Frequently Asked Questions

What should I expect in therapy?

Therapy with me is collaborative, trauma-informed, and tailored to you. We explore goals, coping strategies, and the ways challenges affect daily life and relationships. I use IFS, DBT, ACT, somatic techniques, and sometimes creative approaches like art or movement. Feedback is always encouraged to ensure your needs are met.

Do you charge for consultations?

Nope! I offer a free 15-minute consultation to further discuss if it is a good fit to work together and to answer any questions. Consultations are usually held on HIPAA-compliant video. It’s always nice to put a face to a name!

Why don’t you accept insurance if you say you believe in equitable access to care?

Thanks for asking, I’d love to tell you! (said in Elyse Meyer’s voice).

Health insurance, whether someone is able to have access or not, is a multi-layered sh * t storm. Yup. I’m sure you already know. But here’s what you may not know - the why. Pros and cons below:

Pros: You may possibly have a co-pay, so you may be responsible for a smaller portion of the cost. If you have a deductible (which means if your plan says you have a $5000 deductible, that means you have to pay out of pocket for every health care service you receive until that $5000. After that, your co-pay kicks in).

Cons:

-Health insurance companies require a diagnosis to approve to pay for services and that becomes a part of your medical record and history and cannot be ‘erased.’

-Your health insurance plan will decide the “medical necessity” of therapy for you based on the diagnosis, and can dictate or limit the number of sessions you can have by refusing to pay for your therapy if they do not feel like it is medically necessary.

-Health insurances often do not cover the cost of therapy, or there is a high deductible, which defeats the purpose of paying a monthly premium to then not have access to care. They may only cover certain diagnoses, and can choose to change that at any time for any reason.

-You may not find out until weeks after your appointments that your insurance denied your claims; if they don’t cover it, you would be responsible for the full cost.

-Your health insurance company can request to review your treatment plan and therapy records at any time. If or when that occurs, your therapist is required to give access to your therapy file.

For all of those reasons and more, insurance will not be accepted.

Out of network providers are still tied to each health care company’s conditions - I am not an out of network provider.

Based on :gestures vaguely at everything around us: my goal is to reduce barriers to care, not create them.

Follow up with me if your “bottle” (see the costs page for the fee schedule based on necessity) is at empty.

Do you have a question you want added to the list? Feel free to reach out and it will be updated!