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Discover The Big You
Through Marriage Counseling & Individual Therapy

Transform Your Relationships with Marriage Counseling and Individual Therapy.

Serving clients in Suwanee, Duluth, Sugar Hill & Lawrenceville, Georgia

Telehealth sessions are available throughout GA

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The Big You is your authentic self - loving, calm, creative, and resilient. Sometimes life's challenges or past wounds keep you stuck in the 'little you' of anxiety, depression, or relationship struggles. My approach combines traditional therapy with Buddhist psychology principles to help you reconnect with your true essence.

 

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What You Can Expect:

  • Support - to be treated with dignity and respect.

  • Homework - Assignments are designed to encourage exploration of new ways of thinking, behaving, and responding emotionally. Therapy involves more than just talking!  

  • Anticipate engaging in various assignments, including mindfulness, meditation, self-compassion practices that foster the positive changes you want to see.

  • Results - a reduction in the frequency, intensity, or duration of the problematic symptoms.

How The Therapy Sessions Work

Initial Assessment

  • Usually conducted in my office in Suwanee, GA, the main goal of the initial assessment is to understand what's keeping you stuck in the little you, as well as circumstances such as family of origin issues, past trauma, or medical conditions that might be affecting your ability to connect with your authentic self.

  • Obtain relevant information about your health, relationships, self-care, stress level, and current coping skills.

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Follow up Sessions

  • Interventions help you learn to speak, listen, think and make decisions in ways that animate the Big You - that part of you that is compassionate, curious, wise, creative and loving. This authentic self is always accessible; we just need to clear the patterns that keep you disconnected from it.

  • Common approaches include shifting limiting beliefs, building relationship skills, improving self-care, and developing responses that come from your true self rather than reactive patterns.

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Therapy Resources

 

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No Surprises Act / Good Faith Estimate 

 

As of January 1, 2022, patients not using insurance have the right to receive a written Good Faith Estimate of expected costs before scheduling services.

  • You can request this estimate at least 1 business day before your appointment

  • If your final bill exceeds the estimate by $400 or more, you may dispute it

  • Save a copy of your estimate for your records

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For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit  www.cms.gov/nosurprises or call (800) 368-1019.

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