Psychotherapy Services
In a space of warmth, wonderment, and nourishment (re)connect to your inner truths.
Psychotherapy offers a compassionate, safe place to care for all the parts that make you. It is a fit for folks who increasing self-awareness, strengthening self-authority, and seeking to change their lives.
Be emotionally seen in relationship.
The therapeutic relationship can be healing in and of itself. I co-create a unique, nourishing little bubble with each client to rebuild those pathways to attachment and connection with loved ones and themselves.
Decode your past to be more present.
We go backwards to help you move forward. Together, we decode expectations, values, beliefs, responses, ancestral inheritance, and systems that are keeping you stuck. Giving each space and air to allow for grieving, emotional processing, and compassion.
Come home to your innate wisdom.
Inner wisdom, strengths, and intuition awaken, welcoming you back home. They may have once felt distant or unfamiliar, but the numbness and separation will dissolve.
Make the right goals to meet your needs.
We understand the picture of your mental health in all of its complexity by sorting through the clinical, developmental, systemic, and more. Together, we decide what to tackle first and build goals that make a real impact on your present. We follow YOUR road.
Safety and security in parts of a larger mental health structure.
As a Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, there are ethics and legal requirements that I follow that create a safe and secure container for clients. HIPPA practices ensure client confidentiality. Licensure requires a certain level of education, hours of experience, and supervision by a Licensed Professional Counselor. Ethical standards help ensure sessions are centered around client wellbeing. The ability to consult with psychiatrists and providing referrals for other mental health services ensures care co-ordination.
The mental health structure also has a horrifying history and deeply problematic present-day practices including, but not limited to, forced hospitalizations, inaccurate diagnosis, and pathologizing human diversity. If you are interested in learning more, Dr. Jennifer Mullan is producing great literature and instruction on decolonizing therapy.
What’s the difference between coaching and psychotherapy? Psychotherapy and coaching services are inter-related, but do have separate focuses. Often, psychotherapy practitioners can use coaching skills in their psychotherapy practices, but coaches do not have the legal authority to practice some parts of psychotherapy such as diagnosing, assessing, and treating mental health disorders. To add complexity, parts of psychotherapy approaches have roots in traditional healing practices such as Gestalt with Buddhism and curanderismo, creative practices such as body-based Gestalt with dance and acting, and health coaching such as symptom management with sleep management strategies - all of which are skills accessible to coaches.
Still confused? If you are confused by which of these two services is right for you, please do reach out or let’s chat in the free consultation.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much do you charge? Do you take insurance?
I offer 50-minute virtual and in-person individual therapy sessions for $140/session. I do not take insurance, but I can provide clients with superbills to submit to their insurance for out-of-network care. I am also not a Medicaid or Medicare provider, and thus cannot work with clients who have these insurances. I do have a limited number of spots for reduced rate sessions. If you are interested, please email me to see if any spots are available at the moment.
Do you provide in-person or virtual sessions?
I offer both in-person and virtual sessions. In-person sessions are held at my office in North Boulder close to Amante Coffee (Uptown Broadway location). There is free street parking and a bus stop nearby. In accordance with state regulations, clients must be physically present in the state of Colorado for virtual sessions.
What can I expect from my first appointment?
The first official appointment is scheduled after the 30-50 minute consultation call. It’s different than a typical session in that it’s process and paperwork-heavy, as well as 90-minutes long. The intention of the session is to align expectations, empower you with choice, and meet legal and ethical requirements. We will review the paperwork and questionnaire you completed before the appointment, square up your preferred payment process, discuss your goals more in-depth, and with the time remaining, dive into whatever is coming up for you.
How do I choose a therapist for me?
Taking the time to find a good fit in therapy is worth it. Research has shown that clients who experience positive outcomes from therapy say the relationship was one of the most important factors. This is why it’s important to do the consults. Be aware of your bodily experience during the consult. Do you feel safe? Do you feel held? The qualities in a therapist that create these feelings for you are very subjective and individual. There are also tons of online questionnaires specifically created for consults (also oriented around specific marginalized, intersectional identities) that you can pull from to help you find that fit. If you are struggling to find a therapist who can hold your identities, Inclusive Therapists also has a list of communities and therapist directories that are justice, equity, liberation, and intersectionality centered: https://www.inclusivetherapists.com/resources.
Do you offer 24/7 crisis support?
I do not offer 24/7 crisis support. Colorado Crisis Services offers text (“TALK” to 38255), phone (1-844-493-8255), and in-person crisis support. If you or someone you know is experiencing a life-threatening crisis, call 911. For BIPOC, neurodivergent, disabled, and other marginalized people, be aware that police mental health crisis co-response teams (e.g. CIRT in Boulder), officer training, and other resources vary in each city. You can always reach out to your support network to have someone present to advocate for you when you call the police.
What is a good faith estimate?
You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical and mental health care will cost. Under the law, healthcare 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.