Your Questions Answered: Individual & Couples Therapy FAQ

FAQs

General Therapy Questions

  • Your first session is focused on understanding what’s bringing you in and what you’re hoping will change. We’ll talk about your relationship history, current challenges, and what feels most important right now. You don’t need to prepare anything in advance—this is a space to slow down, feel heard, and begin creating clarity together.

  • You don't have to be in crisis to benefit from therapy. Many people seek support because they're feeling overwhelmed, stuck, experiencing relationship challenges, managing anxiety or depression, or navigating a major life transition. Therapy can provide insight, practical tools, and a supportive space to help you move forward with greater confidence.

  • Yes. I offer both in-person therapy in Kettering, Ohio, and secure virtual therapy for clients anywhere in Ohio. Virtual sessions allow couples and individuals to access support in a flexible and convenient way while still receiving the same level of care.

  • At the beginning of therapy I like to see my clients weekly or every other week if appropriate. This allows us to begin to get to know each other to make the process more comfortable for you. It also allows us to get into the work more quickly.

    • $150 Intake Session

    • $145 Couples

    • $120 Individual

  • Session are anywhere between 50-60 minutes.

Individual Therapy Questions

  • Individual therapy offers a space to better understand yourself, your emotions, and the patterns that influence your thoughts, behaviors, and relationships. Whether you're navigating anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, or a life transition, we'll work together to develop healthier coping strategies, improve self-awareness, and create meaningful change.

  • Absolutely. Healthy relationships begin with understanding yourself. Individual therapy can help you recognize relationship patterns, strengthen communication, establish healthy boundaries, and respond to challenges in ways that support stronger, more fulfilling connections with others.

  • Yes. Anxiety, depression, and life transitions can leave you feeling overwhelmed or uncertain. Therapy provides a supportive environment to process your experiences, develop effective coping skills, and build resilience as you navigate life's challenges.

  • Yes, I accept Aetna and Cigna insurace.

Couples Therapy Questions

  • Couples therapy can be beneficial whether you're facing ongoing conflict, feeling emotionally disconnected, struggling to communicate, rebuilding trust, or simply wanting to strengthen your relationship. You don't have to wait until things feel hopeless to benefit from therapy.

  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is an evidence-based approach that helps individuals and couples understand the emotions and relationship patterns that keep them feeling stuck. By creating greater emotional awareness and security, EFT helps foster healthier communication, deeper connection, and lasting change.

  • Couples therapy can help improve communication, rebuild trust, strengthen emotional connection, navigate recurring conflicts, and better understand each other's needs. Together, we'll identify unhelpful patterns and work toward creating a healthier, more satisfying relationship.

  • It's common for one partner to feel ready for therapy before the other. While couples therapy is most effective when both partners are willing to participate, you don't have to wait to begin your own healing and growth. Individual therapy can help you better understand relationship patterns, strengthen communication, set healthy boundaries, and navigate difficult emotions. As you grow, positive changes can influence your relationships, regardless of whether your partner chooses to attend therapy.

  • Couples therapy is generally not covered by insurance because relationship counseling is not typically considered a medically necessary service.

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