FAQs & Fees

For a therapist to bill insurance for couples counseling, they must identify one member of the couple as the "identified patient" and provide them with a diagnosis. The couples therapy then must treat that diagnosis, even if the couple did not seek therapy specifically to address the diagnosis. In some cases this system works well (for example, a couple who are hoping to address the impact of one partner's trauma symptoms on their marriage). However, many couples, even those who come to therapy with individual mental health concerns, are looking to do much more than manage those symptoms with their partner. By charging a fee, I am able to provide the therapy you and your partner actually need and want without risking insurance fraud.

With the exception of couple therapy intensives (which take place in-person in Portland, Oregon), I see all clients virtually for online teletherapy counseling appointments. I am licensed in California, Oregon, and Minnesota and can see clients who reside in those states.

I do not offer virtual therapy to clients who reside outside of the states where I am licensed. Some therapists are willing to work with you outside of their license as a “coach,” but this is not a service I provide.

If you feel strongly that I am the right fit for you and are willing to travel for a couple therapy intensive, reach out to discuss that option!

It's very common for one partner to be reluctant to attend therapy. I work with couples to better understand their ambivalence - it is not necessary for both people to be enthusiastic, excited, or to think the therapy will be successful. However, both parties must attend freely and willingly and demonstrate a minimum commitment to trying out the process for it to be a productive use of time. 

Yes! I greatly enjoy working with clients practicing ENM in its various forms.