FAQs

— Frequently Asked Questions—

Complimentary Consultation

This 10-20 minute meeting is an opportunity to ask any questions you may have about therapy, my style, what happens in a session, etc. You can also talk about what you’re looking for in a therapist as well as any particular issues or areas of where you’re experiencing difficulty. I will do my best to answer your questions and address any concerns. You are not committed to move forward. This can be purely an exploratory conversation to gain more information.

Therapy Sessions

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, services are only available via an online video platform or by telephone.

Sessions are generally 50-55 minutes. The first few session are to get to know one another and to be sure we’re a good fit. I want to be sure I’m a good provider for your particular situation or concerns and I would like you to feel like our sessions are helpful.


Fees

My fee is $175 per therapy hour. I do offer a sliding scale. Please contact me for more information. Addtionally, if you have an insurer not listed below, I can provide you with a super bill to submit to your insurance company for reimbusement.

Insurance

I take the following insurances:

  • Aetna

  • Cigna

  • United Healthcare

  • Oscar

  • Anthem Blue Cross of California

  • Oxford


Cancellation Policy

Please provide 48 hour advanced notice of a session cancellation, otherwise the full session fee will be charged.

Poet David Whyte

David Whyte tells of how this poem relates to today and the time of Covid-19 as well as awaking to new possibilities in your life after a difficult period.

 

The House of Belonging by David Whyte THE HOUSE OF BELONGING

 

THE HOUSE OF BELONGING

I awoke
this morning
in the gold light
turning this way
and that

thinking for
a moment
it was one
day
like any other.

But
the veil had gone
from my
darkened heart
and
I thought

it must have been the quiet
candlelight
that filled my room,

it must have been
the first
easy rhythm
with which I breathed
myself to sleep,

it must have been
the prayer I said
speaking to the otherness
of the night.

And
I thought
this is the good day
you could
meet your love,

this is the black day
someone close
to you could die.

This is the day
you realize
how easily the thread
is broken
between this world
and the next

and I found myself
sitting up
in the quiet pathway
of light,

the tawny
close-grained cedar
burning round
me like fire
and all the angels of this housely
heaven ascending
through the first
roof of light
the sun has made.

This is the bright home
in which I live,
this is where
I ask
my friends
to come,
this is where I want
to love all the things
it has taken me so long
to learn to love.

This is the temple
of my adult aloneness
and I belong
to that aloneness
as I belong to my life.

There is no house
like the house of belonging.

- David Whyte
©1996