1. Schedule Here

2. After the provider confirms your appointment, complete brief intake paperwork consisting consents and small amount of information to get started.

3. Initial appointment (telehealth unless otherwise discussed). 

4. Follow up appointments. 

*To protect your privacy and make sure all consents are in place, intake paperwork must be completed at least 24 hours before your session. Telehealth links can only be sent once paperwork is submitted. If forms aren’t received in time, your appointment will be canceled and rescheduled once everything is ready. 

Psychotherapy offers a safe, supportive space for healing, self-discovery, and growth. Beyond mere conversation, this powerful process helps you explore challenges, deepen self-understanding, and achieve significant change. Here are common universal benefits for anyone:

🌱 Get to Know Yourself Better

Therapy helps you spot those repeated patterns in how you think, feel, and relate to others, often because of stuff that happened in the past. This crucial self-awareness is your ticket to ditching old habits and building a healthier life.

💬 Process Emotions in a Safe Space 

Sorting through emotions can be challenging to do on your own. Engaging in conversation with others provides different perspectives and feedback, which can spark reflections that might not occur otherwise. This process can help you organize, clarify, and understand your thoughts and feelings. This can provide opportunities to learn strategies for managing these emotions, helping you feel more centered, relaxed, and in control.

❤️ Heal from Trauma and Loss 

Therapy helps people heal from tough stuff like trauma, abuse, or big losses. It gives them the tools to control their story, helping them find new strength, bounce back, and feel a sense of direction again.

🤝 Strengthen Relationships 

Therapy can improve how you connect with others by helping you set boundaries, communicate more clearly, and deepen your emotional connections.

🔄 Helpful Behavior Change 

When old habits no longer benefit you, therapy supports you in building healthier coping strategies and making choices that align with your values and goals.

✨ Rediscover Your Identity and Purpose 

 Therapy helps you dig into and change unhelpful beliefs, giving you a stronger sense of who you are and what you're here for. This journey builds more clarity, confidence, and purpose, helping you live a life that's truly fulfilling and joyful.

Remember, this is just a short list of how therapy can help. 

Contact me today so we can discuss your individual situation and what you might be looking for!

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• Service rates are dependent upon the specific service and individual needs. See Services Page for Rates. 

• You will be given a copy of a good faith estimate with initial paperwork that includes a breakdown and description of fees. 

• Insurance

  • We will provide courtesy billing assistance for eligible insurances with "out of network" benefits but we cannot guarantee level of reimbursement. 

  • At Liberty partners with Compu-Med Billing Services, a dedicated third-party billing expert, to manage insurance claims, benefits verification, and related information. If you have questions about your insurance, benefits, or billing, Compu-Med is happy to help. You can reach them at info@compumedbillingservices.com or 701-282-0081.

  • An intake assessment with an eligible diagnosis is required to meet insurance requirements when using insurance reimbursement.

We require a credit card to be on file. HSA and FSA's are accepted. See below for more details.

🌿 More Privacy

• Your therapy stays between you and your therapist. Insurance requires a diagnosis and records that become part of your medical file.

🌿 No Required Diagnosis

• You can work on personal growth, relationships, or stress without needing a mental health label for coverage.

🌿 Freedom in Therapeutic Goals

• Your practitioner can fully focus on your needs rather than insurance requirements, treatment plans for audits, or clincial justification for coverage. Sessions can focus on your specific wants and needs rather than tailored to a specific diagnosis. 

🌿 Choice of Therapist

• You aren’t limited to “in-network” providers—you can pick the therapist who feels right for you.

🌿 Flexibility in Sessions

• Frequency, length, and type of sessions (individual, family, longer visits) are set by your needs, not your insurance plan.  

🌿 Freedom in Approach

• Insurance only covers certain types of therapy. Private pay allows for a wider range of methods that may fit you better.  At Liberty BHS primarily utilizes evidence based approaches though the ability to adapt with alternative methods can foster a sense of freedom and empowerment  for both the practitioner and client.

🌿 No Insurance Hassles

• No claims, denials, or waiting for approval. Your therapy starts and continues without interruptions.

🌿 Future Protection

• A diagnosis used for insurance could, in some cases, impact future life insurance or disability applications. Paying privately avoids this risk.
  
  

We require 24 hour advance notice of cancelation otherwise you may be responsible for full payment of missed session. 

Children are exposed to all sorts of challenging experiences and interactions. Children, in particular, communicate their feelings through behaviors, often leaving adults and caregivers confused and unsure why behavioral problems are occurring, but nonetheless, they are disruptive for everyone involved. Behaviors can present as oppositional, intense tantrums, bullying, regression developmental milestones, manipulation, lying, and/or control seeking behaviors. Therapy for children often requires parent involvement because children have limited control and capacity. They often require additional parent or caregiver support beyond what can be achieved in therapy sessions, which is where parent involvement becomes crucial. 

