Commonly Asked Questions:

What type of patient do you work with?

What is your approach to medication?

Do you offer remote treatment options?

What don’t you do?

A:

I work with anyone who wants to understand themselves. I believe that variation is the hallmark of biological systems and that humans are no exception to this. Mutual respect, support for and enjoyment of our differences is essential for a healthy family, community, and world.

Everyone has a unique sensitivity to stress and some people have psychiatric illnesses that are genetically determined. This doesn’t mean that psychotherapy won’t be helpful but medication may be useful or necessary in order to control more concerning symptoms, such as those that interfere with safety or the ability to work or parent.

I offer psychotherapy via Zoom but will encourage you to meet in person as much as possible because I think it’s better. I believe there is added communication that occurs between people in person that we lose virtually. However, when it’s minus 10 degrees or a blizzard is raging, or one of us might have been exposed to COVID, then Zoom is better!

I am currently licensed in Illinois, Indiana, Colorado, and Michigan; but can only offer in person treatment in Illinois.

1) Tell you what you should do.

2) Give homework assignments.

3) Overmedicate.

4) Talk too much.

5) Answer the phone in the middle of the night or in the middle of a session.

Some exceptions may apply.