Therapy for Teens

In-Person in Denver, CO; Online in CO and IL

If you are a teen looking at this page and wondering if I’m the right therapist for you, I hope you’ll give me a chance. I’ve worked with people ages 12-20 for a long time and I genuinely love working with tweens, teens, and young adults. Though I’m old now, I also deeply remember what it was like to be your age- and even though our life experiences might be very different, I’ll be committed to get to know what it’s like to be you and I’ll make therapy a space that is warm, caring, and hopefully fun too. 

You might be here because the adults in your life are concerned and want you to get more support, or perhaps you're here on your own. Whatever the case may be, I can promise to you that our work together will be focused on your wants, needs, and goals. I really believe that you are the expert on you, and it’s my job to be on your team, 100%. Below you’ll find some common questions that teens ask me about therapy. Please contact me if you have more questions, I’m happy to answer them the best I can! 

If you are ready to get started with me now, click the button above to book a 20-minute phone call with me so we can see if we’re a good fit for each other. Even if I’m not the right therapist for you, I’ll help you find someone who is.

The questions I get asked the most:

  • Therapy is $140 for a 53+ minute Session. You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate of what your services may cost.

    I accept HSA/FSA cards through my billing system. If your insurance has “out of network” benefits, I may be able to provide you with superbills, which may allow you to access reimbursement for your out-of-pocket cost for therapy.

    Through Alma, I am an “In-Network” Provider Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, and Optum/United Health Plans.  For a cost estimate with your insurance please use this calculator.

  • Family sessions last 53+ minutes and cost $140 a session. If we’re using insurance for your therapy, we will likely bill your insurance for family therapy sessions too.

  • As you might know, once you are the age of 12 in Colorado and 16 in Illinois, you can consent to your own mental health therapy. When you give me permission to work with you, you become my client, and this means that the person that I am doing therapy with is you- I can’t also provide therapy to your parent(s), guardian(s), or anyone else in your family.

    At the start of therapy, we’ll discuss how much your parent(s)/guardian(s) will be involved in therapy. At the most minimal level, I typically like for a parent/guardian to be involved in therapy for the first session and any time we make major updates to your work with me, but if part of your goals in therapy is to improve relationship and communication with your family, we might bring in your adults more often or if you’d like I can give your adults some coaching on how to support you better.

    With your permission, I might occasionally give your adults updates on what you're working on in therapy so that they can help you practice what you're learning with me. 


  • The majority of the things we’ll talk about in therapy stays confidential (private)  between you and me unless you give me written permission to speak with the adults in your life about the topics we’re discussing. A good rule of thumb in therapy is that if it involves yours or others safety, I can’t keep it confidential.

    The most common times I must break confidentiality are:

    1. When you share information about self-harm, risky behaviors (like substance use or eating disorder behaviors), suicidal thinking/behaviors, or thoughts/behaviors of harming someone else. If this occurs in our session we’ll include your parent/guardian in our conversation and develop a plan to keep you and others safe.

    2. When you share that you or someone you know is experiencing or has experienced abuse or neglect. Because I’m a mandated reporter, I’ll inform you that I have to make a report with either Adult Protective Services or the Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline. 

  • If we use your family’s insurance plan for therapy, your parent or guardian will likely receive statements and charges for our services, and though they will not know the content of each of our sessions, they will know when they occurred.

    If you are paying privately, whoever has access to view the charges for the credit card you use to pay for therapy will see the charges for therapy.

    If you don’t show up to a scheduled session or you cancel a session within 24 hours, I charge my late cancellation fee to the credit card on file.