FAQs

How do I connect with you for treatment?

Great question. Here’s the process, step-by-step.

1) Take a peek around this website to make sure the provider profile, the services offered, and your needs seem like a good fit.
2) Go here and click on one of the blue buttons to schedule a free 15 minute match call with the provider you would like to work with.
3) We’ll have the call to go over any needs and questions, and if it feels right, you’ll then be on your way to scheduling a 60 min initial appointment.

I’ve never been treated for my mental health symptoms. I’m used to handling things on my own. Aren’t people who seek treatment weak?

Not at all! Quite the opposite, actually. It takes insight and strength to know that you need help. It takes a lot of courage and initiative to then take action to seek care and treatment. You may have tried a lot of different things on your own in order to feel better, and what you’ve done so far hasn’t worked, or hasn’t been enough. You have strengths that can be tapped into, and considering mental health medication may be a good first step to reduce your symptomology so you can gain some real traction in recovery.

Why should I take medication?

Maybe you shouldn’t!

However, usually when you’re struggling enough with symptoms you can’t seem to handle alone or with various methods you’ve already tried, medication can help you get going in the right direction. Medication can help you begin to heal and pick up the pieces. Once you get a foundation of support beneath you, you may decide you want to work on the ‘heart’ or ‘core’ of the issue and engage in evidence-based psychotherapy that treats the root of your difficulties and teaches you valuable coping skills.

How will it work? What do I have to do in sessions?

Because each person has different challenges and goals, treatment will vary some depending on the individual. We tailor our therapeutic approach and medication suggestions to your specific needs. We will look at options together and our job will be to develop a treatment plan with you that feels good, makes sense to you, and takes into account your values, wants, and needs. It is also vital and very important that our treatment plan makes good clinical sense based on the research available regarding effective treatment.

How long will it take?

Unfortunately, this is not possible to say in a general FAQs page. Everyone’s circumstances are unique to them. The length of time treatment can take to allow you to accomplish your goals depends on your desire for personal development, your commitment, and the factors that are driving you to seek treatment in the first place. You may only need medication to help with your symptoms for a relatively short time, or you may decide that you feel so much better on the medication and your quality of life has so dramatically improved, that you would like to stay on them for longer.

I want to get the most out of treatment. What can I do to help myself?

I am so glad you are dedicated to getting the most out of your sessions. That’s really cool. Recovery is a truly beautiful thing. Your active participation and dedication is crucial to your success, and we may only see each other for a session every month or so. It’s the work you do outside of our sessions that will really help you see your personal growth and development.