FAQ’S

Secretly wondered questions, frequently given answers:

How is coaching different from therapy? Therapy digs into the past to understand the present. Coaching works from where you are right now toward where you want to go. In therapy, we ask why. In coaching, we ask what's next.

What’s the deal with creative arts therapy? Do I have to be an artist? Nope. But creativity is an often untapped and under-appreciated superpower accessible to everyone. We all use creativity to rest and reset, so why not channel this powerful impulse to shed light on habits, beliefs, patterns, and coping mechanisms?

Your creativity is whatever you say it is. If axe-throwing is what you do when you need to release the pressure in your stomach and figure out the big questions, then this is how your creative mind expresses itself. The way you use your axes reveals something about your beliefs, and shifting your process, or the axes you use, changes the messages to your subconscious. This also changes how it feels, and, maybe, as a bonus, your aim.‍ ‍

Do we make art during sessions?‍ ‍Some therapy clients bring insights from writing or art they make independently to process, or spontaneously want to journal because that feels comforting for them. The sessions unfold the way we create them together, and there's no homework you can fail and no way to show up wrong. Coaching is more dynamic; you will be deciding the direction. You will write on your own or with me, as our work together dictates.

Do you take insurance? I accept Carelon Behavioral Health, Cigna, and Evernorth insurance. The out-of-pocket cost for therapy is $200 per hour. I have clients who come once a week or prefer every other week, and I also have clients who choose half-hour sessions that I do for $75. Payment via Venmo. LCATpeanut coaching packages vary, and prices can be found here.

Where do sessions take place? Therapy and coaching sessions are virtual, on the pajama-friendly Doxy.me platform, and groups meet on Zoom.

Do you offer groups? We do! Check out LCATpeanut! Some are not therapy but more about relaxation and connection, and are a great introduction to coaching.

How long do people typically work with you? Therapy clients vary, wandering in the subconscious is personal work, and can take time. But when it comes to coaching, it can be relatively short-term. Some people do the four-session package and leave with exactly what they needed. Others keep going. There's no minimum or maximum — just what's useful for you.