The office is located at 167 E Vine Street, Murray, UT 84107. Parking is available in the small lot north of the building. Clients' entrance is located on the south side of the building.

I'm not in-network with any providers. I work with all insurance by providing a “superbill” (a fancy name for a receipt) that clients can submit to their insurance for reimbursement.

My current rate is $160 for a 50-minute individual therapy session and $320 for a 110-minute couples’ counseling session.

Clients who need fee reduction in order to access care are welcome to apply for reduced-fee consideration. My ability to reduce fees depends upon how many clients are already paying at reduced rates. If awarded, any reduced-fee agreement is subject to revision at any time. Consider this thought from Courtney Rice: “The sliding scale is not about what one might feel a service should cost, or would prefer to pay, but what you can afford to access. A good rule of thumb is to always request at the top of what you can afford...[and] please don’t be ashamed if you find you’ve utilized the wrong end of the scale in relation to your privileges before. Just choose differently next time so we can keep this a sustainable model.”

If you're wondering if you should apply for reduced fee sessions, please consider two ideas: everyone deserves access to high-quality care, and clinician expertise and experience requires fair compensation for sustainability. Often, people approach the question "How much should I pay for therapy?" with the assumption that paying for therapy should have no impact their finances. Instead, please consider the difference between a sacrifice vs. a hardship. Sacrifice means choosing between therapy and non-essential pleasures. For example, accessing therapy at the standard rate may mean that you need to eat at restaurants less frequently or travel less for recreation. Hardship, on the other hand, means you would be forced to choose between therapy and essential living expenses. Essential living expenses include things like rent, groceries to meet your caloric intake needs, or gas for your commute to work. If paying full fees for therapy will cause you to sacrifice, but it won't cause you hardship, please don't apply. This observation from Hadassah Damien's financial equity work is worth considering: "Often we find that folks who've experienced early-life abundance who are *currently temporarily scarce* [request a more reduced fee] than people who have experienced early-life scarcity who are temporarily abundant. That's not what's supposed to happen — and it doesn't create a sustainable practice." Use the following list to figure out if it's appropriate for you to apply for reduced fee appointments: Consider Applying I can't buy new clothes or home items when I need them. I have debt which sometimes prevents me from meeting basic needs. I don't own a home, and live in sub-standard rental housing. I do not have financial support from my family. I support my family members financially. Maybe? I anticipate that, one day, I will be able to own my home. I have some rainy-day savings. I have the ability to travel recreationally. I have student loan debt from a completing a bachelor's degree. My family holds assets. Probably Don't Apply I get paid time off for sick leave and vacation. I can afford multiple vacations per year. I have student loan debt from an advanced/professional degree. I don't have to work, or choose to make less than my earning potential. *These criteria are based on Alexis J. Cunningfolk's "Green Bottle" model. For a more comprehensive, more visual tool to understand where you might fall on the reduced fee spectrum, see Free Ride Fearless Money's explanation of a rating one's self for a sliding scale (or reduced fee, for us).

I get it - things happen! It can be an adjustment to think of paying for a service that you weren’t able to utilize. It’s not your fault, after all, that you got sick, or carpool was late, for example. Whenever I am able to, I'll do my best to fill your spot if you need to cancel with less than the minimum notice. Unfortunately, that’s not always possible. I am committed to your success as a client, and therefore committed to protecting time for you. Requesting 48 hours notice for couples and 24 hours for individuals allows me to ensure that, even when things come up every once in a while, you are still able to access the support you seek for your ongoing work. Couple's sessions cancelled less than 48 hours before the session start time are charged 1/2 the session feel, and less than 24 hours are charged the session fee. Individual sessions cancelled less than 24 hours before the session start time are charged the full session fee.

My role as a therapist is to support your healing as you define it. Through warm, caring conversation, we proceed at exactly the pace that feels safe for you as we figure out how you’re experiencing challenges and what you’d like to change. Once we have an idea of what change will look like for you, I’ll offer you several options of activities, exercises, and frameworks that might help you get from here to there. I’m always happy to explain why I think a particular approach might be a good fit, and I’m always ready to change course if something about the way we’re working doesn’t work for you. While I have developed expertise in healing modalities, you are the expert on your experience. You can expect a respectful, supportive, collaborative approach from me as we strive to support your unique work. Finally, I am committed to outcomes. I don’t think my role is to passively listen and only validate while clients talk. Rather, I see my role as utilizing proven methods to help clients build on their strengths, make powerful discoveries about themselves, and live more fully embodied, enriching lives. I am a capacity building therapist; I begin our relationship knowing that it will end when you feel you have accomplished your healing and growth goals, and ready to celebrate with you when that time comes.

I am deeply committed to supporting clients from a person-first stance. Sometimes it can seem comforting to work with clinicians who we assume share some values, life experiences, or perspectives with us. Sometimes, however, this can lead to both clinicians and clients making assumptions about each other than get in the way of the work. While I strive to curate ongoing cultural humility, I can’t anticipate your specific, lived experience. Rather than assume I know you based on a category, however, this is an invitation to learn about your specific experiences towards maximally personalizing your work. I don’t have to share your values in order to respect and honor them in our work together. It’s not your job to educate me about a demographic experience, but it is my job to help you explore how your particular experience of your identity overlaps with your healing.

In-person clients are welcome. The office is equipped with UV-C air filtration devices and hand sanitizer to minimize transmission risk. If anyone has known exposure or symptoms, masked sessions or virtual sessions can minimize transmission risk. Virtual appointments are available for all clients.

My expertise is well suited to struggling couples, people managing challenging family relationships, and people striving to heal from childhood trauma. People who are earnestly hoping to better understand themselves and implement meaningful change tend to be well-supported by my practice. I welcome and affirm LGBTQIA individuals and partnerships, members of faith communities, and clients who don’t yet know who they are or what community might be right for them.

As the expert in your experience, you are always in control of whether or not we continue working together. If my approach isn’t the right fit for you, I'm happy to offer recommendations of clinicians who might be a better fit. Every clinician is different, and every client has unique needs. I see my role as supporting those for whom my approach feels appropriate by working together, and supporting those who need something else by helping to figure out what that might be. I schedule free 20 minute phone consultations with every prospective client. This helps us to assess your needs, my skills, and how well they line up so that we can get you support as efficiently as possible.

There are many reasons a partner might resist counseling. Maybe they fear that it will involve talking about problems without finding solutions. It could be scary to think that a therapist will blame one partner or another for challenges within a relationship. We might have been brought up with the idea that asking for help means we’re weak. In my practice, the relationship is my client. I’m not interested in talking about problems without building concrete solutions. I AM interested in supporting a couple to understand how to shift negative dynamics so that both partners understand what they can do to improve the relationship. Most importantly, I understand that committed partnership is the hardest thing we’ll do, and few of us are well trained in how to do it. I also know it’s a learnable skill! I offer a space that is safe, non-shaming, and solution-oriented. I respect both partners’ autonomy – we can’t ever make anyone do something they don’t want to, but we can commit to listen with kindness and curiosity to better understand and lovingly address their concerns.

If you have more questions about couples' therapy, please check out the PACT page in the 'About' section. If you have questions this site doesn't answer, please reach out and let’s get you more info!