Fees
I want the cost of therapy to be clear from the beginning so that you can make an informed decision about whether working together makes sense for you.
All standard therapy sessions are 53 minutes.
Fee Summary
Individual Therapy
Standard: $175
Reduced: $150
Access: $125
Couples Counseling
Standard: $200
Reduced: $175
Access: $150
Family Therapy
Standard: $200
Reduced: $175
Access: $150
Reduced-fee spaces are limited and offered through the self-selected sliding scale described below.
Individual Therapy
Standard fee: $175 per 53-minute session
Therapy is more than 53 minutes of conversation. The work we do together is intended to affect what happens outside the therapy room: how you respond to stress, relate to other people, make decisions, understand yourself, and move toward the life you want.
My goal is for what happens during those 53 minutes to make a difference in the other 167 hours of your week.
The fee also reflects the preparation, training, clinical judgment, documentation, and ongoing professional responsibility involved in providing psychotherapy.
A limited number of reduced-fee individual therapy spaces are available:
Standard fee: $175
Reduced fee: $150
Access fee: $125
Couples and Family Therapy
Standard fee: $200 per 53-minute session
Couples and family therapy involves working not only with each person individually, but also with the patterns that develop between people.
We may work on recurring conflict, trust, communication, boundaries, emotional connection, family roles, or longstanding ways of relating that no longer fit the relationship you want to have.
The goal is not simply to have a better conversation during the session. It is to help create meaningful changes in how you relate to one another outside of therapy.
A limited number of reduced-fee couples and family therapy spaces are available:
Standard fee: $200
Reduced fee: $175
Access fee: $150
Green Bottle Sliding Scale
I use a self-selected sliding scale based on the Green Bottle model.
I do not ask for tax returns, pay stubs, or other proof of income. Instead, I ask you to look honestly at your overall financial situation and choose the fee that best reflects what you can reasonably afford.
The purpose of the sliding scale is to balance two things that are important to me: making therapy more accessible and maintaining a sustainable practice that allows me to provide high-quality care.
Standard Fee
The standard fee is generally the best fit when:
Your basic needs are comfortably covered.
You have some savings or financial cushion.
You have discretionary income for things such as eating out, entertainment, travel, hobbies, or other nonessential expenses.
Paying for therapy may require some budgeting or prioritizing, but would not create meaningful financial hardship.
Individual Therapy: $175
Couples and Family Therapy: $200
Reduced Fee
The reduced fee may be a better fit when:
Your basic needs are covered, but finances are relatively tight.
You have limited savings or discretionary income.
Paying the standard fee consistently would place noticeable strain on your budget.
A reduced fee would make regular therapy substantially more sustainable.
Individual Therapy: $150
Couples and Family Therapy: $175
Access Fee
The access fee may be appropriate when:
Paying for therapy would compete with necessities such as housing, food, utilities, transportation, healthcare, or childcare.
You have little or no financial cushion.
You are experiencing significant financial instability.
Therapy at the higher rates would not realistically be sustainable.
Individual Therapy: $125
Couples and Family Therapy: $150
Access-fee spaces are limited so that I can continue making them available to people for whom the higher rates would create genuine financial hardship.
Sacrifice and Hardship Are Different
One useful way to choose a fee is to distinguish between sacrifice and hardship.
Sacrifice might mean eating out less often, delaying a nonessential purchase, reducing entertainment expenses, or making another adjustment in discretionary spending because therapy is something you have chosen to prioritize.
Hardship means that paying for therapy begins to interfere with necessities such as housing, groceries, medical care, utilities, transportation, or childcare.
The sliding scale is intended to help prevent therapy from creating genuine financial hardship. It is not intended to eliminate every financial tradeoff that can come with choosing to make therapy a priority.
Choosing Your Fee
You do not need to justify your choice to me or provide financial records.
I simply ask that you choose the fee that honestly reflects your circumstances while also considering the value of the professional service you are receiving.
Choosing the standard fee when you can reasonably afford it helps make reduced-fee spaces available to people with fewer financial resources.
Circumstances change. If your financial situation changes significantly while we are working together, we can revisit the fee.
My intention is to be straightforward about money from the beginning so that cost is something we can discuss openly rather than something you have to guess about.
If you have questions about fees or whether I may be a good fit for what you are looking for, you are welcome to contact me.