I provide Trauma & Neurodivergent-informed therapy to adults and couples.

I have training and experience in dealing with a variety of difficult issues and relationships.

I am qualified to diagnose and treat: depressive, anxiety, mood, conduct, and trauma/stressor-related disorders.

Areas of Specialization:

  • Simple and complicated trauma

  • Poor self-esteem and negative belief systems

  • Neurodivergent self-discovery and awareness

  • Ecosystems and Accommodations

  • Internal system exploration (“Parts” work)

  • Self-attunement and coping skills

  • Communication and conflict

  • Codependency and perfectionism

  • Intimacy and trust issues

  • Marital distress and affair recovery

  • Parent-child dynamics

  • Pre-martial education​

Are you looking for a formal Neurodivergent diagnosis?

I’m neurodivergent-informed and affirming, but I do not offer formal neurodivergent diagnosis, at this time. My approach focuses on psychoeducation and psychoanalysis for co-exploration, where we look at your experiences together and collaboratively work on how to make your relationship with neurodivergence more attuned, accommodated, and tenable. We can review diagnostic criteria to see how your experience lines up with the clinical verbiage, and if you want to pursue a formal diagnosis (most often for starting medication and/or pursuing workplace, academic, or social accommodations/benefits), I’m here to help you gather what to share with a psychologist, psychiatrist, or specialist for further assessment.

I operate this way because my training and professional development is focused on supporting neurodivergent individuals in self-discovery and self-management rather than accurately administering formal diagnostic assessments (honestly, because I’m two-scoop neurodivergent and that sounds t.e.r.r.i.b.l.e.). Since I haven’t pursued additional certifications or assessment tools for formal diagnosis, I work with clients to explore their experiences and help guide them toward next steps.

Additionally, and actually more importantly, I fully support self-diagnosis and welcome others into the neurodivergent community … because I know what it takes to get here. This comes with a trust that the spirit and intention of self-diagnosis wasn’t inherently selfish, but self-attuned. A self-attuned engagement with self-diagnosis inherently necessitates thoughtful, intentional, and resourceful curiosity about your experience of the world. The process done in good-faith ultimately must drive one to consider how to carve out the space they need and still do what they can, as a fellow human to everyone. I acknowledging the systemic, financial, and social barriers to accessing an official diagnosis, and want to be part of a movement that validates self-diagnosis, at least in part to point to how inaccessible formal diagnosis has become in our current world and society.

Fees:

  • My standard private pay rate for individual services is $130 per 50-minute session.

  • Extended couples/family sessions can be scheduled for 80 minutes, whenever possible, and are billed at $195 (1.5 x standard rate)

  • I am currently credentialed with the following insurance carriers: Optum (which includes United Healthcare), Aetna, and Cigna. Please let me know if you would like to submit an eligibility check to determine how your plan could cover services. I use a 3rd party medical billing platform, called “Alma.” (Please note: For some insurance plans, a standard session is 45-minutes).

  • I can accept HSA cards and provide appropriate medical billing receipts and invoices (called “Superbills”).

Availability:

Business Hours: 10AM to 8PM (Expect Wednesdays and weekends)

Office Location: 10451 W. Palmeras Dr, Suite113-E, Sun City AZ 85373

Appointment Availability:

  • Monday: 12PM to 7:30PM (in-office or telehealth)

  • Tuesdays: 12PM to 7PM (telehealth ONLY)

  • Thursdays: 12PM to 7PM (telehealth ONLY)

  • Fridays: 12PM to 7:30PM (in-office or telehealth)

Once you are stablished as a client, I strongly encourage the use of self-scheduling from the client portal (a link will be provided). I will approve up to 5 appointments at a time, via the portal.

Special note: At the close of my business day, my messaging services are turned off; I will respond to messages the following business day.

Good Faith Estimate:

Under Section 2799B-6 of the Public Health Service Act, health care providers and health care facilities are required to inform individuals who are not enrolled in a plan or coverage or a Federal health care program, or not seeking to file a claim with their plan or coverage both orally and in writing of their ability, upon request or at the time of scheduling health care items and services, to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” of expected charges.

  • You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency items or services.

  • Make sure your health care provider gives you a Good Faith Estimate in writing at least 1 business day before your psychological service. You can also ask your healthcare provider, and any other provider you choose, for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule an item or service.

  • If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill.

  • Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate.

  • For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises or call 1-877-696-6775.