Frequently Asked Questions
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General Questions
Do you take insurance?
I am an out-of-network provider. I do not accept insurance directly, but I can provide superbills (detailed receipts) that you can submit to your insurance company for potential reimbursement. Book a consultation to learn more about your specific situation.
How long are sessions?
All sessions are 45 minutes and are conducted virtually via a secure telehealth platform.
How frequently should I attend therapy?
I encourage clients to attend therapy weekly to maintain therapeutic progress and consistency. Clients may be seen more than once per week during times of crisis.
Do you offer virtual therapy?
Yes, all services are currently provided virtually via a HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform. I am licensed in New York, Connecticut, and Florida.
What is your cancellation policy?
Your weekly session is a time reserved just for you. If you need to cancel or reschedule, please do so at least 24 hours in advance. Cancellations with less than 24 hours notice will be charged the full session rate.
Is everything I say confidential?
Confidentiality is foundational to our work together. With only a few exceptions (imminent risk of harm to self or others, or awareness of child abuse), what you share with me stays between us. Coordination with other healthcare providers requires your written consent.
How are sessions conducted?
All sessions are conducted virtually via a secure telehealth platform. I'm licensed in New York, Connecticut, and Florida, so I can see clients in all three states. Sessions are 45 minutes and typically held weekly.
Anxiety Therapy
How do I know if I need therapy for anxiety?
If anxiety is interfering with your daily life — affecting your sleep, your relationships, your work, or your ability to enjoy things — therapy can help. You don't need to be in crisis to benefit from support.
What does anxiety therapy actually involve?
Anxiety therapy typically involves identifying the patterns that drive your anxiety — the thoughts, triggers, and avoidance behaviors that keep it in place — and building practical coping strategies to interrupt those patterns. I draw from evidence-based approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), acceptance-based techniques, and somatic (body-based) work. Sessions feel more like an honest, guided conversation than a clinical exercise.
Is anxiety therapy different from general therapy?
Anxiety therapy has a more specific focus: understanding how anxiety operates in your particular nervous system, identifying the patterns that sustain it, and building skills to regulate your response. This is different from open-ended processing therapy. That said, anxiety rarely exists in isolation — it often connects to relationships, identity, or past experiences, and good anxiety work addresses that broader context too.
What if I'm also taking medication for anxiety?
Medication and therapy work well together — there's no conflict. Many people find that medication reduces the intensity of symptoms while therapy addresses the underlying patterns. I work collaboratively with prescribers when my clients are also receiving medication management.
Career Counseling
How is career counseling with a therapist different from working with a career coach?
A career coach helps you with the practical side of career development — resumes, interviews, networking, goal-setting. What I do is different. I'm a licensed therapist, and my focus is on the emotional distress behind career struggles: the burnout that keeps coming back no matter how much you rest, the imposter syndrome that undermines every achievement, the anxiety that spikes every Sunday night, the grief of a job loss that has shaken your sense of who you are. If your career is affecting your mental health, your relationships, or your ability to function, that's the work I'm here for.
What if I love my job but still feel completely burnt out?
That's one of the most common and confusing forms of burnout — and one of the most important to take seriously. Burnout isn't always about hating your work. It can happen when you're giving everything you have to something you genuinely care about, when there's a mismatch between your values and your environment, or when perfectionism or people-pleasing has quietly eroded your boundaries over time. Therapy helps you understand what's driving the depletion, not just manage the symptoms.
Fertility & IVF Therapy
Do I really need a therapist during IVF?
Research consistently shows that fertility treatment is one of the most emotionally demanding medical experiences a person can go through. A therapist with specialized training in infertility can help you process the grief, anxiety, relationship strain, and decision fatigue that often accompany treatment — and can help you build coping strategies that support both your mental health and your treatment outcomes.
What should I look for in a fertility therapist?
Look for a licensed therapist with specific certification in infertility counseling from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), as well as a perinatal mental health certification (PMH-C) from Postpartum Support International. Infertility is highly specialized, and general therapists may not have the clinical knowledge to properly support you through treatment decisions, medication side effects, and the unique grief that comes with this journey.
When should I start seeing a therapist during fertility treatment?
There's no wrong time to start. Many people find it helpful to begin before treatment starts, so they have a support system in place. Others seek therapy after a failed cycle, during a difficult decision point, or when they notice anxiety or depression affecting their daily life. The earlier you establish a therapeutic relationship, the more supported you'll feel throughout the process.
Do you work with both partners?
