I provide therapy in-person, online or by telephone to help you improve your mental health, find hope and transform your life. If you think you might benefit from therapy, click below to get started.
What Therapy Can Do For You
Therapy can be powerful.
Psychotherapy is the practice of meeting with a licensed and trained mental health professional to process negative feelings, address challenging circumstances, talk through every day difficulties and eventually create positive change. Positive change can be seen by improving relationships, increasing self-awareness and self-confidence, setting boundaries, decreasing stress/anxiety, overcoming obstacles, and developing a happier, healthier and more fulfilling life.
Unlike other types of medical treatment, psychotherapy has a more collaborative approach that is based on the relationship between the client and therapist. The therapist is an objective, neutral, non-biased and non-judgmental person who will work with you to explore those areas of your life that you want to change, develop coping strategies to manage those areas in your life that you may not have power and control to change and gently challenge your negative thoughts that lead to unhelpful behaviors. By transforming your negative thoughts, you and your therapist can work together toward positive actions that will help you reach your goals and meet your emotional needs.
You may be hesitant to try therapy. After all, change can be scary even if it is positive. You may feel vulnerable, as you are responsible for being as honest and open as possible. Therapy usually involves letting go of things or ideas that are familiar in order to create change. You may experience increased uncomfortable emotions as you self-explore, and changes in dynamics or communication with significant people in your life. You may experience emotional pain, embarrassment, anxiety, frustration, or fear. On the other side of these uncomfortable emotions is healing and growth. Some potential benefits include increased healthy habits, improved communication and stability in relationships, and lessening of distress.
therapy can work just as well online as it can in person.
Online therapy is also known as teletherapy, e-counseling, e-therapy, cyber-counseling and video-counseling. Although online therapy is a fairly new concept, it offers clients another way of connecting with mental health professionals. Clients are able to receive high-quality therapy services over a secure and HIPAA compliant video chat platform on their own schedules and from their choice of location. For clients, this means the convenience of getting the care they need without venturing out to the therapist’s office, waiting in the waiting room, then making the commute home.
Online therapy can be an enabling and empowering tool which can promote equality of access to services. It can be beneficial for anyone who has difficulty physically getting to the therapist’s office or prefers services from the comfort or convenience of their own home or office. This may be the case for those who are differently-abled, parents with limited child care, business owners or employees who cannot leave their work sites, individuals with limited or no means of transportation, those who live in areas with limited access to providers, or anyone who does not want to be limited to their geographical area to find a therapist that is the right fit for them.
Online therapy is convenient, time-saving and easy. All you need is a web-cam (most computers come with this) with internet connection or a telephone with a face-time option. When we schedule our appointment, I will provide you with a link to the secure site through which we will have our session. You do not need to download any apps and the use of the site is free for you. You can meet with me while in the comfort of your home, office, car or outdoors (whatever you prefer).
Unlike other complicated online subscription-based counseling platforms, you do not need to sign up for a monthly subscription that you may or may not use. All online counseling sessions with me are treated as regular individual sessions. Appointments are scheduled directly through me and all payments are made directly to Well Ahead Therapy with your credit card following each session. There are no third parties or complicated apps. You are still able to schedule in-person appointments if you choose to, and you can also utilize telephone check-ins in-between sessions if you feel the need to.
Online therapy is suitable for most people, but not all, which is why anyone interested, is given a free 15 minute consultation to determine whether online therapy is right for you.