C-PTSD Recovery and Relationship Counseling in Uptown Dallas

Most therapy approaches focus on changing thoughts, modifying behaviors, or teaching coping skills, and those things are helpful when collaboratively tailored to the needs of the client. Attachment-based therapy in Dallas, however, goes a layer deeper, exploring the why behind the those thoughts and behaviors and tracing them back to the relational patterns you learned in childhood. Rather than just teaching you tools to manage a “symptom,” attachment therapy helps you understand the pain driving it and how it helped you survive. Integrated with approaches that honor your body’s wisdom and your nervous system’s cues, this work allows you to get to the root of the issue and experience healing at the core.

It’s important that both you and I feel like it is a good fit when we schedule your intake session. 15 minute free consults really help this process and I am happy to offer them on the front end.

After almost a decade in the field, I have noticed that the clients who benefit from my specializations and approach the most are generally:

-Willing to pause during session to reflect and are open to feedback and exploring their issues from a different point of view

-Not expecting direct life advice or quick fixes. I tell clients that therapy is a rewarding slow burn of a process with definite “aha” moments of insight/transformation and concrete strategies as we take an active approach to your concerns, but overnight change is not possible or guaranteed

-Interested in taking charge of their own healing both in and outside of session by communicating needs and goals and committed to doing the work outside of session

-Not in an active mental health emergency or needing treatment for current suicidal intent or self-harming behaviors

Length of Treatment: Considering that therapy is an investment on your part in so many ways, this question is so valid and one of the many reasons why free consults are helpful, because the answer is genuinely different for each person. Some clients come in with a specific event to process (a painful breakup) or a concrete goal (preparing for marriage or engagement), and are ready to “graduate” therapy after three to five months. Others with complex trauma or long-standing relationship cycles need deeper work and find that eight to twelve months gives them the space to really feel safe, open up, and process effectively. The majority of my clients notice tangible improvement within the fist eight weeks and sustained growth thereafter, but I check in regularly on your goals and ask for feedback so that you're never in therapy longer than is meaningful to you or rushed out before you're ready.

Frequency: I encourage clients to try and commit to weekly sessions for the first two months and reassess from there. Research shows that this level of consistency helps to establish a strong therapeutic relationship at the beginning so you feel safe to open up as well as accelerates your progress down the line because we are able to build sufficient traction on the front end. However, I am happy to work with your schedule! While I don’t accept new clients who want to meet less than twice a month, we can establish a rhythm that works for you.

Your intake session is a chance to expound on what you shared in your consult call, clarify your goals for the process, and get a picture of what working together looks like. Because it’s our first time meeting, we won’t go too deep into things like trauma history or the origin of your presenting problem, but I will guide our conversation to get what I call a “flyover” view of why you’re here so we can set an agenda for next steps. I will ask a lot of assessment questions at the front end and will always check in to make sure we are moving at your pace. You are ultimately in control of how much you share and I trust you to tell me your story as you are ready.

50 minute individual sessions are $160 and 55 minute couples sessions are $190.

Have you ever reached the end of a therapy session and felt like you were JUST getting to the good stuff? 80 minute sessions are available to address this concern and are priced at $220 for individuals and $275 for couples. Extended sessions are available in-person in Uptown Dallas or virtually across Texas.

I am an out-of-network provider, so payment for sessions is direct and due at the time of service. This allows you more confidentiality, privacy, and freedom of choice in your treatment. Specifically, it avoids both a mental health diagnosis going on your permanent record AND insurance companies having access to your confidential records. It means that I work for you, not the insurance company, so we can customize treatment length and approaches to fit your goals.

However, this doesn’t mean that you can’t use your benefits. Some insurance plans reimburse out-of-network mental health appointment between 50% - 80% of the session cost (the rate of repayment is unique to your plan). I utilize a benefits calculator during our consult call to help you instantly determine your out-of-network coverage. If you have benefits, I will automatically provide you with a superbill which is essentially a detailed receipt for services that contains all the information your insurance needs to reimburse you for appointments.