At Liberty Behavioral Health Services requires parent, guardian, and/or caregiver participation in services for children due to evidence indicating greater service benefits with their involvement. For initial appointments involving clients under the age of 14, service will be conducted with the parent, guardian, and/or other legal representative present, without the youth present to develop a plan and determine the level of parent/caregiver involvement to maximize benefits.

I draw from a variety evidenced based modalities to customize my services to best support my clients when necessary. I use the following therapeutic modalities:

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): A comprehensive cognitive-behavioral treatment that combines individual therapy with skills training in mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. It's often used for individuals with difficulties in managing intense emotions.

• Compassion-Focused Therapy: This approach helps individuals learn to be kinder to themselves and build a more understanding relationship with themselves, which can be particularly beneficial for those struggling with shame, self-criticism, or trauma.

• Motivational Interviewing (MI): This is a collaborative approach where we work together to discover your own motivation and make positive changes that stick. It can also help you sort through any mixed feelings you might have about making changes.

• Person-Centered Therapy: Founded on the belief that individuals have a natural desire to achieve their potential. This non-directive approach emphasizes empathy, unconditional positive regard, and genuine honesty, empowering clients to find their own solutions.

• Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT): This goal-directed, future-oriented therapy helps clients identify and utilize their strengths and resources to develop solutions, rather than focusing on problems.

• Strength-Based Therapy: This approach focuses on identifying and utilizing an individual's inherent strengths, resilience, and positive qualities to overcome challenges and achieve personal growth.

• Trauma-Focused Therapy: An umbrella term for various therapeutic approaches specifically designed to address the psychological and emotional impact of traumatic experiences, aiming to reduce symptoms and promote healing.

• Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT): A specific, evidence-based treatment model designed to help children and adolescents, along with their parents, overcome the negative effects of traumatic experiences. While this is designed for kids, it can be used for adults too!

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): A highly effective therapy that helps clients identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors that contribute to emotional distress. This includes exploring the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions.

• Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART): This client-centered approach utilizes guided eye movements to assist individuals in reprocessing traumatic memories, thereby alleviating associated emotional and physical symptoms. This approach minimizes verbal interaction, making it well-suited for clients who prefer not to talk extensively.

• Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT): This is a type of talk therapy designed to help people work through trauma. CPT helps you by guiding you to recognize and change unhelpful thoughts about what happened and how it's affected you.

• Family Systems Therapy: This approach views individuals within the context of their family unit, exploring how family dynamics and patterns influence individual behavior and well-being. It aims to improve communication and resolve conflicts within the family system.

• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT): This approach is primarily utilized in couples and family therapy. EFT aims to identify and alter unhelpful emotional patterns within relationships, fostering stronger and more loving connections among individuals and families. 

• Serving North Dakota Residents by telehealth.  

• In-home services available  in Kindred, Oxbow, Hickson, Horace, Fargo, and West Fargo pending availability and assessment needs. Please note, in-home service options are limited. 

At Liberty accepts the following forms of payment: cash, check, credit card, HSA, or FSA

• Insurance Processing with Thrizer. 

  • • At Liberty BHS is piloting the use of Thrizer, an optional financial service designed to assist with out-of-network insurance reimbursement and to support the practice’s revenue management. Thrizer calculates the estimated copay or coinsurance and handles submitting the claim to the client’s insurance. Clients  just cover their co-pay or out-of-network rate (like $60 a session), and Thrizer handles the rest, sending it straight to the therapist so neither the client or therapist are waiting on insurance for reimbursement. This means you can keep therapy going without the financial pressure of big upfront payments or slow reimbursements. 

    • More information can be found here.

• Credit Card Processing with IvyPay

  • • Terms of Service can be found here.

    • Benefits of using IvyPay

      • Fast & Simple: Pay quickly at the end of your session—no need to bring cash or cards.

      • Secure: Your payment info is fully protected and HIPAA-compliant.

      • Convenient: Save your card on file for effortless payments in future sessions.

      • Peace of Mind: Built for therapy practices, ensuring a smooth and safe experience.

    • How to Use IvyPay: Step-by-Step for Clients

      • Receive a Payment Request: Your provider will send you a secure payment request via text message (SMS).

      • Open the Link: Click the link in the message to access the IvyPay payment page.

      • Enter Payment Information: Fill in your credit, debit, HSA, or FSA card details.

      • Save Your Card: You can securely save your card on file for faster payments in future sessions.

      • Confirm Payment: Review your payment and submit. You’ll receive a confirmation once the payment is processed.

      • Future Payments: For future sessions, payments can be completed quickly with just a tap if your card is saved.