Yes. I work with individuals and couples. Fertility treatment impacts both partners, and couples therapy can help you navigate the strain on your relationship, communicate more effectively about difficult decisions, and support each other through the emotional ups and downs of treatment.
Life Transitions Counseling
Is it normal to feel lost during a major life change?
Absolutely — and it's more common than most people realize. Major transitions, even positive ones like getting married, having a baby, or landing a dream job, disrupt the routines, relationships, and identities that help us feel grounded. When the familiar structure falls away, it's common to feel disoriented, anxious, or unsure of who you are now. Therapy helps you make sense of that disorientation, rebuild a sense of stability, and reconnect with yourself on the other side of change.
How is therapy for life transitions different from general therapy?
Therapy for life transitions is specifically focused on adjustment — the emotional and psychological work of adapting to a changed life. We look at how identity, routine, and relationships are shifting, and we build concrete strategies for navigating uncertainty. It's also about the grief that often lives inside change, even change you chose. You don't have to have a diagnosable condition to benefit from this work. If your life has shifted and you're struggling to find your footing, that's enough.
Perinatal Mental Health
What are perinatal mood and anxiety disorders?
Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) include depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, and psychosis that occur during pregnancy or in the first year after birth. They are the most common complication of pregnancy, affecting up to 1 in 5 women. With proper support, PMADs are highly treatable.
How do I know if what I'm feeling is more than 'baby blues'?
Baby blues typically resolve within two weeks of birth. If you're experiencing persistent sadness, anxiety, irritability, difficulty bonding, intrusive thoughts, or changes in sleep and appetite beyond that window, it may be a perinatal mood disorder. If you're unsure, reaching out to a PMH-C certified therapist is a safe and important step.
Can anxiety during pregnancy harm my baby?
It's understandable to worry about this. Research does show that untreated, severe anxiety during pregnancy can affect outcomes — which is exactly why seeking support is so important. Therapy helps you develop coping strategies that reduce anxiety's impact and support both your wellbeing and your baby's. Getting help is one of the most protective things you can do.
What is postpartum OCD?
Postpartum OCD involves a pattern of ongoing, intrusive, unwanted thoughts, or obsessions, that feel disturbing and out of character. Often these thoughts are accompanied by the presence of repetitive rituals, or compulsions, designed to alleviate the distress brought on by the thoughts. If you are experiencing these obsessions, compulsions or a combination of both, they are a symptom of anxiety, not a reflection of who you are or your intentions. Most people with postpartum OCD are horrified by these intrusive thoughts and take elaborate steps to avoid them, which is the opposite of someone who might act on them. This is treatable, and you are not a danger to your child.
Pregnancy Loss & Grief Counseling
Is it normal to grieve a miscarriage?
Absolutely. Pregnancy loss at any stage is a real and significant loss. There is no 'right' way to grieve, and the depth of your grief is not determined by how far along you were. Therapy provides a space to honor your experience without judgment.
When should I seek therapy after a pregnancy loss?
There's no timeline. Some people seek support immediately, while others come weeks or months later when the grief persists or intensifies. If your loss is affecting your daily life, your relationships, or your ability to consider next steps, therapy can help.
What is pregnancy loss grief counseling?
Pregnancy loss grief counseling is specialized therapy that helps you process the loss of a pregnancy — whether through miscarriage, stillbirth, TFMR, ectopic pregnancy, failed IVF cycles, or chemical pregnancies. Therapy can also help those experiencing health-related infertility and those choosing infertility treatment for genetic reasons. It provides a space to grieve at your own pace, without judgment and without a timeline. It can also help you navigate relationship strain, decide about next steps, and rebuild a sense of hope and identity after loss.
What if my partner is grieving differently than I am?
This is very common, and it can create real distance between partners who are both suffering. People grieve differently — at different intensities, on different timelines, and in different ways. This doesn't mean one of you is grieving 'correctly.' Therapy can help you understand and validate each other's responses, communicate more openly, and reconnect during one of the hardest experiences a couple can go through.
Relationship & Couples Therapy
Do both partners need to attend couples therapy?
Ideally yes, but I also work with individuals who want to explore their relationship patterns on their own. Sometimes one partner starts individually and the other joins later.
What if my partner doesn't want to come to therapy?
This is more common than you might think. Individual relationship therapy — working on your own patterns, communication style, and attachment responses — can be genuinely transformative even without your partner in the room. Changing how you show up in a relationship often shifts the dynamic in ways that bring the other person along eventually. If they later decide they'd like to join, we can talk about how to structure that.