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Clients usually have a 50+ minute session once a week. This can be adjusted depending on their availability, individual needs, and personal preferences. We will discuss and tailor this arrangement during the first session to ensure it best supports your goals and schedule.

Message me below, or email hello@rivermoss-ak.com.

I am an in-network provider Premera BCBS and Aetna.

I provide in-person sessions in my Anchorage office and telehealth services for clients anywhere in Alaska. We can work together to choose the best mix of both to fit your needs.

Since I am only licensed in Alaska, I am not able to provide services to clients located outside Alaska.

Initial 15-minute consultation: no charge

Mental health assessment (60 minutes): $400

Individual sessions (50-55 minutes): $300

Couples Therapy (50-55 minutes): $350

Family Therapy (50-55 minutes): $400

For Self-Pay Clients: In compliance with the Good Faith Estimate requirements of the No Surprises Act (H.R. 133), River & Moss Counseling will provide Good Faith Estimates once services begin at your request in consultation with your therapist. For more information about this, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises.

Please contact me to discuss availability.

If you notify me at least 24 hours before your appointment, I am happy to reschedule or cancel for free.

If you don’t give 24 hours’ notice, arrive more than 11 minutes late to a scheduled appointment, or miss a scheduled appointment, you will be charged the full session self-pay fee. Insurance does not cover this charge.

That said, you may miss one appointment per year without a charge, and I am always happy to discuss extenuating circumstances with you. I know that life happens. I, too, am human.

I am not a medical provider and cannot prescribe medicine. If you want to try medication or already take it, I am happy to work closely with medical providers to coordinate care. If you need help finding a provider in Anchorage, I can give trusted referrals and support you along the way.

I work one-on-one with clients aged 15 and older. Parents or guardians must attend the first session to give permission for services and agree on treatment planning. We will talk about the next steps during that session.

Families may include children of any age.

First of all, you are brave for contacting a therapist to make an appointment. It’s a vulnerable thing, talking to a stranger about what’s going on in your head, heart, and life. I know it’s hard. I’ve been there, so I get it. It’s ok to be nervous. Going to therapy takes courage, so you’ve already made a strong start just reading all of this.

Good job!

We will start with a free 15-minute consultation by phone or telehealth. I will ask some questions about you and why you are seeking therapy, and you will be able to ask questions that you may have. The purpose of this consultation is to see if you and I may be a good fit to work together.

If we decide that I am not the right therapist for you, I will be happy to provide referrals to other professionals or agencies that may be a better fit.

If we do decide to move ahead in working together, we will schedule your first session.

At that session, I’m going to have some more questions, we will be getting to know each other. I’ll ask you more questions about who you are, your history, your family and community, and what your life has looked like so far. I’ll ask more questions about what you want to get out of therapy. It’s totally ok if you don’t have all of the answers. I don’t have all of the answers either, so we will have something in common!

Take a deep breath, and remember:

• I don’t have super powers. I can’t make you say anything that you don’t want to say or aren’t ready to say. You are in charge of what you share.

• I will ask some surface questions about trauma that you may have experienced in your life, but I will ask you not to share details during our first appointment. We will have limited time, and it’s important that you leave our first appointment feeling regulated and safe.

• You always have the right and freedom to leave counseling at any time for any reason. You are not trapped.

If you have any other questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.

From Brainspotting.com: “Brainspotting gives us a tool, within this clinical relationship, to neurobiologically locate, focus, process, and release experiences and symptoms that are typically out of reach of the conscious mind and its cognitive and language capacity.”

Learn Online: Brainspotting.com

Read a Book: Brainspotting: The Revolutionary New Therapy for Rapid and Effective Change by David Grand, PhD

From the Internal Family Systems (IFS) Institute: “IFS is a transformative tool that conceives of every human being as a system of protective and wounded inner parts led by a core Self. We believe the mind is naturally multiple and that is a good thing. Just like members of a family, inner parts are forced from their valuable states into extreme roles within us. Self is in everyone. It can’t be damaged. It knows how to heal…”

Learn More Online: IFS Institute

Read a Book: No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz, PhD

From the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute: “Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (SP) is a therapeutic modality for trauma and attachment issues. SP welcomes the body as an integral source of information which can guide resourcing and the accessing and processing of challenging, traumatic, and developmental experience. SP is a holistic approach that includes somatic, emotional, and cognitive processing and integration.”

Learn Online: SP Institute

Read a Book: Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy by Pat Ogden, Kekuni Minton, and Clare Pain

It's normal to seek help when you're unhappy, uncomfortable, or unsure why life isn't going as you hoped, and it’s normal to not know what kind of help you need exactly. We can work through it together.