As you can tell, even with a professionally edited profile picture, I’ve been around awhile!! The hair is pretty white under the blues and purples. 🙂
Being older has its perks. Yes, I got to see a lot of great bands. I also have over thirty years of experience in the mental health field. I’ve been a School Psychologist, full-time for 18 years, and part-time the last 15. I have been working in community mental health with children, families, and older adults for the last 15 years. During COVID, I decided to complete the two additional graduate-level courses I needed in order to get my LPC license, and here I am today!
I am a Certified Trauma-Informed therapist who practices Cognitive Behavioral Therapy blended with Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy and Existential Therapy. I am a self-described old hippie chick with a laid-back, warm, and accepting approach. In most sessions, my clients and I find something to laugh about, because no matter how dark life can be, laughter reminds us that there is light. This approach has proven to help a wide range of clients improve their ability to manage emotions, reduce pain, make more positive connections, and improve the quality of their lives despite living in a world that is not fair or easy to negotiate.
My Specialties:
Anxiety
Depression
Chronic Pain
Issues associated with autoimmune conditions
Adjustment to significant life changes including aging
Trauma, PTSD and Complex Childhood Trauma
LGBT clients
Grief and loss
If you think we might be a good fit, please give me a call at (860) 222-9084 I provide free 20 minute consultations and if we decide to move forward I can help direct you to the billing platform that will verify your insurace coverage and help set up an intake session.
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“We are all just stories in the end, lets make it a good one”
Doctor Who
Insurance
I am credentialed by most major insurers in Connecticut, including Medicare Advantage. As a small individual private practice, it is beneficial for me to contract with the platforms listed below. Each company credentials me with the insurance companies they are contracted with. They, in turn, manage my billing and scheduling for clients that schedule appointments through them. I am working with several platforms because not all platforms accept the same insurance. By contracting with several, I have a broader base of insurance plans I can work with.
Rula is another billing and scheduling platform. My profile and access to setting up an intake is :https://www.rula.com/providers/CT/1306647474. Rula accepts many major insurance plans includingMedicare Advantage plans and some Original Medicare plans
These platforms each manage insurance credentialing, billing, and scheduling for me. If your insurance is taken by Headway, it is my preferred platform to work with.
As I get older, change seems to WANT to be harder. Pushing through the resistance has begun to prove to me it is worth the challenge. Stagnation isn’t healthy. Finding even small things to focus on or appreciate in a new way adds interest and connection to our lives.