Professional & personable services, tailored to your needs
Services & Specialities
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Weekly therapy sessions designed to address your treatment goals. Therapy sessions are a blend traditional talk therapy with skill building and somatic work. Can include Somatic Experiencing, individual trauma-focused yoga and/or EMDR. In-person and online sessions offered.
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Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a body-oriented modality that aims to heal symptoms of stress and trauma that accumulate in our bodies. It is a therapeutic model created by Dr. Peter A. Levine that helps us release patterns of fight, flight or freeze and become more resilient.
This work can be done on its own or as a part of an integrative therapy. In-person and online sessions offered.
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EMDR is a structured therapy that encourages you to focus briefly on the trauma memory while simultaneously experiencing bilateral stimulation (typically eye movements), which is associated with a reduction in the vividness and emotion associated with the trauma memories. EMDR therapy is an extensively researched, effective psychotherapy method proven to help people recover from trauma and PTSD symptoms. It also works for adverse or stressful life events.
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TCTSY is based on central components of the hatha style of yoga, where participants engage in a series of physical forms and movements. Elements of standard hatha yoga are modified to maximize experiences of empowerment and to cultivate a more positive relationship to your body. TCTSY can be incorporated with individual therapy or done on its own.
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Couples therapy supports dyads (partners, friends, or family members) to heal through the lens of the mind-body connection. Together, you will have the opportunity to create shared goals and allow for a safe space to process through conflict through emotions, sensations and communication. This work can be done to facilitate reconnection following a specific event or as longer-term work.
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Intensives are longer-format sessions designed to be effective and efficient to support your treatment goals. They can be focused on EMDR or Somatic Experiencing. Sessions will include real-time practice and integration. Intensives are done as 90-minute or three hour sessions and can be 1-5x per week depending on treatment goals, modality and timeline. This option is ideal for someone who wants to dig deeply into the work to gain relief from mind-body symptoms or someone who has a limited timeline or doesn’t want to commit to longterm therapy.
If you are having a mental health emergency, please call 911 or visit your local emergency room. You can also text HOME to 741741 (Crisis Text Line) or call 1-800-273-8255 to speak with someone live (Suicide Prevention Lifeline).
If you live in Massachusetts you can call 1-800-981-4357 (Boston area) or 1-877-382-1609 to speak with the Mobile Crisis Team.
What to Expect in Session
Once you book your first appointment, we will use the first few sessions to settle in, either virtually or in-person. We will take some time to talk through what brings you to therapy and your goals with plenty of time for you to ask questions.
From here, we will collaborate to come up with a unique treatment plan, typically blending a mix of talk therapy and somatic work or EMDR. The treatment plan includes specific goals with room to explore what else might come up during our work.
During a Somatic Experiencing Session, you can expect to focus deeply on your body sensations to identify and gradually release physical tension and emotional distress related to past traumatic experiences, often through techniques like breathwork, body scans, and gentle movement, while learning to recognize and navigate your body's signals of arousal and calm within a safe and supportive environment.
During EMDR therapy, you will be asked to focus on a specific event. Attention will be given to a negative image, belief, emotion, and body sensation related to this event and then to a positive belief indicating the issue was resolved. While you focus on a distressing event, you will follow sets of side-to-side eye movements or taps. You will be guided to notice what comes to mind after each set with attention given to shifts in insight or changes in images, feelings, or beliefs regarding the event. You will have complete control to stop at any point if needed. The sets of eye movements, sounds, or taps are repeated until the event becomes less distressing.
Fees
All individual sessions are $250 for 55 minutes.
Couples therapy sessions are $300 for 55 minutes or $375 for 75 minutes.
Somatic Intensives:
$450 for 90 minutes. $850 for three hours.
Purchase bundles in advance to save:
Four 90-minute sessions for $1,500
Four three-hour sessions for $3,000
I work directly with my clients regarding payment, and do not accept insurance. This allows me to tailor your treatment specifically to achieve your therapy goals. If you have out-of-network benefits through your insurance plan, I can provide you with a detailed receipt for you to submit for reimbursement. To learn more about this, please call your insurance company for an explanation of benefits. I can also help you look up and verify your PPO out-of-network benefits during our 15-minute consultation call. Check out this guide for more information. I can take payment in the form of HSA or FSA cards.
Many clients choose not to involve insurance. This allows us the freedom to work outside of mental health diagnostic codes, which insurance companies require. Without using insurance, we can more specifically focus on your presenting concerns and deepen the somatic work. Insurance companies may also request notes, which may compromise your confidentiality. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns about payments, fees, or why I chose to not accept insurance.
Contact.
Get in touch to schedule a free 15-minute phone consultation. I am happy to answer any questions you may have to help you get started! I can also help you look up and verify your PPO out-of-network benefits.