FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
My session fee is $100/50-minute session (or $130/80-minute session if preferred) but is subject to change with notice. I offer an income-based sliding scale fee for clients in need, upon request. Accepted methods of payment are cash, credit card, HSA/FSA card, and checks. Insurance is not accepted. However, if you desire, I will provide you with a service receipt, which you may submit to your insurance company for reimbursement according to your policy’s coverage for out-of-network providers. Every policy is different so you may wish to contact your insurance company with questions regarding your specific policy.
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
I am happy to provide a free phone consultation for new customers who would like to see if I'm the right therapeutic for them. Once the first session is booked, the client will fill out some forms, which they will bring to their first session. I will go over the forms, listen to the client tell me about what they want to struggling with and/or what they would like to work on in therapy. Counseling is a collaborative process, in which the client is the "expert" on him/herself and I am there to accompany and guide them when needed on their healing journey. Counseling includes both the development of a trusting relationship between us and the development of goals and plans for you to accomplish them. For counseling to be effective, you must be fully engaged in trying to understand and change your thoughts, feelings and behaviors. You will have to work both in and out of the counseling sessions, which may include exercises like writing in a journal or observing yourself and practicing new behaviors. At first, we will focus on understanding your situation and developing specific and realistic goals toward which you can work. I will encourage you, support you, and help you devise appropriate steps that will help you move closer to your goals, but you must do the work. As a Christian, I believe that we are whole persons, with physical, psychological, social and spiritual aspects. Whether or not we discuss spirituality will be up to you, but I want you to understand that this affects how I understand others and the nature of problems in living. In my practice this spiritual perspective is integrated with well-established and researched methods of therapy including family systems, psychodynamic, and Gestalt.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I am a graduate of the Master of Christian Counseling (MACC) Program at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (2013). I am a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate (LPCA) in the state of North Carolina (license #A12777). I have two years of counseling experience as a master’s level intern.