Making the calls to find the right Jungian analyst or psychotherapist is often the hardest, but once we take the first step we find our way. First you will call and leave a message on my voice mail (303-440-4000). Then when I receive your message, I will call to speak with you directly to answer your questions and to better understand why you called and if I can be of help. We will decide if an introductory session is the right choice for you, and, if it is, we will schedule an appointment.

Although many therapists offer free introductory sessions, I do not. When we agree to do an initial session, you will experience how I work and how we work together. Your problems will be addressed and when you have a session you will have an opportunity to work with a dream or use art materials. You will leave with suggestions for further work, a new approach and an expanded view of your situation. Whether or not you choose to schedule another appointment is entirely up to you. Having one appointment does not mean you must schedule a second one unless you are ready to do so, and we agree that the fit is right for us both.

My sessions are 60 minutes or 90 minutes long and are by appointment only. Long-distant phone sessions are available under special circumstances. Should you know you are unable to make the appointment, I appreciate notification as early as possible. If you are unable to make your appointment and you have not notified me 24 hours prior to our session, then I will charge you full fee for the time. This is unfortunate for us both, so please plan ahead. My fee is $110. an hour.

Clients pay at time of service. Insurance statements are provided for those clients who want “out of network” insurance or MSA account reimbursements. Filing insurance forms requires me to release certain confidential information; we will discuss what options fit best for you. I am not on any provider lists and will not negotiate with your insurance company.

If you decide to enter therapy, you may wonder how long it will last. This is an individual decision although I will give you my best therapeutic assessment and recommendations. Sometimes a few sessions with a clear focus is all that is needed to get back on track, particularly if you are not interested in depth psychotherapy or analysis. However, it is not uncommon to do a “chunk of work” that can take a year or more. It’s comforting to know you have a regular place and time where you can work with your dreams and bring consciousness to confusing feelings. You may even find therapy to be a kind of spiritual discipline because of the ritual of weekly sessions, the daily attention to your dreams, and the growing awareness of how the outside and inner worlds interact. Something is not wrong with you or you are not “crazy” or “weird” just because you are in therapy or analysis.  Nor does it mean when you enter such a personal process that you are self-centered because you want to get to know who you are from the inside out. In today’s society we have few opportunities that are contained, regular, confidential and emotionally supportive, where we can listen to our inner voice and explore feelings with a skilled and interested person. I see myself as an active part of your inner work, engaged in the process but also using my training to explore with you the symbolic, the metaphoric, the hidden, the invisible, the unknown and even the unknowable that exists within all of us and stitches us into humanity over thousands of years. If you are interested in these various levels of consciousness, then analysis is probably for you.

It’s important to realize that the therapeutic process may feel nonlinear and unpredictable, but the investment in your emotional world is “money in the bank” psychologically and one of the best avenues for clearing out wounds and getting to know yourself in a more meaningful and authentic way so you can live more fully in the world. It’s a healthy and responsible way to take care of yourself rather than burdening loved ones or feeling stuck and confused and taking out your frustrations on those around you. Being human is a momentous task and we are confronted with daily events that should not always be shouldered alone. These events are also tremendous opportunities for stretching ourselves into new ways of living our life.  Although we may be told to shoulder our life alone or that it is not so bad as it is,  the “buck up” attitude only encourages greater frustration, greater rigidity, low self-esteem and even isolation not only from others but also ourselves. By entering into a good analysis or therapy relationship, we discover that our challenges and suffering have surprising gifts that remain with us for life.

Depending upon your history and situation, you and I may develop treatment goals that are periodically reassessed to suit your situation. In an analysis, these treatment goals are not simply determined by the ego, but by the unconscious. Often the initial dream will give clues as to where the psyche needs to work. As a result, listening, recording, and working with dreams as a way to find direction in your inner work becomes a powerful guidance system that I take very seriously. If I don’t think our work is showing progress, I am ethically responsible to let you know this and will help you with your next step.

At some point, you will be ready to close your analysis or therapy and this will be made clear in various ways, including through your dreams. You are also welcome to check back on specific issues or begin another “chunk of work.”  Closing the work of analysis/therapy is an important process for both the analyst/therapist and client to consider and is often reflective of how people say or do good-byes. If the work has been in depth and long-term, the ending offers you an opportunity to re-do or undergo a different experience with closure than how you have experienced these transitions in the past. Often, the most salient issues of the analysis or therapy re-surface and so a set time frame for ending is typically inappropriate because it does not respect the nonlinear process of your inner work or the therapeutic relationship. The best endings are co-created by the two individuals involved in the therapeutic work where enough time and space is given to consciously explore and process the various complexes and images that surface around such a difficult topic.  The time frame is different for everyone. Endings can often be the most challenging time of therapy and when many therapists and clients unconsciously foreclose on the relationship and make abrupt endings or set a number of sessions to close. Such foreclosure only reinforces the collective’s devaluing perspective of inner psychological work. However, when the ending of a therapeutic alliance includes the exploration of a whole range of feelings and opens the door to being curious about the ending, then such a transition becomes a  time of psychological strengthening and integration, a launching pad for deep satisfaction, expanded consciousness, resulting in a healthy initiation back into every day life or the collective world. Our dreams confirm this process.

Along with individual sessions, couples and group work, I offer individual or group consultations to professionals interested in Jungian oriented depth psychotherapy and Jungian analysis, dreams, fairy tales, art therapy, specific clinical issues, and applications. I have also worked as an adjunct therapist on a limited  short-term basis under specific circumstances that require a team. I am available for specifically designed Jungian oriented workshops, creative renewal and group development workshops and presentations.