Therapy Services

I hold a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies and a Master’s of Social Work from the University of Washington in Seattle. Currently, in addition to my therapy practice, I also serve as faculty for the Indian CountryTransgender ECHO project and Healing and Resilience Coordinator with Campaign for Southern Equality.  The best part of what I do is celebrating growth and witnessing courage as people create the kind of lives and spaces they’ve been hoping for. People say they enjoy laughing with me and that I can be direct in a way that is easy to handle.

IMMIGRATION EVALUATIONS

I provide several types of immigration evaluations (U-Visa, Hardship Waiver, VAWA) and offer a short turn-around time to receive your report. Please contact me about pricing and payment plans. People pay me with credit cards, health savings cards, flexible spending cards, and self employed people sometimes write off my expenses as professional services. I can offer virtual evaluations in North Carolina and Maryland and can use a translation service for interviews in languages aside from English.

REIKI

I’m a Level 1 Trained Reiki practitioner. Reiki uses energy through touch or non-touch channeling. It helps with relaxation, physical and emotional healing, and releasing blocked or stuck places. You can receive this energy healing as a stand-alone service ($130 for 1 hour) or pay for a 15 minute add-on to a 45 minute insurance covered or out of network therapy session ($34 for the add-on). 

Currently, I’m offering Reiki as in person care in Durham, North Carolina. These can be in office sessions or stand alone nature based or in home sessions. I can also offer self guided Reiki virtually as a stand alone session for people residing in any state.

THERAPY FOCUS AREAS

EMDR for Trauma Recovery (and other things!)

Bilateral stimulation (think tapping, tracking with your eyes, drumming, dancing) can take many forms and be done in virtual sessions. This leads to much faster and more effective trauma recovery than talk therapy alone. We can do EMDR for a variety of topics either as regular therapy sessions, or for those in NC, we can do them as in person Intensives (2 hour and 3 hour Intensives are offered. Intensives are out of pocket sessions that can enhance the pace and depth of recovery). 

Supporting Parents and Caregivers of Trans and Gender Expansive Children and Teens

Raising kids is tough! Parenting in general is going to come with challenges. Supporting your trans or gender expansive child in today’s climate can feel lonely or impossible. I’m here to help you and be on your team. 

Narcissistic Abuse Recovery

Covert narcissism is something many mental health providers are not familiar with and have not been trained in. The damage that can be caused by covert narcissistic abuse is significant. In order to be able to engage in recovery, you need and deserve support from someone who understands and is informed. 

Family Building

The family building process can be beautiful and hard as ****. If fertility treatments are involved the hard as **** statement amplifies. It can be an isolating process at times so just know that you can have someone on your support team who really gets it.

Professional Trans and Gays

Being in leadership roles or tokenized positions comes with many challenges. You’re probably familiar with therapy and I’m here to support you as someone with experience in these types of roles. Your therapy can look many ways depending on the needs and goals you have. 

Mixed People Problems

If you're a mixed or multi-racial person you'll know what this heading means. Give yourself the chance to be in a validating therapy environment. You may want to work on racial identity or not and just need somebody who gets it. 

EMDR Intensives

“Gender is a Spectrum” by Laker

Insurance companies don’t like to cover services unfortunately. That’s just the truth of the healthcare system we have in the US. EMDR for addressing shame or trauma recovery can be highly successful when it’s able to be provided in longer sessions or higher frequency which is outside of what insurance will do. Many people who seek out EMDR Intensives may have a talk therapist they’ll be returning to after they complete the EMDR intensive. Some people choose to continue their talk therapy alongside the Intensive experience. If you’re interested in facilitating your body and mind’s own healing abilities in this way, let’s set up your 90 minute consultation to determine how your Intensive would be personalized and crafted. 

I am out-of-network with insurance companies, except for North Carolina clients who have Aetna and United plans, for many reasons. You’ll be provided with monthly superbills (special type of receipt) in case you want to submit them to your insurance or FSA account. I’ve listed the billing codes here that you can ask your insurance company about (90791 and 90837). Most plans with out-of-network benefits pay you back 50%-80% of my rate. Please know that communicating with your insurer and dealing with any out of network reimbursement denials is between you and your insurance company. You can use a service like Reimbursify to check your benefits for out of network coverage or directly contact your insurer.

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