Frequently Asked Questions

I use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Polyvagal Informed Therapy, and Intuitive Eating Counseling.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is a therapeutic approach that focuses on accepting difficult emotions and situations rather than avoiding them. The approach acknowledges that, in an effort to obtain normal and healthy desires, people can engage in behaviors that leave them feeling stuck or trapped. The model supports people in thinking more flexibly so they can unstick themselves and live a life authentic to their needs and values.

Intuitive Eating is an anti-diet approach that focuses on reconnecting with your natural cues. Intuitive Eating emphasizes that everyone has the ability to understand and meet their bodies nutritional needs. Intuitive Eating discourages intentional weight loss and focuses on body acceptance.

Polyvagal Informed Therapy focuses on ways our bodies use the nervous system to keep us safe. Nervous systems can become dysregulated when we are overwhelmed, stressed, or experience trauma. Polyvagal approaches emphasize regulating the nervous system.

If you are in a space to be asking if you have an eating disorder, chances are you probably do. I prefer to consider eating disorders as a spectrum of behaviors rather than a black and white diagnosis. While some of my clients clearly meet the diagnostic criteria for disorders like Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating Disorder, or ARFID, many others are managing issues related to their body image, anxiety around gaining weight, or diet cycling.

No. While I believe every individual has bodily autonomy I do not believe it is ethical to help a client pursue an intervention that has proven to be not only ineffective but potentially harmful. In some cases, a client’s body may change as a bi-product of an improved relationship with food. In these situations I will neither condemn nor celebrate that change. Many of my clients come to therapy with the understanding that their relationship with food is disordered, but will not feel ready to change their behaviors. I meet these clients where they are while still holding space for the harm that dieting can cause.

Trauma can be loosely defined as something that overwhelms a person’s coping mechanisms. This usually leads to dysregulation in the nervous and limbic systems. Modern research is beginning to reveal the interconnectedness between our body’s various systems. When one is out of balance it usually affects others. Many of my clients report improvements in their eating disorder systems after processing and healing from trauma.

I am accepting new clients with Tufts Health Plan.

I partner with Reimbursify to help make filing out of network claims easy and straightforward. I encourage clients to contact their insurance company directly to determine if out of network reimbursement is an option.

My fee breakdown is as follows:

Initial short or long term therapy sessions: $180

One Hour short or long term therapy sessions: $160

Forty-five minute short or long term therapy sessions: $140

Polyvagal Intensives: $2100

One and Done Sessions: $190