The initial consultation/evaluation and subsequent therapy sessions are 45 minutes and scheduled at a weekly frequency. Parent collaterals are 45 minutes and scheduled at a monthly frequency or more depending on your needs. Consultation sessions with clinicians are also 45 minutes and are scheduled as frequently as appropriate to suit your needs. Depending on your situation or at various times during your treatment, we may determine to increase that frequency to twice a week or more. 

I am accepting child, teen, and adult patients to work in person in my Marin office. I am vaccinated, have a large, ventilated office. Kids, teens, and adults, and parents need to be symptom free and wear a mask inside the building. 

As a licensed psychologist, my fee for an initial evaluation/consultation is $500 for 90 mintues. You may also schedule a free 20-minute consultation using the contact form at the bottom of this page. 

Ongoing psychotherapy, play therapy, parenting therapy, and consultation is $250 for 45-minutes.

I require a 7-day notice for cancelling or rescheduling appointmets. 

Please Note: Under the No Surprises Act, you have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency healthcare services, including psychotherapy services.

No. But after working with many insurance companies for nearly 20 years, I understand how complex navigating insurance can be. It’s important for you to understand your benefits. I work with patients who want to use their Health Savings Account (HSA) or their out-of-network benefits. Through my secure patient portal, you will have access to all your invoices at any time. Each invoice includes all the information you need to submit any out of network claims. My patients have told me that this access was easy, convenient, and much appreciated.

I accept cash, checks, credit cards, and HSA credit cards. 

Call 911 to go to your nearest emergency room.

If you live in Marin county, you can call the Mobile Crisis Response Team Mon-Sat 1pm-9pm 415-473-6392 or Psychiatric Emergency Services 415-473-6666.

Other resources include:

• Crisis line 800-273-8255,
• S.F. Suicide Prevention: (415) 781-0500
• Warmline: PhoneSupportfor Peers (7 days a week 1pm-9pm) 415-459-6330

A good time to consider seeking professional help is when the strategies you’ve tried are not having much of an effect. If you or your child’s issues significantly interfere with school, work, family, or social life, and if you or your child has experienced symptoms on most days for a month or more, and you or your child is open, curious, and committed, then it is a good time to seek help. 

Adults, teens and kids often experience great relief when they express themselves fully and connect well with a trusted therapist. Success may vary depending on the particular issue addressed, how well you or your child is open, honest, and uses the process and feedback, and the extent to which what is learned is practiced outside the sessions. Some of the benefits from therapy include: attaining greater awareness, insight, and deeper understanding for yourself or your child that leads to improved relationships, self esteem, confidence, learning new ways to solve problems at work, school, or in your family, improving communication and listening skills, changing maladaptive behavior patterns

I see both! I see bright, high achieving children and teens who are anxious, grieving, or have low self-esteem. Children and teens do not always know what is happening and have a hard time verbalizing what is going on. I also see adults for individual therapy, parenting therapy, and clinical consultation. Many bright, high achieving adults who worry, have family issues or patterns that continue to challenge them, are coping with a difficult loss, or are experiencing a new or unexpected change find it helpful working with me.

Play therapy is a specific type therapy that is designed for kids under 12 years old that helps kids feel better, have improved relationships and behaviors through play. For kids in this age range, playing comes naturally and they are often better at playing than talking. Play therapy gives kids the opportunity to explore, solve problems, and work out difficulties through play. Kids act out the issues that they are upset about and tell their story sybolically through play. I use a sandtray and carefully selected games, toys, art materials, dolls, and figures to help kids open up, learn skills, and process their thoughts and emotions through play. In addition play fosters creativity and imagination. Reserach on play has shown that play positively impacts intellectual ability. By expressing their thoughts and feelings freely and safely verbally or through their play, kids begin to understand themselves and start to feel better.