My Practice

What are your office hours?

I offer daytime appointments Monday through Friday 9:30-4 (ending at 3 or 4) with some late afternoon and evening appointments depending on current availability.

Where are you located?

I share Suite 17 in the Wheat Ridge Building at 5810 W. 38th Ave. in Wheat Ridge with individual and couples therapist, Sarah Claus. A waiting room full of plants, reading material, tea and water sits between our two offices, all of which have windows. My office contains an art-making area for Art Therapy, a sandtray with numerous figures and objects for Sandplay Therapy, and a sitting area for talk therapy. There is also floor space for art-making, sandplay, meditation, and movement. The building may look nondescript, but it contains several family-owned businesses on the first floor, including a first-rate Italian sub shop, and wellness oriented businesses upstairs including a yoga studio and several estheticians. Unfortunately we do not yet have all-gender bathrooms in the building, but our floor is very quiet—I often don’t see anyone else in the halls and bathrooms— and you are free to use the bathroom in best alignment with your gender identity.

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Do you accept insurance for payment?

Due to restrictive policies on compensation, diagnosis, and treatment, I no longer participate with insurance. I am able, however, to provide you with a statement of services (a “superbill”) that you may submit to your insurance provider for partial reimbursement if your plan covers services with out-of-network mental health providers. Sometimes insurance plans will reimburse up to 80% of out of pocket session payments.

What forms of payment do you accept?

I accept cash, check, major credit cards, and HSA/FSA (health savings account or flexible spending account) debit cards as forms of payment.

What do you charge?

I charge $150 for a 55 minute session, which is consistent with--even less than--rates typically charged by mid-career, experienced therapists with Master's degrees, specialized training in various modalities, and several credentials. I am a registered, board-certified art therapist--which requires a master's degree in art therapy, an exam, and ongoing continuing education training, (not just a few workshops in art therapy), and trained Sandplay therapist as well as a licensed psychotherapist. My training and credentialing expenses, art and Sandplay supplies, and level of experience is reflected in my rate, so you can rest assured there are concrete benefits of working with a therapist whose charges reflect what they have to offer.

What is your cancellation policy?

I require 24 hours notice to cancel or reschedule and avoid a cancellation or no-show fee in the amount you normally pay for your session. If you do not provide at least 24 hours notice that you must cancel or need to reschedule a session, the cancellation fee will be charged, except in cases of emergency or sudden illness. I am able to meet online in place of an in-person session if minor illness or a scheduling conflict prevents you from traveling to my office.

Since you're an art therapist, do I have to make art?

While I may suggest ways to bring art-making or other forms of creative exploration and expression into your therapeutic work when I feel it may be helpful to you, if you would prefer to do exclusively verbal therapy, I am trained in a variety of verbal approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which is similar to CBT, and I will work with you in the manner most comfortable for you.

How many sessions will I need?

While it is difficult to say up front how long it will take for you to be "finished" with counseling, if you prefer to plan for a brief series of sessions rather than an open-ended therapeutic process, a short-term treatment plan may be possible if clinically appropriate for your presenting problem. When I begin therapy with a client I don't always know where the process will lead for his or her best outcome, but if you are hoping to target only specific issues that can be adequately addressed in a few sessions, I am open to tailoring your experience to be brief. Different people use the therapeutic process differently, taking more or less time in each phase of the therapeutic process, and more or less time to build an effective working relationship with the therapist, and some mental health issues take more time to improve than others. What is most important is that we communicate with each other about your goals, your experience of therapy, and about what is and is not working for you throughout the process. If at any point you feel you would like to complete your work with me, or wish to do only a certain number of sessions from the beginning, I welcome conversations about how we might structure the process for your greatest benefit.

Do you see clients virtually?

I do! In most cases, I am open to seeing you online through my HIPPA-approved electronic health records telehealth app or in my office. If you are interested in doing art therapy as a central and ongoing part of your work with me, I recommend coming to the office to take advantage of the range of art supplies I have and the art-making space, but if you’re willing to get some basic art supplies and have space to work, we can definitely incorporate art therapy into your treatment online. I’m also able to see online clients in the office periodically and vice versa as needed.

What is your current COVID-19 policy?

While I no longer require masks in the office as a general rule, I do still ask that we meet online if you are COVID positive or have been in contact with someone who has been positive in the last 14 days. If you have not tested positive but have any symptoms of communicable illness, COVID or otherwise, I do ask that you wear a mask to your session, and if any of these circumstances apply to me, I will do the same. When trips or visits with immune-compromised members of my family are approaching, I may wear a mask in the office to decrease my own level of risk and you are, of course, welcome to do the same at any time. If positivity rates in the community increase above 5% I will reinstitute a regular mask and symptom checking policy.