
• Work and career issues
• Parenting and family issues
• Depression and anxiety
• Grief and loss
• Stress management