Frequently Asked Questions

An injury to the brain is also an injury to the body, and vice versa. An example is feeling nauseated when triggered by psychological event. In order to achieve deeper healing, both the physical injury and the psychological injury need to be addressed together. Brainspotting uses eye positioning to access these brain-body connections and provide deep and integrative healing that talk therapy alone cannot provide. Learn more about brainspotting here.

Outside of consultation with providers on the best course of action for your care, the content of what is discussed in a session remains confidential. This goes for both counseling psychology and sport psychology sessions. You and your therapist will discuss if you feel it beneficial for any others to know details about your care.

An emergency is different from a crisis. An emergency is a situation that cannot wait more than 24 hours for a response, without placing your safety or another’s safety in jeopardy. A crisis is an upset in a steady mental state that may create a disruption or breakdown in a person's normal or usual pattern of functioning cannot be resolved by one's customary problem-solving resources. The upset, or disequilibrium, is typically acute. If you are concerned about an emergency situation involving yourself or someone else, please call 911 immediately.

Sport and performance psychology targets common issues that affect individuals and teams through solution-focused services that aim to get you back to enjoying your performance, which gives you the best chance to showcase your talents. Sport psychology sessions take on differing forms. Performance enhancement workshops for an entire team or organization are also available.

You may feel they are doing well already, but there still is an edge you can gain by further leveling up your already strong mental game. You wouldn’t stop lifting weights because you feel you are already strong enough. You wouldn’t stop installing new plays and packages because the first game went well. The same mindset applies here.

We all have times we need to perform our best. Many professionals outside of athletics employ performance psychology services. The same principles that help an athlete mentally execute can be applied to almost any field  (e.g., military, musicians, salespeople, surgeons, actors).

I do not take insurance. However, I am able to provide a Superbill, an invoice that you take directly to your insurance provider so they may reimburse you. This process takes about 2-4 weeks, depending on your provider. The Superbill typically must be submitted to your insurance company within 90 days of the date of service.

The above answer is a general overview of how the process typically works. It is important to contact your insurance provider to understand their specific policies.

You don’t need to choose! We can work in both the clinical and performance domains with one client. Some clients like to have a session just for one domain. Others like to go between each domain in a given session. While others still find that one domain is affecting the other, and prefer to address both domains simultaneously.

At this time, I am only offering telehealth sessions to clients residing in California, Oklahoma, and/or Texas.

Meeting frequency can be flexible and is something that will be discussed with your psychologist, although most people choose to meet either weekly or biweekly. Some people like to meet every week to have a consistent time in which they can process what they would like to address. Others prefer biweekly to have more time to implement things discussed in session.

Sessions are typically 50 minutes long. We also could meet for 25 minutes at a prorated fee.