What to Expect

• I provide telehealth sessions for those comfortable using an online therapy platform. These sessions are conducted using a HIPAA-compliant system for security and confidentiality.
• Our sessions are casual, as if you were sitting in your living room, in comfy clothes, having coffee or tea with a close friend.
  
• ​I provide brief, solution focused therapy. This means we will do a thorough assessment in the first 1-4 sessions to include targeted testing in areas of concern. This will allow me to help you develop a comprehensive, custom treatment plan for your specific needs. It can be very helpful to start with one of my evaluation options.
  

Because I believe it’s important to give clients control over their treatment process, I will generally spend 1 – 2 sessions discussing how the brain works, and assessing how your brain is currently functioning. Then we spend 1-2 sessions discussing the tools and resources you need to be in control of your brain's ability to process information. Then we enter into the treatment phase where we start tackling each goal of the treatment plan. The number of goals you want to tackle determines how long you are in therapy. Most of my clients are in counseling weekly for 3 months to 1 year. Clients choose their own discharge date once they have met all their goals. I encourage clients to have a graduation session and celebrate the accomplishments they have made during their counseling journey.

Clients

• Families who have adopted
• People needing a capacity assessment for notary or court
  
• People with trauma or attachment issues
• Parents
• Couples
• Individuals
• Families
• People who have lost pets​

Payment

Clients are expected to pay the same day as their appointment. Forms of payment accepted are Venmo or PayPal. People wanting to use insurance will need to use the SonderMind platform who will handle the billing to their insurance. When going through SonderMind clients need to either contact Christina BEFORE signing up with SonderMind or if you set up your SonderMind account without Christina's link, you will need to request to be matched with Christina Chismar. (Please note: Christina does not have any input or control over SonderMind's billing process) Testing and Court documents are NOT covered by insurance and will need to be prepaid by clients on or before the day of testing.