Frequently Asked Questions

My primary office is located in Bronxville, New York. I also see clients in New York and Connecticut (the states I’m licensed in) via telehealth.

• In fall 2023, I plan to see clients in New York City on Mondays (6 E 39th Street, Suite # 800, New York, NY 10016).

• I see clients in Bronxville on Tuesdays and Wednesdays (81 Pondfield Road, Suite 10, Bronxville, NY 10708) and via Zoom.

• Virtual, Zoom sessions are available Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

I don’t accept insurance and am considered an out-of-network provider. You can check with your insurer to understand if you can be reimbursed for our work together; I will provide you with monthly receipts (“superbills”) for our weekly appointments.

As an initial step you can call your insurance provider to inquire about their reimbursement rate for out-of-network therapy conducted by a licensed psychologist.

If you’ve explored this website and believe my expertise and approach is a good fit for you, please submit an inquiry through the Consultation Request Form. I will get back to you and let you know if I have any current or anticipated availability to help.

If I have availability, the next step is to have a brief consultation by phone to answer any preliminary questions you may have. You do not need to have a specific diagnosis or know your treatment goals when we speak.

Treatment will begin with an intake session – typically 1-1.5 hours long – in order to have a more detailed discussion about what prompted you to call me and how I may be able to help.

If I don’t think I’m the best therapist to help you, I will recommend a colleague with more suitable expertise. And if the “fit” doesn’t feel right for you, I want to know so I can help you find someone else.

I tend to meet with clients once per week for 45 minutes. We will speak at the outset of our work together about a provisional timeframe for therapy.

Most treatment is short-term in nature, typically ranging from 3-12 months depending on your needs. Through CBT, my goal is to provide you with tools to lead a healthy and meaningful life alongside the challenges that inevitably show up.

In the initial sessions, I will get to know your treatment goals and can provide you with a more specific time frame for how many sessions you may need. I also assess progress throughout treatment to make sure we are on track with our initial targeted timeline.

I specialize in working with older adolescents (15+) through people in mid-life. The majority of my clients are in high school, college, graduate school, or the first 20 years of their career. I see people of all genders and enjoy working with clients from diverse backgrounds.

The youngest clients I typically accept for therapy are adolescents wrapping up middle school and beginning high school. If you are looking for a therapist for your child, I can try to recommend a colleague.

And though I have been intensively trained in DBT for adolescents, I do not provide standard outpatient DBT which consists of individual and group therapy, a consultation team for therapists, and between-sessions skills coaching.

Although I fancy myself well-versed in my field, the following areas are better served by other talented colleagues: family and couples therapy, substance abuse, trauma, eating disorders treatment, habit reversal for tics, and therapy for autism spectrum disorder.

My background is in evidence-based therapies: cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). My primary modality currently is ACT because I love how it is pragmatic, values-based, playful and goal-oriented.

Depending on your specific treatment goals, we’ll come up with roadmap to help you get there. Here are some examples of things you might be doing in sessions with me:

• Learning and practicing a mindfulness exercise to become less reactive to upsetting thoughts and feelings

• Investigating, step-by-step, the thoughts, feelings and actions that landed you in a “hot spot”

• Doing a values assessment through conversation or written exercises

• Identifying common narratives that get you stuck, and learning how to “unhook” from those narratives

• Completing a sleep diary and problem-solving ways to improve the quality or quantity of your sleep

• Trying new behaviors in session with your therapist’s support, for example role-playing a conversation you are avoiding initiating

• Creating concrete ways to commit to new behaviors and skills practice between sessions

• Learning and practicing self-soothing skills as you unlearn over-consumption habit loops

City and Country CBT was the group practice I co-founded with my “work wife” and colleague, Dr. Sarah Trosper Olivo. For a decade we built our joint practice, caring for many clients and trainees collectively (and decorating 5 different offices in our time together!).

Ultimately, Dr. Olivo seized an incredible opportunity to help build Lumate Health, which is helping to make CBT more accessible to adolescents in the US. Though I miss her active collaboration, I am grateful that she gets to keep building her meaningful career.

It can be a frustrating and tedious process to find a wonderful therapist who is a good fit both logistically and interpersonally. My caseload tends to run quite full as a result of being in private practice over a decade. Please do submit your interest, however, as it is possible our availabilities may overlap.

I often keep a waitlist for a few clients waiting for an open slot and can let you know if I have anticipated availability in coming weeks or months. If I’m not able to help you, I can try to recommend someone I can.

I will work with you to set up a payment schedule that is sustainable; typically clients pay for each session at the time of service. Clients are able to pay with credit card, Venmo, Zelle, and check.

I am licensed in the states of New York and Connecticut and need to restrict my clinical work to clients residing there. It is likely that, in coming years, psychologists will gain access to wider geographic “reach” for their services as licensing laws begin to change.

As a psychologist, I do not prescribe medication; CBT has been found to be effective for a number of mental health concerns without additional medication.

However, my clients often want or need medication management, and I regularly collaborate with prescribing doctors. I can also provide recommendations for psychiatrists who can offer medication consultation.

Many working adult clients often need a therapy appointment outside of work hours. I’m unfortunately not able to accommodate such requests, as my schedule is Monday-Thursday during working hours.