Your First Session
Sessions are by appointment only.
After you have scheduled your first appointment with me by phone:
The office is located at 597 E. Green Street in the Playhouse District of Pasadena (on the same block as Urth Caffe and The Pasadena Playhouse, but on the South/Green St. side). Green Street is a one-way street going from West to East with Madison as the nearest cross-street to my office. There is typically free street parking until Jan 2026 when parking will be metered through street meters and the Passport Parking app. The Playhouse Parking Lot is also adjacent to the building and can be paid via meters in the lot or the Passport Parking app.
When you arrive for your first appointment, enter through the gate, go up the stairs, and have a seat on the bench outside of suite 202. If you are able to arrive 5-10 minutes early, I will come out and give you the paperwork, so that you can complete it before your session. If you have any questions you’d like to ask or you’d like clarification regarding anything you have read, wait to sign your paperwork until we start session, so I can answer your questions.
The paperwork will consist of Consent for Treatment sheets, the Limits of Confidentiality agreement, and a brief information sheet that usually takes less than 5 minutes to complete. If you would like these emailed to you to read and/or sign ahead of your session, leave me a voicemail 24 hours before your session and I will email them to you.
I will come out on the hour to bring you into the office to start your session. If you arrive late, you can knock on the door of suite 202. Please do not knock if you arrive early for your appointment, in case there is another session in progress.
Bring either cash or check for payment of your first session or request to use the Zelle payment system. Payment is made at the beginning of session. If you will also be using out-of-network insurance benefits to seek some reimbursement for your session costs, please let me know at the first session, so I can create a statement for you.
If you are using Medicare and have Supplemental insurance, you will not have to bring any form of payment. Just bring your Medicare and Supplemental Insurance cards to your first session.
Sessions typically last 50 minutes with the exception of sliding-scale sessions which last 45 minutes.
I look forward to working together.
