Specialties
Therapy for College Students
For students juggling classes, independence, identity and everyone’s expectations—including your own—who want a place that’s just theirs.
Virtual therapy, California and Massachusetts
College is often described as the best years of your life, which can make it lonely when it doesn’t feel that way. Academic pressure, new independence, shifting friendships, first serious relationships, questions about identity and what you’re supposed to do with your life—it’s a lot to hold at once, often far from the people who know you best.
Therapy can be a steady place in the middle of all that change. In our work together, we’ll make room for the stress you can name and the feelings you can’t quite explain yet, without you having to perform being fine.
What college can bring up
Being a student involves a lot of firsts: managing your own time and money, sharing space with roommates, building a social life from scratch, and making decisions that feel enormous. It’s common for anxiety to spike around exams and deadlines, for perfectionism to tighten its grip, or for old family patterns to show up in new relationships.
College can also be a time when identity opens up—sexuality, gender, culture, beliefs, career. That can be exciting and destabilizing in equal measure. If you’re exploring who you are, my page on LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy explains how I hold that work, and my aim is a space where you can bring your full self without having to explain or defend it.
Keeping therapy steady between California and Massachusetts
Because I’m licensed in both California and Massachusetts, we can keep working together whenever you’re physically located in either state at the time of our session. If you go to school in one and spend breaks in the other, that can mean continuity through the academic year instead of starting over with someone new.
The one thing I can’t do is meet with you while you’re somewhere else, whether that’s a semester abroad or a summer internship in another state. Licensing follows where you are during the session, so we’d plan around those stretches together.
Making therapy work around student life
Sessions are 45 minutes, weekly or every other week, by secure video, so there’s no trek across campus. You’ll need a private spot with a reliable connection, which can take a little creativity with roommates. A reserved study room or a quiet corner with headphones can work.
Many campuses have counseling centers, and they can be a great resource. Therapy outside of school can be useful if you want longer-term work, a space that’s separate from campus life, or continuity that doesn’t end when the semester does.
Privacy when family helps pay
If a parent or family member is helping with the cost, it’s natural to wonder what they’ll know. What you say in session stays between us. I don’t share information about you—including whether you’re a client—without your written permission, and that holds whoever is paying. If their card is on file, they’ll see the charges, but not what we talk about. The few legal exceptions are listed in my practice policies.
This is a private pay practice, and I’m out of network. If your family’s plan has out-of-network mental health benefits, a monthly superbill may help with reimbursement, though if a claim goes to a parent’s plan, the policyholder may see a record of it. My rates page explains how superbills work.
Getting started
I work with adults, and if you’re based in California or Massachusetts, we can meet by video wherever you are in the state. If something on this page landed, you’re welcome to request a free 15-minute consultation. We’ll talk about what’s going on, how sessions might fit around your classes, and whether working together feels right.
A few common questions
Can we keep meeting over breaks if I go home?
Yes, as long as you’re physically located in California or Massachusetts during the session. If home and school are both in those states, we can keep meeting through the year.
Will my parents know what I talk about in therapy?
No. What you say in session stays between us, and I don’t share anything about you without your written permission, regardless of who is paying. The legal exceptions are explained in my practice policies.
Do I need to be in crisis to start?
Not at all. Therapy can simply be a steady place to think, understand yourself and handle pressure before it piles up.
How we work with this
This most often sits inside individual therapy. 45 minute sessions, weekly or every other week, entirely by video.
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