What You Can Expect
Our work together will be:
Holistic: I support clients in seeking additional help from other mental health professionals, such as psychiatrists or psychiatric nurse practitioners, primary care physicians, neurologists, geriatric care managers, elder law attorneys, and other elder-services professionals.
Strengths-based: We work collaboratively to situate your current challenges within the context of your talents, visions, hopes, capacities, and resilience.
Trauma-focused: This means that I am mindful of past trauma, reactivation of trauma, and current stressors that could lead to future trauma as you face increasing challenges associated with being in relationship with your person*.
Attachment-oriented: The type and quality (both historically and presently) of our relationships with people we care for directly impact our feelings toward them, and theirs towards us. Even in the context of mutually loving, supportive, and safe relationships, caregiving can be incredibly difficult. Understanding histories of attachment with caregivers and their people impacts caregiver support in a variety of ways.
*Your person/people refers to the older adult for whom you are providing care. In my practice, I avoid using the phrase "loved one," as this may feel inauthentic to some clients, especially if the quality of the relationship has been poor, or if the caregiver ever experienced trauma or abuse by the older adult.
Counseling
I offer a combination of counseling services to best fit what you need. Some examples of how we can work together include:
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Setting goals for yourself
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Care planning support
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Grief and bereavement support
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Individual weekly sessions
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Every-other-week sessions
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Monthly check-in sessions
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Joint sessions with you and another person (family member, support person, potentially your person)
Consultation
If you are just getting started on your caregiving journey or have been in a caregiver role for some time, I offer consultation support to assist with:
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Goal setting for your person
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Care planning
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Circumstantial/situational support
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Changes in your person's:
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Physical functioning and health status
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Cognition and/or memory
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Living situation
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Increased financial needs
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Bereavement Support
Regardless of how recently you experienced the death of someone, I provide grief and bereavement support based on your specific needs, which could include:
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Integrating grief into your daily life
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Learning how to tend to your pain while maintaining your relationships and obligations
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Education around old and new ways of understanding and experiencing grief
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Creating ways to continue bonds with the deceased
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Supporting you in retaining parts of yourself that have meaning and purpose; letting go of parts that no longer serve you; and discovering new parts that you may never have been aware of or thought possible
I offer all prospective clients a free 15 minute consultation to determine if we are a good fit for one another.
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60-minute telehealth session (individual or joint session up to 2 people): $180
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60-minute telehealth session of 3 or more people: $180 +$100 per additional person over 2 people
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Phone Calls
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Less than 15 minutes: No charge
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15 minutes to 30 minutes: $80
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Over 30 minutes: $160
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My approach to working with clients is individualized and tailored to their specific needs, which involves a combination of counseling, consultation, and coaching on how to navigate the complexities of aging, aging services, health care systems and how to advocate for what you and your person need.
Rates
Additional Information
Medicare Opt-Out Provider: I am a provider who has opted out of Medicare reimbursement. If you have an insurance other than Medicare, I can provide you with a superbill should you seek to request reimbursement from your insurance provider; however, this does not apply to clients with Medicare as their primary insurance.
Good Faith Estimate & No Surprises Act: This Good Faith Estimate shows the costs of services that are reasonably expected for the expected services to address your mental health care needs. If you are billed for $400 more by me than this Good Faith Estimate (GFE), you have the right to dispute the bill. As a clinician, I follow the Good Faith Estimate law (more can be found here) and will ensure that you fully understand that you will not be charged any more than the cost for services rendered.