WHO DO YOU TREAT?
I treat children, adolescents, and adults with:
I have also been trained in SPACE (SUPPORTIVE PARENTING FOR ANXIOUS CHILDHOOD EMOTIONS) - Dr. Eli Lebowitz's wonderful parent-based treatment program for child and adolescent anxiety. You can read more about SPACE here.
I also enjoy working with clients who are adjusting to adjusting to life transitions, including:
WHAT KIND OF TREATMENT APPROACH DO YOU TAKE?
I use cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
CBT is a present-focused, problem-focused approach to treatment, with decades of scientific research demonstrating its efficacy. CBT involves coaching clients to think about themselves and the world in a different way, as well as helping clients to confront situations that they currently fear or avoid. In contrast to many other practitioners, I actively do "exposures" during therapy sessions with my clients. These might range from going to a pet store with a child who fears dogs, accompanying a client to a lab for a blood test in the course of treatment for a needle phobia, or using public restrooms with patients who fear getting ill from dirt and germs. Each treatment plan is individualized depending on a client's unique fears and goals.
DO YOU DO TELEHEALTH OR IN-PERSON TREATMENT?
I see MOST of my patients via telehealth. Many studies (even some done before the pandemic) demonstrate the effectiveness of telehealth as a means of delivering cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Telehealth is very well-suited to treatment of anxiety disorders because sessions can be spent doing exposures "where your anxiety lives" (like in your home, in public places) with real-time therapist coaching.
I also see patients one day per week in person in an office in Bala Cynwyd, PA. In my opinion, in-person treatment is most appropriate for kids 10 and under. Many clients also like to start treatment in-person and then shift to telehealth once they have become comfortable with me.
Do you take insurance?
I am not a member of any insurance panels. Payment is made at each session via check, cash, or credit card. A receipt will be provided at the conclusion of each session that clients can then submit to their insurance company for reimbursement.
I treat children, adolescents, and adults with:
- obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
- generalized anxiety disorder
- social anxiety disorder
- specific phobias (animals/insects; blood/injections/injuries; choking and vomiting; flying/driving, etc)
- panic disorder
- perfectionism
I have also been trained in SPACE (SUPPORTIVE PARENTING FOR ANXIOUS CHILDHOOD EMOTIONS) - Dr. Eli Lebowitz's wonderful parent-based treatment program for child and adolescent anxiety. You can read more about SPACE here.
I also enjoy working with clients who are adjusting to adjusting to life transitions, including:
- college/grad school/professional school
- young adulthood (post-college)
- expectant and new parents
WHAT KIND OF TREATMENT APPROACH DO YOU TAKE?
I use cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
CBT is a present-focused, problem-focused approach to treatment, with decades of scientific research demonstrating its efficacy. CBT involves coaching clients to think about themselves and the world in a different way, as well as helping clients to confront situations that they currently fear or avoid. In contrast to many other practitioners, I actively do "exposures" during therapy sessions with my clients. These might range from going to a pet store with a child who fears dogs, accompanying a client to a lab for a blood test in the course of treatment for a needle phobia, or using public restrooms with patients who fear getting ill from dirt and germs. Each treatment plan is individualized depending on a client's unique fears and goals.
DO YOU DO TELEHEALTH OR IN-PERSON TREATMENT?
I see MOST of my patients via telehealth. Many studies (even some done before the pandemic) demonstrate the effectiveness of telehealth as a means of delivering cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Telehealth is very well-suited to treatment of anxiety disorders because sessions can be spent doing exposures "where your anxiety lives" (like in your home, in public places) with real-time therapist coaching.
I also see patients one day per week in person in an office in Bala Cynwyd, PA. In my opinion, in-person treatment is most appropriate for kids 10 and under. Many clients also like to start treatment in-person and then shift to telehealth once they have become comfortable with me.
Do you take insurance?
I am not a member of any insurance panels. Payment is made at each session via check, cash, or credit card. A receipt will be provided at the conclusion of each session that clients can then submit to their insurance company for reimbursement.