FAQ’S

Secretly wondered questions, frequently given answers:

How is coaching different from therapy? Therapy digs into the past to understand the present. We talk and wander together during these sessions, exploring mood and patterns, familial boundaries and how they tie into your identity. It’s a slow unwind of your emotional core. Coaching is art, writing, or both: a deep dive into something you’re ready to explore, a proactive continuation of your existing practice, a launch into one you’d like to begin, or support around a specific issue or pattern you’d like to approach in a creative way.

Do we make art during therapy 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 therapy sessions unfold the way we create them together; there is no way to show up wrong. Coaching is more dynamic; during intake, we will discuss your goals and approach them using materials and directives tailored for your needs and designed to be integrated into your own future practice, however that looks for you.

Do you take insurance? Unfortunately I do not. 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 sessions are $325 per hour.

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

How long do people typically work with you? Wandering in the subconscious is personal work, and can take time. Therapy is a process of looking inward, back at the origins of beliefs and processing thoughts and feelings. It is slower and more thoughtful and should not be rushed. Coaching is like dropping into your subconscious armed with tools, spotting patterns you didn’t see before, seeing what holds you in place. It’s more pointed and directive, and we use writing, paints, collage or whatever media that fits you best to get under the noise that stands between you and your voice. Coaching is offered in single sessions because it is designed as something to integrate into your existing practice or get you started on something to use for your own introspection to take with you.