While I carry many tools developed over more than 20 years of practice and training, you are the expert on you. We’ll work together to create a unique experience based on your needs and feedback.
Individuals. Sometimes people come to sessions with a clear goal or need in mind, sometimes people just know they can’t keep going like they have been. Whether it’s your first time trying therapy or you feel like you’ve tried everything, we’ll start where you are. Grounded in Relational Psychodynamic Therapy, my work includes Internal Family Systems therapy, Eye Movement Desensitiztion and Reprocessing, as well as mindufulness, polyvagal theory and somatic interventions to bring to the moment what might be helpful.
“If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each one's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all our hostility”Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Couples, Intimate Partners and Family Work
I work with couples and intimate partners in any relationship configuration, as well as parent-child or sibling relationships where ruptures have occurred and communication needs to be improved or restored. Intimacy From the Inside Out is an innovative approach to relationship work, building on the IFS model to deepen secure relationships within each person and create courageous space for authentic connection between people. By focusing on what is happening internally instead of the behaviors that show up externally, IFIO addresses the root of issues between people. It helps us discover the protective nature of our behavior, and gives us insight into what is being protected. This can lead to changing longstanding and painful patterns, and open possibilities to create something new together. We are all most vulnerable in our attachment relationships, and so much of our pain and vulnerability can show up here. Helping people heal these relationships and cultivate communication and trust leads to enormous personal growth, and is work that is dear to my heart.
“Conflict, handled rightly, yields intimacy.” Sallie Ingle, IFIO Trainer, Austin Texas
Scheduling, Insurance, Fees. Sessions are typically scheduled for 50 minutes for individuals, and 60 minutes for couples each week, at the same day and time. Occasionally different needs arise and when clinically appropriate, the schedule can be altered to meet specific needs. I am in the network with Blue Cross Blue Shield, and can submit electronic invoices for in and out of network reimbursement. You may want to call your insurance ahead of time and inquire about your deductible and co-insurance. My fee is $200/session.
Longer Sessions and Intensives
Often, weekly 50-60 minute sessions will take people where they want to go. Working in small bites, people have a chance to integrate a piece of work and see how they are metabolizing it and applying changes.
How Do I Get Started? Sessions are scheduled by appointment, call me at 307-399-4508. A fee will only be charged for the first session if you remain in treatment with me.
Supervision and Consultation. I offer supervision for beginning through experienced therapists, focusing on stabilization and trauma work, as well as relational dynamics and treatment planning. I am an EMDR International Association Certified Consultant and can offer EMDR supervision toward basic training as well as certification.