Frequently asked questions

Start with a free 20-minute consultation. You can book it directly through my scheduler on the contact page, or send me a message and I'll get back to you within one business day.

It's free, it's 20 minutes, and there's no pressure. You tell me what's going on, I tell you how I work, and we decide together whether I'm the right fit. If I'm not, I'll help you find someone who is.

Yes. I have immediate availability and no waitlist. If you reach out this week, you can usually have your first appointment by next week.

We talk about what brought you in, what you've already tried, and what you want to be different. There's no pressure to tell the whole story on day one, and if you've never been in therapy, you don't need to know how to do it. That's my job.

You don't need to. Plenty of my clients start here having never done this before. You talk, I ask questions, and we find the shape of it together.

Mostly first-generation adults — often the children of immigrants — who are burned out from over-functioning. People who've been the responsible one since childhood and are exhausted in a way sleep doesn't fix.

I work with BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, and immigrant and first-generation adults across New York, Florida, and Washington D.C.

No. That's the experience I know best and most of my clients share it, but if what I describe sounds like your life, reach out.

Burnout is usually the front door. Underneath it, commonly: anxiety and chronic stress, depression and emotional numbness, trauma and complex PTSD, racial and cultural stress, attachment and relationship patterns, self-worth, identity, and navigating major life changes.

I also work with family conflict, betrayal and infidelity, neurodivergence, spirituality, and grief. If it's affecting how you live, it belongs here.

No. I work with individual adults only, and all sessions are online.

I'm somatic, attachment, trauma, and IFS-informed. In practice that means we pay attention to what your body is doing while we talk, and we treat your patterns as protection rather than problems.

I'm a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in New York and Florida and a Licensed Professional Counselor in Washington D.C., with a Master's in Counseling Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology and nine years in practice.

I'm certified in Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy and IFS-Informed Somatic Trauma Therapy through The Embody Lab, and in Decolonizing Therapy for Black Folk through Kindred Community Healing.

I've completed 230+ hours of continuing education since 2022, concentrated in somatic work, culturally responsive care, trauma, and neurodivergence. New York requires 36 hours per three-year cycle. Full credentials and training →

Somatic therapy is talk therapy that also pays attention to what's happening in your body — tension, breath, posture, the physical signals that show up before words do. It's especially useful when stress is showing up physically, or when talking about something hasn't changed how it feels.

Internal Family Systems treats your mind as made up of parts, each with a job — the part that overworks, the part that people-pleases, the part that shuts down. Rather than eliminating those parts, IFS helps you understand what they're protecting so they can ease up.

Because your body doesn't reset overnight. Cortisol rises on waking for everyone — that part is ordinary. What isn't ordinary is waking into it with a system that never fully powered down the night before.

A few things make it worse. Going to bed with the list still running, or rehearsing a conversation while you're lying there — your mind picks it back up on waking because it never actually put it down. Caffeine or alcohol late in the evening. Hormonal shifts, which is why this often gets louder in perimenopause.

Waking at 3am with everything switched on, or a racing heart before you've left the bed, is one of the most common things people describe to me — and it's usually the symptom that finally gets someone to book. More on anxiety therapy →

Yes, and it's badly underrecognized. Researchers call the cumulative cost of a stress system that stays switched on allostatic load — the physiological wear that builds up when the body is repeatedly or chronically activated. The muscle tension, the shallow breathing, the sleep that never gets deep: all of it draws on something.

Many of my clients arrive describing exhaustion rather than anxiety, having already had the bloodwork come back normal.Source: Neurobiological and Systemic Effects of Chronic Stress, Bruce S. McEwen, Chronic Stress, 2017.

This is long-term work. Most clients stay several months to a few years. We'll talk about what you're hoping for at the first appointment and revisit it as we go. If you need something shorter and more focused, I'll tell you and help you find the right person.

Weekly to start. Some clients move to every other week once things settle.

$225 for a 45–60 minute session. I also offer a sliding scale from $140 to $225 for clients experiencing financial hardship.

Yes. It's based on an anti-oppressive rate structure — you answer ten questions about your access to financial resources and your answers determine your rate. No documentation required and no need to explain yourself. Full details and the questionnaire are here.

No — I'm out-of-network with all plans, so I don't bill insurance directly. Many plans reimburse a portion of out-of-network sessions once your deductible is met, and you can check your specific coverage in about a minute using the Mentaya tool on my Fees & Insurance page. I also provide superbills. I'm not able to accept Medicaid or Medicare.

Insurance requires a diagnosis in your permanent record, can request access to your session notes, and can cap how many sessions you get in a year regardless of what you're going through. Working out-of-network keeps those decisions between us, which matters more when the work is long-term.

It does cost more up front, and that's real. If it isn't workable for you, that's a math problem rather than a failure — and there are good therapists who take insurance.

Yes. Therapy is a qualifying medical expense under most plans, and I accept HSA and FSA cards directly.

I ask for at least 24 hours' notice to cancel or reschedule. Inside that window, the appointment is charged at your session rate — the tier you're on, not the standard fee. Insurance doesn't reimburse missed appointments.

Yes — all sessions are online. You need a private space, a reliable connection, and a device.

Research consistently finds online therapy comparable to in-person therapy for many concerns, including anxiety, depression, and trauma. A 2025 systematic review and meta-analysis in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare found only small differences, if any, between video-delivered and in-person treatment for PTSD, depression and anxiety.

It also removes barriers: no commute, more scheduling flexibility, and access to a therapist who actually fits rather than one who happens to be nearby.Source: Evidence-based telehealth interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 2025.

Yes — I offer sessions in English and Haitian Kreyòl. I'm a first-generation Haitian-American therapist licensed in New York, Florida, and Washington D.C.

New York (#010802), Florida (#TPMC6339), and Washington D.C. (#PRC200002166). You'll need to be physically located in one of those three places during our appointments — licensure follows where you are during the session, not where you receive mail.

No. All sessions are online. My Brooklyn and St. Petersburg addresses are for business mail only — no appointments at either location.

Yes. Sessions are held on a HIPAA-compliant platform and held to the same confidentiality standards as in-person therapy. The limits to confidentiality — the situations where I'm legally required to act — are covered in your intake paperwork and I'll walk you through them.

English and Haitian Kreyòl.

For scheduling and administrative questions, yes — through the client portal. I'm not able to provide crisis support between sessions. If you're in crisis, call or text 988.