Professional & personable services, tailored to your needs
Services & Specialities
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Weekly therapy sessions designed to address your treatment goals. Therapy sessions are a blend traditional talk therapy with skill building and somatic work. Can include Somatic Experiencing, individual trauma-focused yoga and/or EMDR. In-person and online sessions offered.
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Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a body-oriented modality that aims to heal symptoms of stress and trauma that accumulate in our bodies. It is a therapeutic model created by Dr. Peter A. Levine that helps us release patterns of fight, flight or freeze and become more resilient.
This work can be done on its own or as a part of an integrative therapy. In-person and online sessions offered.
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EMDR is a structured therapy that encourages you to focus briefly on the trauma memory while simultaneously experiencing bilateral stimulation (typically eye movements), which is associated with a reduction in the vividness and emotion associated with the trauma memories. EMDR therapy is an extensively researched, effective psychotherapy method proven to help people recover from trauma and PTSD symptoms. It also works for adverse or stressful life events.
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TCTSY is based on central components of the hatha style of yoga, where participants engage in a series of physical forms and movements. Elements of standard hatha yoga are modified to maximize experiences of empowerment and to cultivate a more positive relationship to your body. TCTSY can be incorporated with individual therapy or done on its own.
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Intensives are longer-format sessions designed to be effective and efficient to support your treatment goals. They can be focused on EMDR or Somatic Experiencing. Sessions will include real-time practice and integration. Intensives are 90 or 120 minutes and can be 1-5x per week depending on treatment goals, modality and timeline. This option is ideal for someone who wants to dig deeply into the work to gain relief from mind-body symptoms or someone who has a limited timeline or doesn’t want to commit to longterm therapy.
If you are having a mental health emergency, please call 911 or visit your local emergency room. You can also text HOME to 741741 (Crisis Text Line) or call 1-800-273-8255 to speak with someone live (Suicide Prevention Lifeline).
If you live in Boston, you can contact the Boston Emergency Services Team (BEST), a Boston Medical Center (BMC) service, which offers 24/7 mobile crisis intervention. You can reach BEST by calling their toll-free crisis line at 1-800-981-HELP (4357) for immediate assistance.
Investment
Jessica’s Session Fees:
All standard individual sessions are $275 for 55 minutes.
90-minute intensive: $415
Two-hour intensive: $550
Intern Session Fees:
To support greater access to therapy within our practice, we offer sessions with our highly trained clinical interns at a reduced rate:
$150 for 55 minutes
Our interns work closely under expert supervision and bring fresh perspectives, strong clinical training, and compassionate presence to each session. This option allows clients to receive high-quality, trauma-informed care at a more accessible price while benefiting from the depth of support our practice provides.
Payment Information
Payment is due at the time of each session. We accept major credit cards, as well as HSA and FSA payment options.
Many clients choose not to involve insurance. This allows us the freedom to work outside of mental health diagnostic codes, which insurance companies require. Without using insurance, we can more specifically focus on your presenting concerns and deepen the somatic work. Insurance companies may also request notes, which may compromise your confidentiality.
Insurance & Reimbursement
We are an out-of-network provider and do not bill insurance directly. Upon request, we can provide a monthly superbill that you may submit to your insurance company for potential reimbursement, depending on your plan’s out-of-network benefits. To learn more about this, please call your insurance company for an explanation of benefits. Check out this guide for more information.
Cancellation Policy
Because your session time is reserved exclusively for you, cancellations or rescheduling require 24 hours’ notice. Appointments canceled with less than 24 hours’ notice are billed at the full session rate.
What to Expect in Session
Once you book your first appointment over the phone or via email, we will use the first few sessions to settle in, either virtually or in-person. We will take some time to talk through what brings you to therapy as well as your goals with plenty of time for you to ask questions.
From here, we will collaborate to come up with a unique treatment plan, typically blending a mix of talk therapy and somatic work or EMDR. The treatment plan includes specific goals with room to explore what else might come up during our work.
During a Somatic Experiencing session, you can expect to focus deeply on your body sensations to identify and gradually release physical tension and emotional distress related to past traumatic experiences, often through techniques like breathwork, body scans, and gentle movement, while learning to recognize and navigate your body's signals of arousal and calm within a safe and supportive environment.
During EMDR therapy, you will be asked to focus on a specific event. Attention will be given to a negative image, belief, emotion, and body sensation related to this event and then to a positive belief indicating the issue was resolved. While you focus on a distressing event, you will follow sets of side-to-side eye movements or taps. You will be guided to notice what comes to mind after each set with attention given to shifts in insight or changes in images, feelings, or beliefs regarding the event. You will have complete control to stop at any point if needed. The sets of eye movements, sounds, or taps are repeated until the event becomes less distressing.
Contact
Send me a message to schedule a free 15-minute phone consultation. I can answer any questions you have and get you set up with an initial appointment. I can also help you look up and verify your PPO out-of-network benefits.
Please let me know times you are available to connect!