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During your initial session, we will focus on what brought you into therapy, your background and identifying goals. I’ll gather information about your current stressors/ concerns, and go through an intake/diagnostic assessment with you. We will get to know each other and begin to establish trust and rapport. From there, if we mutually agree that ongoing sessions will be beneficial, we will coordinate future sessions.

Ongoing sessions are 50 minutes long, or between 60-90 minutes in the case of an EMDR session. Sessions take place weekly or bi-weekly initially. We’ll continually check around session cadence and either decrease or increase based on your needs and unique situation. 

It depends! Generally, it takes 6 to 12 therapy sessions before you can start seeing progress with your mental and emotional health. However, this does not mean that all of your problems will be solved by your twelfth session, but you will begin to feel better.

Therapy is a process. Think of it like peeling back layers of an onion: each session helps to peel back a layer to eventually get to the core of that onion. If you have been struggling with these issues for some time, there are likely several layers that need to be peeled back to get to that core. Even more so, if you are an excellent avoider and/or distracter, it’s likely that those layers are challenging to pull apart.

EMDR therapy, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a highly effective form of therapy designed to help people overcome anxiety, depression, trauma, addictive behaviors, and more. This evidence-based approach utilizes specialized techniques, such as guided eye movements or tapping, to assist the brain in processing painful memories. 

The process of EMDR is transformative in two ways. First, it helps to reduce the intensity of negative emotions associated with distressing memories. Second, it allows you to integrate memories in a healthier manner, so that the meaning you take away from the memory is more empowering. For example, after experiencing a traumatic event, someone may have learned to believe “I’m not safe.” After EMDR, however, they can reprocess their belief to instead be “it’s over; I am safe now.” 

During an EMDR session, I will help you confront and process difficult memories or experiences. You'll discuss the troubling event while engaging in a specific exercise: movements on a light bar using your eyes. Ultimately, this exercise facilitates a healthier reprocessing of the memory, and you will begin to notice that the emotional intensity surrounding the memory diminishes. I’ll  provide steady support throughout, creating a secure environment for healing and progress.

Due to licensing requirements and regulations for mental health professionals, I can only work with people who reside in, and are physically located in, either NY or CT at the time of our session. 

At the time, I am out-of-network with most insurance companies except for Aetna and Optum/United Healthcare plans. For those who are private pay, I work with Mentaya to help you receive partial or full reimbursement for therapy sessions. Mentaya automatically files out-of-network claims for you for 5% of the session fee. 

Use the benefits calculator here to find out if you are eligible for reimbursement from your Insurance plan. 

I offer a limited number of sliding scale appointments. For those who may not be able to offer my full rate or are uninsured please reach out to me. 

I require 24 hour notice to cancel or reschedule a session. Should you cancel or reschedule with less than 24 hour notice, you will be charged a fee of $200. 

You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical and mental health care will cost. Under the law, health care 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.