PRACTICE

My practice is limited to individual adult psychotherapy. I do not see couples or families.

Office

419 S. 19th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146

My office is in Rittenhouse Square, an 11-minute walk from Lombard–South on the Broad Street Line and from 15th–16th and Locust on PATCO, and 15 minutes from Suburban Station and the 19th Street trolley stop. The 2, 17, and 40 bus lines run nearby.

Telehealth

Telehealth is an option only while you are in Pennsylvania or New Jersey [application in process].

Fees

My rate for a 55-minute session is $150.

Pennsylvania’s Victims Compensation Assistance Program may cover treatment costs for people who have experienced sexual abuse or assault.

If you are paying out of pocket, you are entitled under the No Surprises Act to a Good Faith Estimate of expected costs before services begin.

Insurance

• Aetna
• Highmark
• Independence Blue Cross [application in process]
• Medicaid via CBH [application in process]

If your plan is not listed, you may still have out-of-network benefits. I can provide a monthly statement for reimbursement and can point you toward the questions worth asking your insurer about the allowable amount, the portion they cover, and whether a deductible applies.

Privacy Policy

Confidentiality has limits, and you should know where they are. Sessions are not recorded, and nothing said in them is transcribed. I see people alone, in a closed room, with no one else present or within earshot. I write my own notes; no language model reads, drafts, or summarizes them. They are brief and general: when we met, what we worked on, and my clinical reasoning. I keep them limited to what is clinically necessary.

Your record is kept in a HIPAA-compliant system, with encrypted copies on equipment I control. If your care is billed to insurance, a diagnosis goes out with the claim. Insurers sometimes ask for more than that. When they do, I will tell you and send a copy of what I provide. If you pay privately, there are no claims to submit and no insurance disclosure. You can request access to your record and ask what diagnosis I have assigned and why.

Once information is sent to an insurer, I can no longer control how it is handled. Otherwise, your record is handled by me alone. The software I use is chosen for what it does not do. This site sets no cookies, runs no analytics, and makes no request to any third party. If anything changes, you will hear it from me first.

The full limits of confidentiality, including mandated reporting and court order, are set out in the practice policies provided before a first session.

Attendance and Cancellation

My practice is limited to people who can attend consistently, as I have found that the work does not take hold otherwise. If that becomes difficult, we can stop and resume when you are ready. To cancel or reschedule, please give me at least 24 hours’ notice by text or email.

The paperwork provided before our first appointment outlines policies regarding confidentiality, cancellations, billing, and other aspects of treatment.