Here’s how it works…

Choosing to start may be hard, but requesting an appointment doesn’t have to be.

All you need to do is click the "Request an Appointment" button anywhere on my website -or- give me a call, send me a text, or shoot me an email.

After that, I’ll send over intake paperwork, and we can move forward with finding a time and date that works for you.

Thats it!

Your biggest to-do…filling out the intake paperwork.

Most of it is standard, but the “Client History” form may take you a bit more time.

Fair warning, this is where I ask some background questions about your personal history and why you're getting started. I know that can feel like a lot, especially considering I'm basically a stranger at this point. Just fill it out to your comfort level.

I always tell people the first session is kind of like a first date. We’ve both got to figure out if this is the right fit.

Honestly, we’ll just talk. We’ll go over the intake paperwork, and I’ll spend time getting to know you. I won’t ask you to spill your deepest, darkest secrets, or discuss anything you aren’t ready for.

You’re welcome to bring a list of questions or topics, but showing up is more than enough.

I’ve got a cozy couch and blankets and a bar stocked with coffee (and all the fixings, of course), tea, waters, and snacks. These are up for grabs! You’re also welcome to bring your own snacks and drinks.

I’ve got coloring books, things to fidget with, and yes, all the tissues.

Showing up the first time may seem awkward, but hopefully once you're settled in you’ll feel like it’s not an office, not my space, but OUR space.

It truly depends on the person and the day. But I promise I won’t make you lay down, close your eyes, and get hypnotized (I mean, you’re welcome to lay dow, but hypnotherapy isn’t my thing).

In all reality, we’ll spend the spend the hour talking, laughing, crying (sometimes even a mixture of the three). Every session won’t be ground breaking, but every session we will either learn something new, connect dots, or sit with something that just really sucks.

There’s no agenda you need to prepare and no “right” way to do therapy. Just show up. We’ll take it from there.

There’s no magical prescribed number of sessions, and I won’t make you sign 6 months of your life away. We’ll take things one session at a time, and as long as therapy is feels helpful, growing, healling, and productive, we can continue meeting.

We’ll check in along the way about how things are going, what you still want to work on, and whether therapy still feels useful. You’re never signing up to be here forever.

Then we talk about it!

Ending therapy isn’t a breakup you have to awkwardly avoid. In fact, getting to the point where you don’t need me anymore is kind of the goal.

Ideally, we’ll know we’re getting close and can use our last session or two to look back at where you started, what’s changed, what you want to keep working on, and what you’ll take with you moving forward.

And if life gets weird again six months, two years, or ten years from now, you know where to find me.