Frequently Asked Questions

  • Person-centered and relational therapy means meeting you exactly where you are—without judgment—and customizing our work to fit your unique needs. In any given session, that might look like using mindfulness, somatic grounding, or concrete tools from CBT, ACT, and DBT.

    This approach is rooted in a simple truth: connection is central to mental health. Our nervous systems evolved to thrive within tribes, families, and close-knit villages, but today, that kind of built-in connection can be hard to find.

    In our sessions, the relationship we build acts as its own supportive space—a live laboratory to practice trust, work through misunderstandings, and experience genuine healing. It’s a remarkably powerful and transformative dynamic to work with.

  • This varies by each person’s needs, but typically clients start weekly for the first 3-6 months until we reassess. I operate under a firmly collaborative approach where therapist is the professional, but the client is the expert in their lived experience.

  • Great question - plans vary. We use Thrizer to easily calculate your possible out of network benefits - free and helpful. Contact Lauren (or your insurance plan) to check these benefits out.

  • Couples Therapy is an investment in your relationship - plain and simple.

    Submitting a superbill means a therapist has to give a mental health diagnosis to one partner. In couples therapy, this can feel unfair, because it labels one partner as the “patient,” even though the focus is on the relationship as a whole, not on one individual supporting another’s mental health.

    This can get especially complicated if there are legal issues involved, like divorce or custody, where records might be reviewed later.

    It’s also important to know that insurance usually doesn’t cover couples counseling as its own service. Sometimes they will reimburse for a session if it’s billed as one person’s therapy with their partner present—but that still means one person has to be identified as the main client with a diagnosis. Because of this, insurance-based billing doesn’t always reflect the true nature of couples therapy, which is meant to support both partners equally.

  • I have limited sliding scale spots for self-pay individual clients down to $125 per hour session, $150 per intake. For couples, this scale goes to $155 per hour, and $175 per intake.

    These are only offered if available and if someone cannot afford the full rate and cannot use out of network benefits with insurance.