Fees & FAQs

For individual therapy, yes, I’m in-network with Kaiser Permanente (Southern California) · Anthem Blue Cross California · Aetna · Cigna · Health Net · Carelon Behavioral Health · Medicare · MHN · Lucet · Sidecar Health · USC · Brighton · Decent. Couples work, beach therapy and intensives are private pay: insurance requires a diagnosis and dictates session structure, and relational, shoreline and intensive work doesn’t fit that frame. Don’t see your plan on that list? Reach out anyway — I’m happy to talk through your options, including private pay rates.

No. Beach therapy is private pay and is not billed to insurance. Insurance requires a diagnosis and dictates how a session is structured, and walk-and-talk work at the shoreline doesn’t fit that frame. A sliding scale is available for beach sessions — ask me on the consultation call and we’ll find a rate that works.

Fifteen minutes by phone or video. You tell me what’s bringing you in, ask anything you like, and get a feel for how I work. I’ll tell you honestly whether I’m the right fit — and point you to someone else if I’m not. No preparation needed.

Both. I see clients at my Irvine office, at the shoreline for beach therapy, and by secure video anywhere in California. Coaching clients meet me by video from anywhere in the world.

Therapy is licensed clinical treatment — it can diagnose, treat, and work directly with trauma, and I can only provide it in California. Coaching is non-clinical growth work: present- and future-oriented, available worldwide, and never a substitute for therapy. I keep the line clear, and I’ll tell you if what you need belongs in the therapy room.

The Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM) is a trauma model that builds layered internal resources first, so you can touch the roots of old wounds while staying anchored in the present — no flooding, no re-living. Internal Family Systems (IFS) works with the protective parts of you — the inner critic, the achiever, the one who goes numb — with respect for why each one exists.

Honestly: it depends on what we’re healing and how deep it runs. Depth work is not endless work — we’ll set direction early, review progress openly, and you’ll never be in therapy just to be in therapy.

We plan for privacy before we ever start: where we meet, how we handle passers-by, and what we do if you see someone you know. The shoreline is a public place, and you’ll consent to that trade-off knowingly — most clients find the openness is exactly what lets them speak freely.