Individual Therapy $150 (50 minute sessions)
I offer the following special approaches as a part of the therapy session:
Brainspotting
I was trained in Brainspotting in 2023 in which I completed Phase 1 and 2 with Pacific Trauma Center. On June 11, 2024 I became a Certified Brainspotting Clinician under the consultation of Vanessa Solis, LCSW. This therapy was discovered by David Grand, PhD while he was working with EMDR therapy. Brainspotting attempts to reprocess negative emotions by focusing on your body-based sensations rather than your thoughts. This type of therapy uses eye positioning to process difficulty emotions and unresolved traumatic experiences. In a study conducted in 2016 by Newtown-Sandy Hood Community Foundation Inc. brainspotting was found to be the most effective therapy used in Newtown-Sandy Hook, CT for survivors the school shooting.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy
I completed my training in EMDR through EMDRIA in July 2021 with Laurie Colson-Young. When we have unresolved trauma, our bodies continue to react to the memories as if we’re reliving the experience in real time, with the memories feeling vivid and intense. After going through EMDR, when you revisit those memories, they appear more distant, as if in black and white, allowing you to see them as just that—a memory, rather than a present experience.
Parts and Memory Level 1 & 2
I completed my training in Parts and Memory on June 25th, 2022 with Patrick Tobey, LMFT. Parts and Memory therapy is a method that helps you explore different aspects of your personality or “parts” to uncover memories that influence how you feel and react today. Using Parts and Memory in therapy helps eliminate problematic emotional or behavioral reactions.
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy Informed
I completed an informational training with Gina Abbeduto, LCPC, CISFT and Alma Spears, LMFT on June 7-8, 2024 and have goals in the future to complete IFS certification. IFS is a evidenced-based approach that sees everyone as made up of different inner parts, some that are hurt and others that try to protect us. These parts often get stuck in unhealthy roles, but with this therapy, you can connect with them, help them heal, and restore balance all guided by your core self.
Insurance
I take insurance through Live Happy Counseling. The following insurances I take are United Health Care, Aetna, Tricare, BCBS Medicaid and Commercial, Silver Summit, Ambetter, Molina, Cigna, VA, HPN Commercial and Medicaid, Sierra Health & Life, UMR, Teachers Health Trust, Healthscope.