Counselors provide support, problem solving skills, and coping strategies for a wide range of issues.

While working with counselor, you may:

Gain a better understanding of yourself and your values.
Learn new, healthier ways to cope with anxiety and stress.
Find resolution with the issues or concerns that prompted you to seek counseling.
Learn new tools and strategies to manage emotional pressures.
Improve your listening and communication skills.
Change unhelpful behavior patterns and create new, healthier ones.
Ultimately improve and boost your self-esteem and confidence.

Good counseling is one of the best gifts you can give yourself: one of self-compassion, understanding, clarity and peace.

People choose to see a counselor for a variety of reasons including, but not limited to, stress management, or a specific event or diagnosis. Sometimes an event occurs in one’s life that causes an individual to seek out help. Counselors can provide a fresh or different perspective on a problem with which they’ve been struggling. Counseling can be beneficial as a client may regain a sense of control in their life and discover and gather new tools to be able to make more informed decisions and effect lasting changes in their life.

I am an empathic, genuine, and compassionate person who believes humans are amazingly resilient. I strive to foster a safe environment where you will be seen, valued, and heard on your road to self-discovery.

My counseling approach prioritizes the whole person and typically integrates therapeutic orientations including strength-based, humanistic, solution-focused, cognitive-behavioral, person-centered, psychodynamic and mindfulness-based theories.

In the first few sessions we’ll just be getting to know each other. I’ll ask you some questions about your history so that I can understand what brought you in.

As we continue working together, goal setting will be an important component of our conversations.

Together we’ll identify what’s most important to you and move towards accomplishing those goals.

At this time, I offer predominantly Telehealth (online) services.

These sessions provide the same level of support as in-person sessions, while also allowing you greater flexibility, accessibility, and comfort.

Counseling sessions are held virtually via the Simple Practice HIPAA compliant platform (Client Portal).

Please arrive on time to the virtual waiting room for your appointment; sessions will end at the scheduled time regardless of when you arrive. If you have not arrived in the virtual waiting room by 15 minutes into the scheduled appointment, you will be responsible for the full fee and may not be seen at that time.

I offer in-person counseling on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in the University District neighborhood in Seattle, WA.

Address:

4500 9th Ave NE Suite 300

Seattle, WA 98105

Parking:

One-hour complementary parting is available at an adjacent parking lot with a code that will be assigned to you. It is your responsibility to pay for parking beyond the first hour. There is also street parking in the area. It is your responsibility to recognize the different legal restrictions, timeframes, and costs for whatever place you choose to park.

Public Transportation:

There are multiple bus stops within a block from my office and the U District Light Rail Station (NE 43rd and Brooklyn Ave NE) is 0.3 miles from my office, with bus service in between. It is your responsibility to map your route and plan transit times accordingly.

I see clients for 53+ minute sessions and we typically meet weekly or bi-weekly, depending on the client’s particular needs and goals.

Therapy is a process as both growth and change are non-linear. The length of time you might spend in therapy will depend on your individual circumstances and will be determined collaboratively by you and me, as your counselor.

Regularly scheduling and keeping appointments is essential to effective counseling. When you recognize you can’t make it to an upcoming session, please cancel it through the client portal 48 hours in advance.

Cancellations that happen with less than 48 hours notice, or no shows, will be charged the full session fee (unless illness or weather conditions prohibit your attendance).

Read the full cancellation policy here.

There is a legal privilege in The State of Washington protecting the confidentiality of any information that you share with me which requires me to keep the strictest confidentiality.

We will discuss the disclosure of confidential information should one of the following conditions arise:

You provide written permission for me to release confidential information to a third party.
I have determined that disclosure will avoid or minimize an imminent danger to yours or someone else’s health.
If I suspect abuse or neglect of a child or vulnerable adult. I am a mandated reporter, therefore I am required to report evidence to the authorities.
If you intend to submit your counseling invoices to your insurance carrier, I am required to give a diagnosis in order for you to get reimbursed. (A diagnosis is a technical term regarding the nature of the issue(s) that you brought to therapy.)
You waive the privileges by bringing charges against me.
In response to a subpoena with which I am legally required to comply.

With a client-signed Release of Information Form (ROI), I can be available to connect with teachers, counselors, and other professionals or support team members when appropriate. For short phone consultations of no more than 20 minutes, there is no charge. For any consultation or meeting longer than 20 minutes, and/or requiring travel, I bill at my hourly rate.

Yes, let’s talk! I am happy to offer a complimentary 15-20 minute phone consultation to discuss your counseling, coaching, or consulting needs. Please fill out this contact form and I will get back to you shortly.

Individual Counseling session: $165 per 53+ minute session.

I am an out-of-network (OON), or private pay, provider and do not accept insurance.

You will be expected to pay at the time of service via a credit/debit/HSA card through my Client Portal.

An invoice will be provided at the end of each session, and I am happy to provide monthly Superbills which you can submit to your insurance company for reimbursement.

I encourage you to determine your OON coverage in advance if you are interested in out-of-network reimbursement. Common CPT codes are: 90837, 97127, 90834, and 90791. You will need my NPI number which you can find at the bottom of this page. Please check with your insurance company about reimbursement for Telehealth visits as well.