Frequently Asked Questions

  • Kensington Art Therapy is a private-pay, out-of-network practice.

    • 60-minute psychotherapy session: $250

    • 90-minute psychotherapy session: $375

    Longer sessions are recommended for some clients engaged in somatic and trauma-focused therapy, as they can provide additional time for regulation, processing, and integration.

    Payment is due at the time of service.

    A limited number of reduced-fee spots may be available for clients engaged in ongoing weekly therapy.

  • Yes. I work primarily through secure telehealth with clients located in New York and Maryland. Many clients are surprised by how deep, connected, and effective somatic and trauma-focused therapy can be online. As a clinician, I find it can support stabilization and deeper work by allowing clients to remain in a familiar environment where they can rest and continue to regulate following each session instead of disrupting their internal process with a commute.

    In-person and nature-based sessions are also available in Maryland when clinically appropriate.

  • I specialize in working with women navigating trauma, anxiety, complex PTSD, childhood wounds, emotional neglect, sensory sensitivity, masking, and nervous system dysregulation.

    Many of the clients I work with are thoughtful, capable, and highly adaptive on the outside, yet internally feel overwhelmed, disconnected, exhausted, or stuck in patterns they cannot fully explain.

    Some clients identify as highly sensitive, neurodivergent, or late-discovered in understanding how their nervous system works. Others simply know that traditional talk therapy has helped them understand their story, but not fully change how they feel inside.

  • Somatic therapy is a body-based approach to trauma treatment that works with both the mind and nervous system.

    Rather than focusing on thoughts alone, we also pay attention to sensations, movement, posture, breath, and patterns that arise in the present moment. This can help access experiences and survival responses that may live beyond words or conscious memory.

    I am trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, developed by Pat Ogden.

  • No. My practice does not involve therapeutic touch. Somatic therapy in this setting is a body-based talk therapy that may include mindful awareness of sensations, posture, movement, breath, imagery, and present-moment experience—all within clear relational and professional boundaries.

  • No artistic experience is needed.

    Art therapy is a creative, sensory-based, and often non-verbal form of psychotherapy that can help give form to emotions, memories, and parts of the self that may be difficult to access through talking alone.

    The focus is on the process—not artistic skill, technique, or the finished product.

  • Yes.

    Some clients work with me for ongoing individual psychotherapy, while others seek adjunctive somatic or expressive therapy alongside an existing therapist, psychiatrist, or other provider.

    This can be especially helpful when treatment goals involve trauma processing, nervous system regulation, sensory awareness, or non-verbal work that extends beyond insight alone.

  • Clients often seek support for:

    • Complex PTSD and developmental trauma

    • Childhood trauma and emotional neglect

    • Anxiety, panic, and chronic stress

    • Attachment wounds and relationship patterns

    • Dissociation, shutdown, or feeling emotionally numb

    • Sensory overwhelm, masking, and difficulty identifying feelings

    • Perfectionism, people-pleasing, and burnout

    • Grief, loss, and major life transitions

  • Kensington Art Therapy is a private-pay, out-of-network practice.

    Payment is due at the time of service.

  • I am licensed to provide psychotherapy to clients located in:

    • New York

    • Maryland

  • Therapy is tailored to each person’s goals, needs, and pace.

    Many clients begin with weekly sessions to build safety, consistency, and momentum. At times—especially during periods of acute stress, trauma activation, major life transitions, or nervous system dysregulation—some clients choose to meet twice weekly to support stabilization, symptom relief, and deeper integration.

    Others work with me short-term, periodically, or in an adjunctive capacity alongside an existing therapist.

    I maintain a limited caseload to support individualized, depth-oriented care.

  • If you are thoughtful, insightful, and deeply aware of others—but internally feel anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, shut down, sensitive to your environment, or like you are working much harder than others just to get through everyday life—you may be in the right place.

    You may struggle to identify your own feelings, needs, or internal cues, even while spending a great deal of energy adapting, coping, or trying to hold things together.

    If talk therapy has helped you understand your story, but not fully change how you feel inside, I invite you to schedule a consultation.