Essex, VT
You do not need a diagnosis to deserve help.
Virtual therapy for Essex and Essex Junction, licensed in Vermont for telehealth. Free fifteen minute consult first.
Sessions here are 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.
Fifteen minutes, free, and nothing to prepare.
Prefer to call or text? 631-371-4888
- Sessions
- Virtual only. Licensed in Vermont for telehealth.
- Requirement
- Be physically in Vermont at session time.
- Focus
- Body image, food and exercise guilt, self-esteem and anxiety.
- Payment
- Private pay for Vermont clients, with a sliding scale available.
Why people here get in touch
Waiting to qualify for help you already need.
A great many people struggling with body image, food guilt or relentless self-criticism never meet criteria for any diagnosis, and use that as the reason not to seek help. The internal argument is that therapy is for people with something properly wrong, and this is just how they are.
Body image struggles sit on a wide spectrum, and they can take a serious amount out of someone's confidence, relationships and daily attention while that person looks completely fine from the outside. The measure worth using is what it costs you, not whether it clears a threshold in a manual.
How it works
The practical details.
Essex and Essex Junction sit northeast of Burlington in Chittenden County. Sessions are by video, so access does not depend on which practices in the Burlington area currently have openings.
Everything else is the same as it would be in a room: the same length, the same weekly rhythm, the same work. The consult is free and it is a conversation rather than an assessment.
Common questions
Asked by people in Essex.
- Do I need an eating disorder diagnosis to work on food guilt?
- No. Most people doing this work would not meet criteria for an eating disorder. If what is happening does need a higher level of care, I will say so rather than take it on regardless.
- How do I know if it is bad enough?
- That is what the free consult is for. Fifteen minutes to describe what is going on and get an honest answer, including if the honest answer is that a different kind of support fits better.
- Do you work with people who have tried therapy before?
- Often. A previous course that did not help is useful information about what to do differently, not evidence that therapy does not work for you.
What I work on
The work itself, wherever you are.
Fifteen minutes, before you decide anything.
A free consult for anyone in Essex. It is a conversation about what is going on and whether working together makes sense, with nothing to prepare.
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.