Psychotherapy for Your Overall Well-Being
Psychotherapy for Your Overall Well-Being
Hypnotherapy, EMDR Therapy & Spiritual Psychology



Frequently Asked Questions
Psychotherapy sessions generally consist of listening to what a client has to say and then responding with a comment or question. I refrain from giving advice, as I prefer to empower my clients to find their own answers and initiate their own changes through a process of facilitating greater awareness about themselves and their issues. Our sessions will be about talking and exchanging ideas. I have found that what is helpful is to join you on this journey of discovery by listening and understanding and to offer questions that stir curiosity in you. With this new understanding of your thoughts, feelings and behaviors, you are freed up to see more choices and make better decisions. At times you might find me quiet. I encourage you to ask me any questions at any time so we can understand the meaning of things. In most cases, it will be imperative that an awareness occur on both a mental and emotional level before answers can be had or desired changes can be implemented.
It is normal and natural for strong feelings to arise during the course of psychotherapy. It is not unusual for a client’s symptoms to become more pronounced during the course of therapy, although therapy sessions generally assist a client in coping with the experience of painful feelings, difficult memories, or problems relating to others.
What is hypnotherapy? Hypnotherapy is therapy performed under a state of hypnosis. What, then, is therapy? It is anything that helps to move someone toward greater health and wholeness. So what, then, is hypnosis? Hypnosis is a heightened state of suggestibility that is achieved by following directions. Can everyone be hypnotized? Anyone of normal intelligence, who is willing to follow directions, can be hypnotized.
How long has hypnosis been an approved modality? The American Medical Association approved hypnosis over 65 years ago - in 1958.
What can hypnotherapy be used for? Among other things, hypnotherapy has been known to be effective for many who want to stop smoking, lose weight, overcome phobias, stop nail biting, reduce stress and anxiety, manage anger, improve study habits, and increase self-esteem and confidence.
EMDR Therapy’s reprocessing and desensitization phase involves bi-lateral stimulation of a client’s vision, hearing and/or physical senses, by way of watching an electronic light bar move from right to left, listening to alternating auditory stimulation through headphones and/or holding electronically alternating pulsers – all of which serve to activate and better integrate certain structures in the brain. EMDR Therapy has been approved by the National Institute for Mental Health and is “highly recommended” by the Department of Veteran Affairs and Department of Defense for the treatment of trauma. Additional information about how EMDR Therapy works may be found on the EMDR International Therapy Association website.
Under federal law, health care providers must give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the expected charges for medical services, including psychotherapy services. A “Good Faith Estimate,” which will be provided to such patients at the outset of therapy and annually thereafter, will detail how much incremental psychotherapy services will cost over the coming year.
If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill. Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate. For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, please visit [www.cms.gov/nosurprises]