Beyond Coping - Building a Life Worth Living

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Individual Counseling

This 60-minute one-on-one session offers a supportive, structured environment to explore your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Sessions are tailored to your unique treatment needs and focus on helping you build insight, strengthen coping strategies, and move toward meaningful change. Whether you're navigating trauma, emotional intensity, or challenges in daily functioning, therapy provides a non-judgmental space to process, grow, and build a life aligned with your values.

What Is DBT?

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based treatment approach developed by psychologist Dr. Marsha Linehan to support individuals experiencing intense emotions, self-destructive behaviors, or difficulty in relationships. Originally designed to treat borderline personality disorder, DBT has since been shown to be effective for a range of concerns including trauma, mood disorders, and emotion dysregulation.

DBT blends validation (accepting things as they are) with behavioral change strategies (working to improve), helping clients find balance between acceptance and growth.

Therapy is structured around four key skill areas:

  • Mindfulness – increasing present-moment awareness

  • Distress Tolerance – surviving emotional crises without impulsive reactions

  • Emotion Regulation – identifying and managing emotional responses

  • Interpersonal Effectiveness – setting boundaries, asking for needs, and maintaining relationships

In addition to weekly individual sessions, DBT includes phone coaching — brief, between-session support to help you apply skills in real-life situations when they matter most.

Please note: While traditional DBT includes group skills training, group sessions are not currently being offered at this time. This service may become available in the future.

DBT is more than talk therapy — it’s a practical, skill-based approach designed to help you build a life that feels more stable, connected, and worth living.

Integrative Technology

To support high-quality, evidence-informed treatment, I integrate secure digital tools that help us monitor progress and tailor care to your needs.

PsychSurveys is used to administer assessments and track clinical progress over time. These measures are completed online and analyzed securely to help identify patterns, track symptom change, and adjust treatment plans based on data-driven insights.

Clients participating in DBT will also have access to an online/mobile diary card, which is a key tool in DBT treatment. Diary cards are used to monitor emotions, urges, behaviors, and skill use throughout the week. This real-time data allows us to better understand what’s working, where you’re struggling, and how to target treatment more effectively—without relying solely on memory or self-report during session.

These tools are HIPAA-compliant and designed to make therapy more engaging, collaborative, and effective—whether you’re attending sessions in person or via telehealth.

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It’s more than talk - It’s therapy with tools!

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“It is hard to be happy without a life worth living. This is a fundamental tenet of DBT. Of course, all lives are worth living in reality. No life is not worth living. But what is important is that you experience your life as worth living—one that is satisfying, and one that brings happiness.”
— Marsha M. Linehan (DBT Skills Training: Manual)
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Secure & Simple Payments

To make the billing process seamless and stress-free, all payments are handled through SimplePractice’s secure, HIPAA-compliant client portal. This allows you to manage your payment information, view invoices, and make payments conveniently from your phone or computer. Clients have the option to enroll in AutoPay or pay manually each session—whichever gives you the most control over your care. Reliable in-house billing ensures transparency, minimizes surprises, and helps you stay focused on your mental health goals.

Fee & Insurance Information

Standard Rate
60-minute individual therapy session (CPT 90837): $140
Initial intake session (CPT 90791): $175

Sliding Scale
Rates range from $85 to $140 per session based on financial need. A brief application may be required. I follow the ethical standards of the Michigan Public Health Code and ACA Code of Ethics (A.10.e) to ensure fairness in fee adjustments.

Cancellation Policy
A 24-hour cancellation policy is in place for all clients:

  • More than 24 hours’ notice: No fee

  • Less than 24 hours’ notice: Charged half the session rate

  • No-call, no-show (NCNS): Charged the full session rate
    Note: Insurance does not reimburse for missed or late-canceled sessions.

Insurance
I am not currently in-network with insurance, but I’m actively credentialing with several plans, including:

  • BCBS, Blue Care Network (BCN), Priority Health

  • McLaren, Aetna, UHC/Optum, Molina, Meridian, Cigna

I’m enrolled in CHAMPS and plan to begin accepting Medicaid here soon. I’m also in the process of enrolling in Medicare through PECOS and will update this page once I’m able to begin accepting Medicare clients.

If you’d like to use out-of-network benefits, I can provide a superbill upon request for potential reimbursement.

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