How much do you charge?
We take most insurance plans. If you don’t have insurance, we’re happy to help you get it (if you want it). If you don’t have insurance, you can use sliding-scale pricing. The top of our sliding scale is $200 per session (this is what we charge the insurance companies), and the bottom is $60 per hour. We also accept CareCredit.
If you are at or below the Federal Poverty Level and do not have insurance, your services are pro bono. There is never money shame in our office. You pay what you can afford. Some folks pay more, and some folks pay less. If someone is having financial struggles, we will figure it out. No one is turned away because they can’t pay.
Do you provide a Good Faith Estimate?
Absolutely! Not only do we comply with the No Surprises Act, but we believe in no financial surprises in general. In fact, the most financial surprises and struggles that come for most folks who see us are understanding insurance deductibles and such. We will provide a Good Faith Estimate in writing to anyone who asks for it.
How long does therapy last?
It varies! Folks with simple PTSD can work with me for a few months. Complex trauma is most often a year. Folks with DID can be in therapy for several years. Everyone gets to work with their counselor as long as they need us; there is no set amount of time.
Who do you most often work with?
We focus on queer folks and trauma because many of our counselors are members of the queer community, and most of us have also had significant trauma ourselves. We believe the most effective therapists are simply folks who dealt with their own issues and learned how to help others. This is what many of us have done. So, we help other folks do the same. We believe queer folks deserve to feel good and safe and whole in their bodies. We believe trauma folks deserve to feel good, safe, and whole in their bodies. We believe queer folks with trauma deserve to feel good and safe and whole.
We follow WPATH guidelines. We do assessments and provide letters for surgeries and other gender-affirming care.
What is EMDR?
Trauma affects and infects every part of a person’s life. We believe that most mental health diagnoses are because of trauma. Trauma impacts physical health, emotional health, mental health, and relationship health. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is the number-one most evidence-based treatment for trauma in the world. EMDR is an incredible therapy that helps folks process their trauma and put it in the past—where it belongs—once and for all. It heals PTSD. It heals DID. It heals borderline personality disorder. It heals.
We specialize in chronic trauma. We work with C-PTSD and DID.
Do you offer telehealth therapy?
Yes, we offer telehealth therapy for clients who prefer or need virtual sessions. Telehealth is a convenient and effective way to access therapy from the comfort of your home. However, due to licensing limitations, we can only provide telehealth therapy to clients who are physically located in Minnesota at the time of the session.
How is your process different from other therapists?
We don’t believe in forever therapy. Therapy, the word, comes from Greek and means ‘to heal’. My job is not to maintain clients forever; a counselor or therapist’s job is to help folks heal so they can go out and live their lives. And we do that. We help people understand therapy, understand their symptoms and why those symptoms are happening, and understand that getting better happens. We teach mental health and somatic skills that work. While each therapist here has their own style and history, we’re all bonded by the common goal of healing: healing the people we see and the community we live in.
What is it like to work with you?
Our clients are some of the most brave, powerful, and incredible people we’ve ever met. We’re honored to work with them and witness their power and resilience every day. We are honored to win our clients’ trust because trauma survivors do not trust. We are honored to help our clients on this journey because it was our journey, too.
Folks believe they don’t deserve care, or they won’t get better, or they blame themselves for the things that are wrong in their lives. Quite literally, these are criteria for diagnosis! Folks with chronic trauma will always believe: 1. It wasn’t that bad (whatever happened to them), 2. Others had it so much worse. 3. They probably deserved what happened to them. These are traumatic thoughts, but they can be barriers to asking for help. But we understand chronic trauma and know how to help.
What other opportunities for healing are there?
We offer group therapy. Currently, we have therapy groups for autistic adults and trans adults. We host support groups for trans folks and folks with DID. We also offer yoga classes and other body-positive movement classes.
I have other questions. How can I ask them?
Folks can email or reach out through the Contact Us page.