Distance stops deciding
In a rural state, specialty care concentrates in a few places and everyone else chooses between whoever is nearest and a long drive. From a screen, a specialist practice is equally close from anywhere in Vermont.
Vermont, statewide
The whole state, because none of it is a drive.
Virtual body image therapy across Vermont, for women whose confidence and plans move with how they think they look. Brattleboro is as reachable as Burlington.
Every Vermont session is by video. My Vermont license is a telehealth license, so there is no Vermont office. You need to be physically in Vermont at session time.
Book a free consult
Fifteen minutes, free, and nothing to prepare.
Prefer to call or text? 631-371-4888
- Sessions
- Virtual only, anywhere in Vermont.
- License
- Vermont telehealth license 089.0136817TELE (telehealth).
- Focus
- Body image, comparison, food and exercise guilt, self-worth.
- Payment
- Private pay for Vermont clients, with a sliding scale.
What brings people in
Quiet, daily, and easy to call normal.
Almost nobody arrives calling this a body image problem. They arrive describing a set of ordinary sounding habits that have quietly taken over a large part of the day.
- Checking your reflection, or avoiding mirrors entirely.
- Deciding what to wear by what covers the most.
- Guilt after eating, or after a day without exercise.
- Comparing yourself to everyone, on a screen and off it.
- Skipping things you wanted to do over how you look.
- Needing reassurance, then not believing it.
Why this works in Vermont
Video is not the consolation prize here.
Winter does not cancel it
A weekly appointment that depends on the roads is a weekly appointment that stops in January. Sessions continue in weather that would make the drive a bad idea.
Nobody sees you arrive
In small communities the waiting room is a real barrier, and it keeps people out of therapy who want to be in it. There is no building to be seen going into.
Common questions
Licensing, cost and how it works.
- Are you licensed in Vermont?
- Yes. My Vermont license is a telehealth license, number 089.0136817TELE (telehealth), which is what permits me to see Vermont clients by video. It does not permit in person sessions in Vermont, so there is no Vermont office and there will not be one.
- Where in Vermont do you work?
- The whole state. Because sessions are by video, Brattleboro is exactly as reachable as Burlington, and there is no part of Vermont that is too far away.
- Do I have to be in Vermont during the session?
- Yes, physically. A license covers the state the client is in at the time, so being a Vermont resident is not enough if you happen to be somewhere else that day. New York also works, since I am licensed there too.
- Do you take Vermont insurance?
- The plans I am in network with are New York plans, so Vermont clients are private pay. A sliding scale is available, and cost is a reasonable thing to raise directly in the free consult.
- Is video therapy as good as being in a room?
- For the concerns I work with, the evidence for video sessions is encouraging, and in practice the biggest factor is whether someone keeps attending. Being in your own space can also help, since it is usually where the patterns actually happen.
Across Vermont
Every session here is by video.
What I work on
Beyond body image.
- Self-esteem and self-worthThe inner critic, approval seeking, and worth that moves with feedback.
- AnxietyOverthinking, anticipation, social anxiety and physical tension.
- Eating disordersRestriction, food guilt, compensating, and rules that keep multiplying.
- Perfectionism and people pleasingPerfectionism, people pleasing, boundaries and the fear of being too much.
- Relationship issuesAttachment patterns, over-giving, jealousy and losing yourself in a relationship.
- Life transitionsGraduating, moving, career changes, breakups and identity shifts.
A free consult, from wherever you are.
Fifteen minutes by video to talk about what is going on and whether working together makes sense. Nothing to prepare, and no commitment attached to it.
Book a free consult
Prefer to call or text? 631-371-4888
Insurance accepted for select New York plans: Aetna, Northwell Direct, UnitedHealthcare and Optum. Private pay and sliding scale available everywhere, including Vermont.