Preparing for Your Appointment:
This page provides essential information about scheduling, what to expect, and how to prepare for your therapy sessions. Please review these details carefully to ensure a smooth and productive experience. If you’re ready to commit to your healing journey, this is where it begins.
New Clients:
Regarding initial consultations: Unlike some therapists, I don't generally generally offer initial consultations. I believe that 15-20 minutes is generally not enough time to decide if it's a good client/therapist fit. Instead, I recommend going ahead with an intake and seeing how it goes, knowing you are free to end services at any time for any reason. From my experience, you can usually tell if it's a good longer-term match after about 4-5 weekly sessions.
Scheduling & Availability:To provide consistent, high-quality care and to support meaningful therapeutic progress, I work with clients on a weekly basis at a recurring day and time. This model allows us to build a reliable therapeutic rhythm that benefits both the client and the process. At this time, I do not offer “as-needed” or drop-in sessions, nor do I maintain a cancellation or on-call list for sporadic appointments. If you’re looking for more flexible, variable, one-time, or short-term support, I’m happy to refer you to colleagues or services better suited to that approach.
Forms: Before booking your first session, please make sure you have completed your Interest form and your Intake paperwork here. Note: Forms may take approximately 15-20 minutes to complete. There will be a short questionnaire before booking your session. Please ensure that you are in a private, distraction-free space, have an adequate internet connection, and have working software and hardware before the time of your appointment. When you are ready to book your first appointment, please click here or use the calendar at the bottom of this page. You may join your first session here or by clicking the "Join Your Scheduled Telehealth Session" button at the bottom of this page.
Cancellation Policy:
Consistency is key: Therapy is most effective when attended consistently. We encourage open communication about anything that may affect your ability to participate. To help us provide quality care and manage our schedule, we ask that you cancel or reschedule appointments at least one week in advance whenever possible.
72-hour policy: Cancellations or reschedules made less than 72 hours before your appointment—except in cases of true emergency—will incur a $185 late cancellation fee, charged to the card on file. Arriving 15 minutes or more late will be considered a no-show and also result in this fee. Because consistent attendance is essential to progress, repeated cancellations or reschedules may lead to the termination of services.
Oregon Health Plan Clients: For Oregon Health Plan (OHP) clients: While the cancellation fee does not apply, three or more late cancellations (less than 72 hours’ notice) may result in the discontinuation of services.
Non-negotiable: This cancellation policy is non-negotiable. We understand that life is unpredictable and approach each situation with empathy, but this policy ensures fairness, consistency, and respect for the time reserved for your care.
Book Your Session:
You can book an intake or follow-up by following this link or using the embedded form below. If there are no appointment times listed, my schedule is likely full and you are welcome to inquire about future openings by completing the interest form.
Already have an appointment? See below.
Join Your session:
If you have already scheduled an appointment, please review the Telehealth Agreement and Telehealth Etiquette paragraphs before clicking the button below to join your session. You may be prompted to enter the password that was emailed to you at the time of your booking, so please have this password handy.
Telehealth Agreement:
Online therapy involves the use of technology, which may occasionally experience disruptions due to internet connectivity issues. Challenges with hardware, software, equipment, or third-party services can lead to service interruptions. I cannot control internet reliability or availability and cannot guarantee that these services will function without issues. If technical problems interfere with a scheduled session and it cannot be completed via video conferencing, please contact us immediately at info@dynamic-therapy-alliance.com. It is your responsibility to ensure you are in a secure, private location during sessions to maintain confidentiality. Audio or video recording of any session is not allowed by you, Dynamic Therapy Alliance, LLC, or any other party without prior consent. All information shared in sessions, as well as related written records, will remain confidential and will only be disclosed with written permission, except as required by law.
Telehealth Etiquette:
You may be at home and in what feels like a casual setting when attending a video session, and I hope telehealth provides you with the comfort and ease that an office visit might not provide. With that in mind, I am, however, “at work” when we meet and therefore expect that you do not do anything during a video session that you would not do if you were physically sitting in my office. For example: Please come to video sessions fully clothed and dressed appropriately. For ethical reasons, please seated and not lying down (as you are able). If you cannot attend a session as such, please speak with me beforehand to make special arrangements. To avoid cancellation of your session, please speak with me in advance if you plan to have another individual attend your session or who will be present in the room with you at any time during our session. For your safety and for the best service delivery possible, please do not engage in the following during a telehealth session: Operate a motor vehicle or bicycle, smoke/vape/consume substances, multitask (do housework, etc.). Please do not use your device (s) during the session for anything unrelated to your treatment.
If you have read both the Telehealth Agreement and Telehealth Etiquette Agreement, please joing your scheduled session below.