What is your approach to therapy?
Sidebar’s approach is heavily cognitive based. This means that we’ll spend a lot of time working on how you think, how you process experiences, how your emotions show up, and your behaviors.
We also leverage psychodynamic approaches that may seem a bit more traditional. We’ll look into your history to see how your past shows up in how you’re functioning in the present.
We don’t do worksheets and we don’t assign homework in the traditional sense. Your homework will often be to consider questions and work on cognitive tasks during the days between sessions.
Feel free to read a bit more about our approach here.
What is your approach to coaching?
I’ll tell you right away that I most likely don’t know how to do your job better than you do.
What I do know is how to help you identify and progress towards your goals. I can serve as a point of accountability, a sounding board, and a means of setting and following through on specific objectives.
I also have my experience. I am a strong speaker and an effective networker. I’m happy to share knowledge and strategies that have been beneficial for me, and provide opportunities to help you develop professional skills.
How do I meet with you?
All individual services are provided on a secure virtual platform. As of September 2024, Sidebar uses a HIPAA compliant version of Zoom.
Corporate engagements can be either in person or virtual, depending on the needs of the client.
Do you accept insurance?
Sidebar is a self-pay practice, which provides several advantages.
Perhaps most importantly, we avoid sharing any information with your insurer—they will have no record of your receiving mental health treatment or receiving any diagnoses. With limited exceptions, everything we talk about stays within the confines of our counseling relationship.
We don’t have to shoehorn diagnoses, apply labels, or have any limits on duration and frequency of treatment. This minimizes risk of exposure to you, protects your privacy, and allows for more flexibility in treatment.
What are your rates?
$175.00 USD for all individual sessions (including intakes).
$75.00 USD per participant for all group sessions.
$250.00 USD per hour plus costs for all corporate work.
All fees are collected in advance at the time of scheduling, and are subject to change on an annual basis.
How long are your sessions?
All intakes are 90 minutes and all sessions afterwards are 45 minutes.
What is your late cancellation/ rescheduling policy?
We require 24 hours’ notice for cancellations and rescheduling. I will send a reminder 5 minutes into a scheduled session time but will sign off 15 minutes past the hour and mark the session as a no-show.
Absent emergencies or other justification, late cancellations/ rescheduling and no-shows will be subject to a late fee of 50% of the standard session fee.
I have more questions that aren’t covered here. How can I get ahold of you?
Please feel free to fill out a contact form. This will go straight to my inbox and I will respond within 1-2 business days unless an out of office notice informs you otherwise.
