Frequently Asked Questions
About Therapy and Counseling

• Processing emotions is often the first step; however, an objective perspective about a situation or concern can be equally beneficial

• Learning coping skills to manage emotions or triggering events 

• Identifying needs, wants, expectations and how to achieve them or modify them to be more realistic 

• Learning to self-reflect and becoming a more accepting individual 

• Role-playing new techniques for purposes of confidence and efficacy 

Family and friends are necessary and they make up a necessary part of our social circles. A key difference between counselors and friends are as follows:

• Counselors are professionally trained and are required to obtain continuing education even after they have earned their degrees and certification, in order to remain skillful and educated on improving clinical practice

• Counselors provide unbiased feedback and seek to limit presumptions about an individual 

• Counselor cannot freely disclose what you share with others (unless it is life-threatening or endangers the lives of others or children)

• Counselors do not offer advice! Counselor offer recommendations that clients have the liberty to consider or not consider. 

• Counselors provide structure and seek to identify goals for individuals to achieve in sustainable ways that are actionable 

• Counselors are dedicated to focusing on the needs of clients and all clinical efforts and strategies have this focus in mind

• Please communicate hesitancy about seeking therapy for the first time 

• Please communicate concerns about counselor’s therapeutic style

• Please communicate therapeutic styles that other therapists used in the past that were helpful

• Please share what you have learned working with previous providers 

• Please communicate cultural or accessibility needs necessary for the counselor to know 

• Please be open-minded about the positive outcomes that await you 

• Please consider identifying some goals prior to the initial session

• Please respect guidelines for counseling services which includes cancellation policy 

• Please ask plenty of questions as they are more than welcome 

Objective assessment measures are used throughout the course of services to measure outcomes; however, the most important opinion is yours. Do you find the course of services to be helpful? Have you noticed positive changes? Are you satisfied with the direction counseling sessions are taking? If not, please communicate and treatment goals and approaches can be revisited. Otherwise, the counselor will share perspective on growth and positive changes.

Counselors are not permitted to have personal relationships with clients whatsoever. It seems unfair at times because the connections that can be developed between counselor and client are sacred and once familiarity is reached, discharging from care may bring feelings of sadness. Remember, counselors are prohibited by ethics boards to engage with clients personally and this extends to social media engagement. This does not mean that the counselor enjoys the professional distance but it is required and it allows for the client to return for services in the future, if desired. 

Please feel free to discuss this if questions arise. 

To be determined. Please submit an inquiry to discuss.

Presently, insurance is not accepted. Payment plans and superbills are available options. 

Sessions will be held virtually. 

Sessions, including virtual ones, can only be held if clients are physically located in the states where the clinician is licensed. Please communicate planned or spontaneous vacations. 

Presently, I work with individuals 18 years or older.

Planned or emergency absences will be communicated promptly. Always call 911 or your doctor for immediate assistance or for emergent needs. Otherwise, please refer to the resources page for information about 24/7 hotlines to call. 

• Please feel free to reach out to re-engage for services, offering help and pathways to healing is our top priority!