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Cancellation policy

I do not charge for cancellations. If we are scheduled to meet and you need to cancel, please just let me know as soon as you can, preferably by three hours prior to our scheduled meeting, especially if we were slated to meet in-person. If canceling becomes a pattern, we can identify what may be getting in the way and forge a viable path forward.

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75-minute sessions

So that we do not feel rushed, I do 75-minute sessions. We may not need all that time, but it is included in the fee. (More on fee here.)

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Weekly opt-in protocol

I hold the radical view that people will come to therapy if they find it helpful or useful, and that they won’t if they don’t. Thus, at the start of every week I will send out a generic email requesting that if you would like to meet this week, please confirm so by three hours prior to our next tentative session, and whether you would like to meet online or in-person. You may find yourself feeling sufficiently resourced and thus not needing to meet. If we are not scheduled to meet but you would like to request a session, please reply so and I will confirm my availability. If yes, I look forward to seeing you then as always. If no, sending best wishes for continued wellness and resourcing.

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Toolbox

If we work together, I will create a toolbox specific to you. Your toolbox will comprise resources and practices we may (or may not) have touched on in session, your own words of wisdom I may have captured and am reflecting back, quotes or poems I may have thought of or shared apropos of salient themes from the session, and/or other topical/peripheral therapeutic miscellany. I will update and share your toolbox the weekend following our session (or soon thereafter) so that you have it as an onoing meta-resource.

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Resource Friday

Every Friday I offer a weekly resource—usually a practice, prompt, quote or poem (or all the above)—encapsulating a theme common across different client sessions throughout the week.

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Hybrid practice

I see clients both online and in-person. My brick & mortar office is located at the top of the BART stairs in downtown Berkeley in the suite side of the Wells Fargo building, 2140 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 307. (Office details & Covid protocol here.)

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Crisis policy

If you are experienciong a crisis and I am called and available to assist, please know that I will both be right by your side and that I will charge my hourly rate. Please refer to your Safety Plan, toolbox, DBT & other skills that may suffice so as to not need my assistance. Otherwise dial 988 for immediate support or 911 for immediate assistance.

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Appointment conflict disclaimer

Occasionally I need to adjust or postpone appointments due to unforeseen events. This arrangement is not workable for everyone and I can help find an appropriate referral if this is the case for you.

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Personal health disclaimer

Due to a sporadically recurring (however non-life-threatening) health condition, I occasionally need to adjust or postpone appointments. When this occurs, I am usually back to 100% within 1-3 days and able to provide other same-week availability. Unless I share otherwise I will still be available in crisis and you will not be burdening me if you reach out. I am also away on average for 1 week every 3 months, as well as for 2 consecutive weeks twice annually. On very rare occasions I need to be away for more extended periods; I will specify so when such circumstances arise. As stated above, when such disruptions occur, I will likely still be available in crisis and you will not be burdening me if you reach out; I will otherwise have a backup clinician subbing in for me. This arrangement is not workable for everyone and I can help find an appropriate referral if this is the case for you.

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