Frequently Asked Questions

A quick guide to the most common questions about working with me — my approach, offerings, scheduling, and fees.

Are you currently accepting new therapy clients?

I occasionally open space for new therapy clients. When I’m fully booked, I do not maintain a waitlist. If you’re interested in working together, please reach out — use the buttons towards the bottom of the page to book a brief intro call or send me a message.

How can we work together?

I work with people through a few different pathways:

Each offering is grounded in somatic, relational, and experiential approaches.

Who do you work with?

I work with adults (18+) of all races, cultures, abilities, genders, sexualities, and consensual relationship structures who are interested in relational healing and deeper integration.

What is your approach?

My work integrates somatic, relational, and trauma-informed practices with brain-aware, experiential methods. I help you access felt sense, deepen self-trust, and cultivate sustainable change. My work draws from a blend of powerful integrative and experiential modalities for relational healing and trauma resolution to help you access and trust your innate healing process so you bring the most authentic version of your Self into relationship with skill and nuance.

METHODS & MODALITIES

  • STAIR is an integrative methodology that offers a framework to support power-with collaborative relationships and brain wise healing. The STAIR Method was developed by Juliane Taylor Shore and is based in the science of Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB). STAIR supports folks in growing self trust and listening more deeply to the wisdom of their experiences with more nuance. STAIR is an acronym for Self-Trust And Integrated Resilience. I’m am among the first cohort certified in the STAIR Method and directly mentored by Jules.

    I'm certified as a STAIR Method Therapist and training as a STAIR Method Deliberate Practice Guide.

  • SE transforms emotional and early developmental attachment trauma through witnessing where you may be “stuck” in fight, flight or freeze responses and provides tools to help you resolve these fixated states. SE is a body-oriented therapeutic model for resolving symptoms of stress, shock, and trauma that accumulate in our bodies.

    I’m a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and Training Assistant with Somatic Experiencing International. I’m an approved provider of Personal Sessions to SEI students in the beginning and intermediate years.

  • IFS conceives every human being as a system of protected and wounded inner parts lead by a core Self. IFS helps folks heal via a non-pathologizing stance, believing the mind is naturally multiple and that is a good thing. Self is in everyone. It can’t be damaged. It knows how to heal.

    IFIO is a model of relationship therapy that draws primarily from the IFS model of psychotherapy. It is an experiential model born out of a desire to carry the concepts of IFS into a relational setting and to use the intimate relationship itself as a vehicle for growth and healing for both the individual and between partners.

    I am a level 2 IFS therapist, trained in both IFS and IFIO.

  • DBR is a neuroscientifically guided intervention that aims to slowly turn toward and process traumatic and shock experiences by working with brainstem-level neurophysiological sequences that occurred when the deep brain had been alerted to a threat or an attachment disruption.

    I’m Level 2 trained in DBR and in monthly consultation with Dr. Jessica Christie-Sands.

  • DARTT is process initially developed by Pia Mellody and expanded on by the Healing Our Core Issue Institute (HOCII) that maps of your developmental history, helps you to reparent your historical selves, and stand in your truth. It offers an experiential model of working with, and healing, family of origin and trauma issues.

    I completed HOCII’s 2 year training program and am certified in DARTT.

  • RLT is an approach that helps couples move back into connection, work through infidelity and trust issues, increase intimacy, improve communication, and deepen relational integrity. At it’s core, RLT strives to help people move out of power over/under relational dynamics, make powerful insights, sustain lasting change, and integrate healthy new relational skills moment by moment in daily life.

    I’m a certified Relational Life Therapist, Facilitator and Bootcamp Leader.

How can I get a deeper deeper sense of how you work before engaging directly?

My podcasts offer conversations on nervous system awareness, relational healing, and undoing aloneness.

What are your credentials & experience?

I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New York, Colorado, and Massachusetts, and a registered telehealth provider in Florida. I’ve been practicing since 2003 and trained extensively across somatic, relational trauma, and brain-informed modalities. My work called Connectfulness® blends these influences to support embodied healing and relational presence.

Do you offer online or in-person sessions?

Therapy sessions are offered virtually in my licensed states (NY, MA, CO, FL) and in-person in New Paltz, NY. Intensives are typically in-person, though virtual options are also available. Please reach out to discuss what might work best for your schedule and location.

What’s your cancellation policy?

Life happens. To respect everyone’s time, sessions canceled with less than 48 hours’ notice are charged the full session fee.

Do you accept insurance?

No — I work outside insurance. If you have out-of-network benefits, I can provide a superbill for psychotherapy sessions for you to submit for potential reimbursement. Reimbursement levels vary by plan, and it’s your responsibility to check coverage before beginning therapy.

What are your fees?

I use an equitable fee scale for therapy to support access. This equitable fee scale applies to individual and relational therapy, not to 20‑hour intensives.

What payment methods do you accept?

Payment is expected at the time of service and can be made by cash, check, card, or FSA/HSA. I do not accept third-party payments or carry account balances.

Ready to Begin? Have Questions?

If you don’t see what you’re curious about, or if you are ready to begin this work, I am glad to help you explore what might fit for you. Use the buttons below to book a brief intro call or send me a message - whichever feels right.

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