Do you accept insurance?

Yes, I accept Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO for Illinois clients. I can check your insurance benefits before you start therapy to help you understand your costs. If I’m not in-network with your insurance, I’ll provide a statement for you to submit to your insurance for reimbursement.

I do not accept insurance in Sweden or Europe.

Do you work with clients outside the United States?

Yes. I work with adults across the United States and Europe. I am based in Sweden and practice entirely online, which makes sessions accessible across time zones. I have particular experience with internationally mobile adults, expats, and global professionals navigating life between cultures.

Can I see a US-licensed therapist online if I live in Europe?

In most cases, yes — though it depends on your country of residence. As a US-licensed LCSW practicing online, I am able to see clients in many European countries. The rules vary by location, so I encourage you to reach out and we can talk through whether working together is possible where you live.

I've lived in multiple countries and don't feel fully at home anywhere. Is that something therapy can help with?

Yes — and it's one of the things I find most meaningful to work with. The experience of being from everywhere and nowhere, of having left versions of yourself behind in different places, of performing fluency in cultures that don't quite fit — these are real losses and real disorientation, even when life looks successful from the outside. This is exactly the kind of thing depth therapy is built for.

Are therapy sessions in person or virtual?

Currently I only offer therapy virtually through an encrypted video platform, which is easy to use and meets the strictest privacy standards, including HIPPA. Before each session, you are sent an email with a link to the virtual meeting.

What happens in the first session?

Typically in the first session, we review a brief history of your experience, your goals in therapy, and what has worked and not worked for you in the past. I can also go into more detail about my process.

What is the first step in starting therapy?

You can reach out to me via the contact form, and via email we can see if the logistics work well, including time of session, meeting virtually, and insurance. We would then set up a brief phone call, and work together to see if there is an initial fit, based on your needs and goals and my process. If we both agree to a fit, we then schedule our first session. Typically we meet 3-4 sessions and then, if needed, reevaluate to see if there is an ongoing fit.

What is depth psychotherapy, and how is it different from CBT or short-term therapy?

Depth psychotherapy is interested in the underlying patterns that shape how you feel, relate, and move through the world — not just the symptoms. Rather than teaching specific techniques or working toward a fixed endpoint, this approach takes time to understand you as a particular person: your history, your relational patterns, the way your past keeps showing up in your present. It tends to suit people who want to understand themselves more fully, not just manage what's difficult.

What are the benefits of therapy?

What we see in therapy, both from research and personal experience, is the fit and quality of the relationship between therapist and client is the key factor in a therapy being and feeling affective. My role is not to provide advice or be judgmental about clients or their behaviors. It is a relationship of building warmth and support, insight and the hard work of change together. For more information about this relationship, I find this article insightful: Why the Most Important Part of Therapy Is So Misunderstood by Santiago Delboy