Typical Client Concerns I Work With

  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Low self-esteem
  • Relationship issues
  • Loss
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Life transitions
  • Stress-related psychological symptoms
  • If your concern is not on this list, ask me about it

Creating a New Roadmap

How do we know how to get to where we’re going without a map to guide us?  Without a roadmap, we may be driven by external events and feel we have no control over our own emotions and our life.  Maps can give us a tool to navigate toward our goal.  Different maps give us different information to help guide us.  Your current map may not be getting you where you want to go.

Continuing with our metaphor of the map, suppose we wanted to go to Barton Springs and our map showed the roads to travel but none of the weather or traffic conditions.  We may find ourselves stuck in traffic gridlock and frustrated or swimming in the middle of a hail storm.

The ultimate map-maker is the mind.  At any moment we may be operating from past, present, or future maps.  How do we know which one is relevant?  I teach clients how to increase the complexity of existing maps and develop new ones. As a result, clients have a greater ability to make day-to-day informed decisions as well as to modify their own decision-making process as new information becomes available.  The flexibility to adjust to the environment is a life-long, ongoing process and the hallmark of high achievers.

Keys to Therapeutic Work

  • Deep listening: Therapeutic listening includes hearing what is said overtly as well as what may be difficult to talk about. I work to create a safe space for those hard-to-talk-about issues.
  • Present moment awareness: Change in perception takes place in the present. People often begin by talking about the past or future, and then we work to see how they can impact their present awareness of those concerns.
  • Mind-body awareness: I teach clients to observe their thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations in the present. The information needed for healing is available within each person’s mind-body system. Oftentimes people are not aware of the systemic relationship of thoughts, feelings, and physical reactions.
  • Skills development: Learning how to perceive and work with one’s own thoughts and feelings is empowering. Empowerment gives one a way to walk gracefully through one’s life.

 

Next Steps

  1. Contact us to set up an appointment or ask questions.
  1. Download and complete the Client Information form.
  1. Download, read, and sign the Office Policies and HIPPA forms.
  1. Bring these 3 forms with you to your appointment.

 

Insurance

I am an out-of-network provider and do not participate as an in-network provider with commercial health insurance plans.

Payment is due at time of service according to the payment policy. Upon request, clients may be provided with a superbill containing the information typically needed to submit a claim to their insurance company for possible out-of-network benefits.

I have formally opted out of Medicare. Services provided to Medicare beneficiaries are furnished pursuant to a private contract as required by Medicare regulations.

Under this private contract, the client agrees to pay privately for psychological services and understands that neither the psychologist nor the client will submit claims to Medicare for these services and Medicare will not reimburse the client for them.

A Note on Insurance

Although it may sometimes be financially necessary to use insurance benefits to pay for therapy, there are several important factors to consider:

First, all insurance claims require a medical diagnosis. This can affect or limit future insurance coverage and may inhibit certain employment opportunities.

Your private information, even under new privacy policies, may be required from the insurance company for reimbursement.