Experience

In my private practice in Amherst, MA, I provide individual therapy and family sessions to clients ages 5-75. I treat a variety of issues, including trauma and PTSD, disrupted attachments, self-harm, family conflict, substance use, AD/HD, anxiety, depression and mood disorders. I also provide parent education and guidance to parents with complex parenting issues. I completed my Psy.D. at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (now William James College) in 2001 and was licensed in 2002. I am also an accomplished flutist and singer, and having sideswiped a professional music career, I enjoy working with musicians, artists, dancers, writers, and creative people of any kind. Also important to my practice is my ongoing learning about experiences of individuals from marginalized communities, my own white privilege, and how that interacts with my work as a white woman psychologist in the current context of a shortage of BIPOC psychotherapists.

  • Conditions

    I have extensive experience and enjoy working with people coping with the following situations and conditions:

    Trauma

    PTSD

    Anxiety & Fears/Phobias

    Depression & Mood Disorders

    ADHD

    Adoption Issues

    Attachment & Relationships

    Blended families

    Career Counseling

    Cultural , Racial & Systemic Oppression

    Divorce & Co-parenting

    Parental Stress

  • Techniques

    My approach to therapy integrates techniques and tools which will work for you. These might include:

    Eye-Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)

    Mindfulness

    Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

    Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)

    Attachment-based interventions

    Existential psychotherapy

    Psychosynthesis

    Internal Family Systems

    Expressive Arts

    Sensorimotor/ Somatic Experiencing techniques

  • Insurance & Fees

    The following insurance companies will cover my services:

    Blue Cross Blue Shield (all plans)

    Cigna (out of network only)

    Commonwealth Care Alliance (out of network)

    GIC (out of network)

    Medicare

    Medicaid (Only when secondary to Medicare)

    Optum/United Health Care (out of network)

    Unicare (out of network)

    United Behavioral Health (including many Harvard Pilgrim - out of network)

    network)

    If your plan has a third party FSA/HSA which alleges they will pay the clinician directly, payment from you is due at the time of service and refunded to you when payment is received from the third party payer.

    Fees

    Initial 10 minute phone Consultation Free

    Effective 8/1/23, fees are raised to be consistent with current reimbursement rates:

    First and second sessions $220

    Regular sessions (53 minutes) $185

    If your plan has a high deductible or if you are paying out of pocket, we can discuss payment plans.