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Information about weekly therapy, clinical intensives, and finding the right support. You don’t need to have everything figured out before your consultation.
What is integrative psychotherapy?
Integrative psychotherapy recognizes something simple:
You are more than your symptoms.
Your emotional health doesn't exist separately from your body, nervous system, relationships, history, environment, beliefs, identity, or the meaning you make of your life.
That's why I don't begin with the assumption that one therapy model should fit every person.
Instead, I integrate different evidence-informed and clinically appropriate approaches based on your individual needs and what emerges throughout my work with you.
The therapy adapts to the person.
The person doesn't have to adapt to the therapy.
What is a clinical psychotherapy intensive?
A psychotherapy intensive is an extended period of focused clinical treatment designed around a particular concern, experience, pattern, or therapeutic goal.
I offer focused therapeutic space starting at six hours, with additional time available based on your needs.
Depending on your needs, an intensive may take place over an extended session or across multiple sessions or days.
This additional time allows me to guide you organically between conversation, emotional processing, somatic awareness, nervous-system work, parts work, reflection, rest, and integration without constantly watching the clock.
The intensive is not a standardized protocol.
It is an individualized clinical experience designed around you.
How are weekly sessions and intensives scheduled?
Weekly psychotherapy sessions are provided in increments of 50 to 120 minutes, on a weekly basis. Clinical intensives start at six hours, with additional time available based on your needs. They may take place in one visit or be split across visits, on weekdays or weekends.
Your session format and length are determined according to your needs, current practice policies, and individual assessment.
How do I know which format is right for me?
Neither is inherently “better.”
They serve different purposes.
Weekly outpatient psychotherapy provides continuity, relationship, support, and gradual therapeutic work over time.
Clinical psychotherapy intensives provide concentrated time for focused, immersive work around a particular concern, experience, or goal.
Some people may benefit from weekly therapy.
Some may benefit from an intensive.
Some may use both at different stages of their healing.
Part of the consultation process is determining which therapeutic format makes sense for you.
What might an intensive feel like?
An intensive isn't only talking about painful experiences.
There is rhythm to the work.
I may invite you to talk.
Pause.
Notice what is happening in your body.
Work with a protective part.
Regulate.
Reflect.
Move.
Rest.
Return to something that surfaced earlier.
Integrate what you've discovered. The extended format allows me to follow the therapeutic process rather than repeatedly interrupting it because the hour has ended.
Depth without force. Structure without rigidity. Clinical care with room for the whole person.
Is an intensive right for everyone?
No.
Clinical intensives require thoughtful screening.
Before scheduling, I’ll discuss with you what you're experiencing, your treatment history, current supports, therapeutic goals, medical or mental-health considerations that may affect treatment, and whether an intensive is an appropriate level and format of care.
There are circumstances in which weekly treatment, psychiatric support, a specialized treatment program, crisis intervention, or another level of care may be more appropriate. The goal isn't to place everyone into an intensive.
The goal is to help determine the right therapeutic container for you.
Do I have to know which intensive I need?
They are six doors into deeper work.
You may enter through heartbreak and discover an old attachment wound.
You may come because of burnout and discover grief.
You may want to work on childhood trauma while also experiencing anxiety or depression.
Human beings don't fit neatly into categories.
Neither will your intensive.
These pathways help me understand where you want to begin.
From there, your intensive is designed around your history, therapeutic goals, current needs, nervous system, readiness, and clinical appropriateness.
Does therapy have to include spirituality?
No. For clients who want this dimension included, therapy can also make room for spirituality, meaning, intuition, energetic awareness, and the deeper questions that sometimes accompany healing.
These elements are incorporated according to your individual beliefs, preferences, treatment goals, and clinical needs. You never have to adopt my worldview in order to work with me.
Do you offer in-person and telehealth appointments?
I offer services in Connecticut, in-person and through telehealth. Current availability, session format, and clinical appropriateness are discussed during your consultation.
What about fees, insurance, and availability?
Individual services, availability, insurance/private-pay participation, session length, and clinical appropriateness are determined based on current practice policies and individual assessment.
Outpatient integrative psychotherapy is $225 for an intake and $175 per session. All six clinical intensive pathways start at $1,200; add-ons and additional time are available and priced separately. I can discuss these options and insurance/private-pay participation during your consultation.
Still have a question?
During a consultation, I’ll listen to what you’re looking for, answer your questions, and help you consider whether my approach feels like a good fit.
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