individual therapy

One person. One hour. Nowhere to perform.

Ongoing 1:1 work, talk and body-aware practice together, shaped entirely around your story, not a protocol applied to everyone who walks in.

Provided through my role as a licensed associate counselor at Layers Therapy.

how i actually work

You've probably said one of these before.

"We talked about my childhood every week. Nothing changed."

"I understood exactly why I do it. I still couldn't do anything different."

"My therapist just nodded and asked how that made me feel."

"I spent fifty minutes performing that I was okay."

"No one ever asked about my body, my culture, or my faith."

This isn't that.

I don't call it "the therapeutic relationship." I call it a container, something strong enough to actually hold what you bring into it.

"The quality of that container is one of the most consistent predictors of whether therapy works at all."

Flückiger, Del Re, Wampold & Horvath · meta-analysis of the therapeutic alliance across hundreds of studies

So the container gets built from more than one thing.

You don't heal alone in a room by yourself, even when the room only has two people in it. AEDP works directly with that aloneness, and with the felt experience of finally not being in it.

Not a technique applied to you. A container built with you.

what sessions actually look like

Not a script. A relationship that develops, and ends well.

Session five doesn't look like session one, and the last session shouldn't be an afterthought either. Here's honestly what each stage involves.

01

Opening

the first session

Less about diagnosing you, more about understanding you. What brought you here, what you've already tried, and what "stuck" actually feels like in your specific life.

Your story, in your own words, at your own pace
What's already working, not just what's broken
A first read on what the container needs to hold
No pressure to have it all figured out yet

02

Deepening

the sessions after that

This is where the real work happens, and it shifts week to week based on what's actually alive for you, not a fixed curriculum applied regardless of what walks in the door.

Some weeks are talk. Some weeks are the body.
Patterns get named as they show up live, not just recalled
Ruptures get repaired in real time, not smoothed over
Pace is renegotiated constantly, never assumed

03

Closing

the ending

How this ends matters as much as how it went. Many people have only ever had therapy stop, insurance ran out, life got busy, it just faded. That's not how this closes.

Ending is planned together, not something that just happens to you
What changed gets named out loud, not assumed
We talk honestly about what might bring you back someday
You leave with something, not just an empty calendar slot

All three stages stay flexible. If something needs more time, including the closing, it gets more time.

is this the right fit

Worth knowing before you reach out.

likely a good fit

You want a relationship with your therapist, not just a technique applied to you week after week

You're carrying anxiety, depression, trauma, or a life transition that talk alone hasn't fully moved

Your culture, identity, or faith matter to you and you want a therapist who treats that as real, not incidental

You're open to the body being part of the conversation, even if you've never worked that way before

may not be the right fit yet

You're in acute crisis or need a higher level of care right now

You're looking for medication management rather than therapy

You need a specialist in a specific area (eating disorders, custody evaluations, etc.) outside this scope

You're looking for advice and direction more than a collaborative process

the practical part

No surprises. Here's exactly what this involves.

session length

60 minutes

cadence

weekly, typically

setting

telehealth, primarily

location

licensed in New Jersey

private pay

$150/session

Paid directly, no insurance involved on either end.

in-network

Aetna

Your standard copay applies, verify your specific benefits with Aetna directly.

out-of-network

Possible

If your plan offers out-of-network benefits, a superbill can be provided for reimbursement.

One thing worth knowing plainly

Individual therapy is provided through my role as a licensed associate counselor at Layers Therapy, not directly through WDML. Intake paperwork, scheduling, and clinical records live there. This page is where you get to know how I work, Layers is where the actual care happens.

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before you go

You don't have to know what to say yet.

A first message doesn't need to be well-written or fully explained. "I think I need to talk to someone" is a complete sentence. I'll take it from there.