Frequently Asked Questions

Sessions are 50-55 minutes long, typically once per week, depending on individual needs, goals, and circumstances.

Though once weekly is the most common, it is not uncommon to schedule sessions twice per week, or drop down to every 2 weeks or even monthly after the initial phase of treatment. We will work together to find the best frequency for your specific circumstances.

For now, I am only meeting with people virtually using a secure video platform. Please contact me for further details.

My standard psychotherapy rate is $200 for a 55 minute session. I accept a limited number of people for reduced fee sessions based on income and need. Contact me here if you’d like to see if you qualify.

I am not in network with any insurance companies but you may receive reimbursement for our sessions from your insurance company if you have out-of-network benefits. I have partnered with Thrizer to handle the out-of-network process automatically for you. With Thrizer, you can choose to pay up front and wait for reimbursement, or you can elect to only pay a copay instead of paying my full fee and waiting for reimbursements. This typically allows clients to save on average 70% on our sessions. ‍

Reach out to me here if you’d like me to check your benefits!

My practice is exclusively virtual at this time. I am licensed to provide therapy to individuals living in New York State and New Jersey.

My hours are: Monday through Wednesday, 10am to 8pm; Thursdays from 10am to 6pm; and Fridays, 10am to 4pm.

I have a 24-hour cancellation policy. If a session is missed without notice or canceled less than 24-hours in advance, you will be charged the full session fee. Please keep in mind that cancellation fees are not able to be reimbursed by insurance companies.

However, I understand that people get sick or have emergencies from time to time. If this happens, I’m happy to waive the fee a limited amount of times as an exception.

Generally speaking, at some point in treatment, your upbringing will be discussed. The extent to which this comes up depends on how useful it would be to your goals and treatment. Unless your goal is to focus on your childhood, this is only done to the extent that it will be helpful to you.

This may not be super satisfying to hear, but it really depends on your goals and what we are working on. The length could be anywhere from 6 months to 2 years, or longer. It varies widely. Sometimes, when people are ready to end, they return later on for check-in’s or a ‘tune-up’ if they feel the need. But it all depends on what works best for the individual circumstance.

I work with teens from 13 years old to 18+.

Not at the moment, but that is likely to change within the next year.

Then we will end therapy. However, we will definitely have a conversation beforehand, reviewing all the work you’ve done and how you can take this into your life on your own going forward. Ending in this way can be a beautiful thing.

You will not be doing all of the talking, although you will generally decide what you want to focus on based on your goals and what is happening in your life.

In terms of advice, I won’t tell you what to do but I will help guide you to your own answer and resolution. I have also been known to give a gentle ‘push’ if I notice some avoidance or stalling :)

Nope. I actually prefer not to do this outside of work so that I can separate my personal life from my professional life. However, becoming a therapist has definitely helped me understand people and relationships much better. So, it has changed my perspective in many ways.

Absolutely I do! In fact, I often think about and try to plan out sessions in order to help move progress along. There are, of course, reasonable limits to the amount of time spent outside sessions as I also need to maintain my own boundaries.

No, I am in no way perfect at all, and yes, I have struggled similarly to my own clients before going to my own therapy. In fact, many therapists decide to do this work as a result of their own struggles. It can be really gratifying to help others in the way that you have been helped yourself.

Yup! See my answer to the question above.

Nope, I was not always a therapist. In fact, this is a second career for me. I actually studied music performance as a saxophone player in Canada, where I was raised, prior to going back to school to become a therapist in New York City.

Actually, no. When people feel the need to rehash things, it usually means that things are not resolved for them and we have to keep working on the solution. Most people don’t want to keep rehashing things. It’s my job to help them figure out what’s keeping them stuck in order to get ‘unstuck’.