*Rates are based on the therapist's experience and advanced specialized training in couples and relational therapy.

20-Minute Phone Consultation- Free

Individual Therapy:

Individual Therapy $175 (Standard 50-minutes )

Couples Therapy:

Couples Therapy $175 (50-minutes)

Couples Therapy $260 (80-minutes)

Couples Therapy $350 (2 hours)

Sliding Fee Scale/Discount Services (Based on income and household size)

*Sliding Fee Scale spots are currently full

healthy heads + hearts accepts cash, HSA/FSA cards, credit cards (American Express, Discover, Mastercard, Visa) at the time of the appointment. I do not bill insurance. However, I will provide you with a superbill (medical receipt) at the end of each month that you can submit to your insurance company.

Before booking an appointment, we suggest calling the number on the back of your insurance card inquiring about your “out of network” therapy benefits and learning about how to submit an out-of-network reimbursement claim.

Why I don’t take insurance:

When I previously accepted payment from health insurers, I found that health insurance restrictions and limitations on relationship, couples therapy, and marriage counseling prevented me from collaborating with my clients on the best treatment and restricted the interventions we could work with to ensure that my couples were able to make their relationship improve and work.

Working extensively with couples, I have found that longer sessions beyond the traditional 50-minute time allowed by insurance are most effective. Further, using insurance requires that I diagnose one of you with a mental health disorder, which requires the other attend to support your mental health treatment by joining you in session. This takes the focus off of the relationship itself and is truly not couples or dyadic work in therapy. It isn’t helpful to the work as a couple.

That said, if you do plan to use out of network benefits, it is necessary that we diagnose one of you with a mental disorder. Which I am able to do if you want that in your protected health record.

Deciding to end my contracts with insurance has allowed me to connect with clients without the restrictions they place on therapists, and be more focused on you as people, your relationship, and effectively use the most effective evidence-based therapy for your relationship.

If you do want to use your health insurance benefits, I suggest contacting your health care insurance to confirm whether or not you have “out-of-network” mental health coverage. If you do have coverage, I can send you a receipt of services (also known as a “superbill”) which you can submit to your insurance for possible reimbursement of all or a portion of what you pay out of pocket for therapy.

These are some questions you can ask your insurance provider:

1) Do I have out of network mental health benefits?

2) If yes, what % of the cost do you reimburse?

3) Is there a deductible I need to meet before I get reimbursed?

4) If yes, what is the deductible amount?

5) How many sessions per year are covered?

6) How and where do I submit a superbill?

Clients are responsible for the fees at the time of their appointment, so I encourage you to verify your out-of-network benefits with your insurance company prior to your first session.

Insurance can feel confusing. Let me know if you have questions about the out-of-network process, we would love to take the time help you understand your insurance and how to get reimbursed.

It varies depending on whether you are seeking couples or individual therapy. It also depends on your goals and treatment plan. It is common for us to meet weekly to build momentum in change. When we feel it is natural to start spreading out appointments, we will collaborate this process until the discharge of therapy. Of course, this is your time and investment, and if you feel weekly is not feasible, let’s talk,

Based on the research of John and Julie Gottman (married 35 years in 2023). They studied over 40,000 couples to find out what makes some couples successful and others not (“masters” vs. “disasters”). They perfected a method of therapeutically working with couples to achieve more empathy and connection to revitalize early feelings of respect and build deeper connections. These skills become the basis for helping couples push past the stagnancy often felt in long-term marriages and heal from many common relationship issues, such as infidelity, broken trust, gridlocked conflicts, and more.

The process starts with a thorough assessment of the relationship to quickly identify the vulnerabilities and strengths in the current relationship before looking forward to where the couple wants to be.

While friends and family can offer perspectives, a therapist offers clinical, research-based approaches and has gone through extensive training. A therapist offers a safe and judgment-free space to identify relational patterns, gain insight into behavioral and emotional patterns, and promote long-lasting change.

For anyone seeking to build better relationships, whether single and searching, or as a couple -therapy is about learning how to break out of old, destructive patterns of relating, heal from past relationship wounds, and create conversations that lead to deeper connections. A therapist trained to work specifically with couples can help you do that.

Finally - therapy is all about you! Our work together is completely focused on your issues and goals.

I offer both. I see clients all over the State of Michigan for therapy, and I have a few clients in other states with whom I have a coaching relationship.

My online sessions as well as client records are currently offered through a HIPAA compliant program called SimplePractice.

My office is located in downtown Grand Rapids, just a block from the Van Andel events center.

No and Yes. Couples navigating the break-up of their relationship often move (or one moves) out of state. They want to work together for the benefit of their children, but are not as interested in deepening the connection between them.

Since I have extensive training in both areas, and the goals of coaching are distinct from counseling, I am able to work with anyone anywhere.

Contact me to learn more.