Frequently Asked Questions

The first step is your reading my website and getting a feel for me and my practice. There are a few indicators that I would NOT be a good fit. These are self harming or suicidal thoughts or behaviors, a personality disorder, an active addiction, or an active eating disorder. For a more specially trained therapist, you can search on Psychology Today by your city/zip code and then select the specific clinical issues you are facing to narrow the search. You could also check out Evidence Based Treatment Centers of Seattle. If you think I might be a good fit for your wants and needs, let's arrange a free 20 minute phone consultation for me to learn more about what you are looking for support with, you can ask me any questions, and we can gauge if we are a good fit. If we decide to arrange a first session together, I will first send you some intake paperwork to fill out and sign online. Our first 3-4 sessions will be an assessment and goal setting phase, in which I’ll be getting to know you, assessing your needs, and together we'll be identifying your goals for counseling. Towards the end of the assessment phase, we will discuss and arrive at two or three top goals for our work together, which we can always revisit and revise as we go. If at the end of 3-4 sessions I do not feel I am the best clinician to serve you, I will talk to you about this and give you three referrals for therapists I believe would be a better fit.