Be Rooted Within

If you are interested in pursuing working with one of the clinicians within our practice, the first step would be to complete the prospective client inquiry form on the contact page.   

 

You would then receive an email from our Clinical Director, Sage Windemaker, to schedule a 15-minute Connection and Clarity call during which Sage would ask a few questions to gain clarity around that which you are hoping to get out of therapy, she would share more about our therapeutic approach within the practice, all logistics such as payment and scheduling would also be discussed, and you and Sage would mutually assess for goodness of fit.

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If for any reason it was decided during the initial connection and clarity phase that your needs might be best met by a clinician in a different practice, you will be given referrals for clinicians who may be more specialized in that which you are specifically seeking and/or better able to meet your needs for a logistical or other reason.  We are very connected within the local therapist community and passionate about helping to connect folks with the best possible fit for them, whether that is inside of or outside our practice.  Please note, though we pride ourselves on building strong connections with other therapists who uphold a high standard for care, we can not be held liable for the care received at any other practice.

 

If it is mutually decided between you and Sage that you or your loved one’s needs could be met at our practice, the next step would be to access the client portal, where you would be able to review and electronically sign all paperwork within the intake packet, including your holistic wellness questionnaire, which will offer you the opportunity to provide (with as much detail or brevity as feels right for you), everything that you think would be helpful for your new support team to know about who you are, where you've been, and where you wish to go.  We ask that all incoming clients please sign all consent forms prior to the first appointment.  

 

The next step would be to schedule and attend  your Intake and Wellness Planning Session with Sage, during which you would explore in greater depth that which you are hoping to journey through and beyond in therapy.  Your learning style will also be explored during the intake session in a way that explores both how you best learn new concepts, theories and techniques, as well as how and in what ways you prefer to be supported, that is, through a gentle and nurturing, or more direct approach, etc.  We know that therapy is far from one size fits all, and this intake process is one piece of the ways in which we truly strive to custom tailor your therapy experience to that which you, as a unique individual, are most in need of and craving.  Together, with Sage, you will journey through your story and map out your goals for where you want to go and how you want to begin living.  Following this intake appointment with Sage, you would then be connected with your clinician to begin your therapeutic journey.  

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WITH WHAT FREQUENCY AND FOR WHAT DURATION DO CLIENTS TYPICALLY ATTEND THERAPY?

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While it is not possible for a psychotherapist to know in advance (when beginning treatment with a client), how many psychotherapy sessions may be necessary or appropriate for a given person (as the process of psychotherapy and that which is clinically appropriate in terms of frequency and duration of therapy unfolds over time), clinically appropriate session frequency and duration of treatment will be continually assessed collaboratively between you and your therapist, taking into account each of the following: 

 

• Your specific therapeutic needs and preferences

• The type of services you are seeking (i.e., treatment of a specific problem, vs. ongoing supportive care)

• Your treatment goals, which you will decide upon collaboratively with your therapist

• Your diagnostic presentation and the ways in which that may evolve over time

• The progress you make in therapy

• Your assessed clinical readiness to titrate down to less frequent appointments to be followed by eventually discharging from services

 

It is our typical process to intake incoming clients at a session frequency of once a week on a recurring appointment schedule that remains the same from week to week, as we’ve found that reserving the same time each week on both the clinician’s calendar and on the client’s calendar is the only way to ensure that the client and clinician’s schedules consistently align in a way that ensures that the client’s clinically-appropriate level of care is being met at the therapeutically-appropriate rate of frequency as jointly determined by the client and clinician.  In some instances, a client may begin with meeting twice a week or for an extended weekly session if the level of need is high enough to necessitate that as a therapeutically appropriate frequency.   

 

We encourage ongoing conversations between therapist and client to collaboratively determine clinically-appropriate timing for titrating down frequency of appointments.  It is always encouraged for the timeline of titration in frequency of appointments to be a discussion between therapist and client, and ideally something that is processed in session if at all possible.  In the therapeutically best case scenario, it is discussed over one or more sessions before the move takes place, so that the treatment plan can be updated to include additional self-led therapeutic supports to be completed by the client during the weeks in which they are not meeting with their clinician.  When titration of less frequent appointments does take place, every appointment is still scheduled on a recurring appointment schedule.

 

Further, in some instances, life and/or therapeutic circumstances may warrant a period of time in which an increase in session frequency becomes clinically imperative.  Any such decision would be based on presenting clinical level of need and would be discussed between you and your therapist.