In general, I am considered an out-of-network provider. I am not in-network with any private insurance company. There are numerous advantages to working with an out-of-network therapist. Such an arrangement offers increased privacy to your health record, freedom of choice in selecting the therapist you wish, and freedom from insurance-related restrictions (more on that below). 

If your insurance plan includes out-of-network coverage, my services may be partially reimbursed by your insurer. I provide super bill invoicing with all the necessary information to clients wishing to seek this reimbursement on their own. 

I previously accepted many of the major insurance plans and found that these companies treated my clients as diagnoses attached to case numbers instead of healthy individuals and couples experiencing the new “human condition” of living in our modern world. 

The clients that I work with in my practice are often experiencing stress, overwhelm, and relationship problems, all of which are not mental health disorders. The majority of clients I work with in my practice seek treatment before their issues would meet criteria for diagnosis as a mental health disorder, which is exactly what I encourage prospective clients to do!

While accepting insurance I learned that therapy covered through insurance benefits must be deemed “medically necessary.” This means that you must be diagnosed with a mental health disorder AND then it must be proven that it is impacting your health on a day-to-day basis. Unfortunately, if assigned a psychiatric diagnosis, it may become part of your permanent health record.

If you’d like to read about this issue further, please read the following article.  
http://psychcentral.com/lib/why-managed-care-hurts-you/

We are creatures of habit. That makes all changes and transitions difficult. Plus, we have an evolutionary fear of the unknown and unfamiliar. I hope my website can answer many of the “unknowns” for you. But if you still have concerns or fears, just use the contact page to write me and we can keep exploring it together.

Therapy is for everyone and anyone wanting to understand themselves better and get relief from any overwhelming emotion. In my experience, it’s not “screwed up” people that come to see me. Just the opposite really: it is the brave ones who are willing to be human and seek help for the things they don’t know about.

Therapy offers a choice. We can unconsciously keep playing out the same patterns, stuck in our own habits and prisoner to our upbringings. Or we can step back, use our higher brains, and gain insight and awareness into our actions. That is how we heal. That is how we change. 

Most certainly! I was trained as a human rights and social work activist throughout my counseling career and masters experience in gay-affirming Denver, Colorado. I have always been passionate about social justice issues and I am personally proud to be part of the community. 

I also love to treat alternative relationship agreements including monogamish, polyamory, open-relationships, and any other form of consensual non-monogamy out there. 

You can trust you will be welcomed with open arms at my practice with affirmation and validation for any and all of your sexual, gender and relationship expressions. 

My clients tell me I am laid back, accepting, confident, and highly informative. I love to laugh and am always 100% present to my clients when we work together. 

My partner tells me I can be warm and energetic while colleagues share that I am articulate, passionate, and a great teacher.

Like many Coloradans, I love sunshine, being outside, rock climbing, cycling, snowboarding, cross-country skiing and generally playing in Colorado Open Spaces. I’m sure that we can always find something in common.

Feel free to visit the Testimonials page to get to know me better.

There are many therapists that say they can do couples therapy but far less are actually trained specifically to do so. My whole life has been a rigorous training in healthy and unhealthy relationships with many personal and professional hard lessons learned. 

I have been counseling and coaching children, youth, and adults for over ten years professionally and my masters program was solely focused on relationship dynamics within a Children, Youth, and Families concentration. 

The trauma study that I completed post-masters trained me extensively as a relationship expert and coach and I also have a sex therapy focus, making virtually NO topic off limits in my office.

Add those years of specialized training to my natural intuition for how to help people connect with one another…and you have yourself a true Couples Therapist!