FAQ

I work Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, 9:00am to 6:00pm.

The session length is 50 minutes.

This is one of those decisions that we can discuss together.

Usually once a week is plenty, but sometimes it may be better to meet a few times a week at the beginning of treatment to get a good start on progress.

Sometimes, due to circumstances, clients choose to come every other week. I even have some clients that come monthly. The frequency is in your control.

I see all ages of clients, from age 6-99.

I see individuals of any gender. I do not treat couples.

I charge $175/session.

As part of the No Surprise Billing Act, here is a break down of what therapy might cost depending on how many times you see me: 

48 times (weekly for a year with missing a few weeks for holidays, etc.) = $8400

24 times (bi-weekly for a year missing a few weeks for holidays, etc.) = $4200

12 times (see each other for 3-6 months, weekly or bi-weekly depending) = $ 2100

The frequency and duration of therapy is at your sole discretion. A good way to think about it, is that it is a direct investment into yourself, your quality of life and your future 🙂

I am an out-of-network provider for insurances.

After each session, I will email you a “superbill” with all the proper coding that you can submit to your insurance. It will have a “diagnosis” on it, as insurance companies require that.

If you’re wondering about the implications of having a diagnosis, we can discuss this more fully together.

There are many ways to contact me.

You can call me at (970) 541-2862 or email me at angi@angibrown.com.

The easiest way to schedule an appointment is by using my CLIENT PORTAL.

You don’t have to be a client to use it! Use it now to set up an initial FREE 30-minute consultation. The portal allows you access to my calendar, so you can easily pick a time that works for you.

And, once you’re a client, you can submit paperwork and manage payments through the portal. It saves having to play phone or text tag, and my clients generally find it convenient.

Schedule Your Consultation

In general, there is no charge if you cancel at least 24 hours in advance.

Having said that, I realize that life sometimes happens. There may be a good reason for not being able to cancel in time, like an emergency or sudden illness. Please reach out, and we can discuss the situation.

I have an eclectic approach to treatment and use a number of evidence-based therapies.

The main one is Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), which is the gold standard for treating OCD – although it can be helpful with other types of anxiety and phobias as well. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and Gestalt are also very effective.

The framework in which all of these therapies is presented is narrative therapy based on social constructivism. If you have questions about these things, let’s talk about it!

As an OCD therapist, I have heard a lot of “interesting” things. My personality makes me such that I am great under pressure, and I am rarely shocked.

I know that OCD often picks the things that are most repulsive or horrifying to us to make us worry about. Also, OCD is not true.

At the end of the day, I will never push you to talk about anything that you do not want to. We can accomplish a lot without dissecting every last thought or feeling. The work is about your being active – and not necessarily about digging deep into origins (actually that can be counter-productive at times).

Just know that all thoughts are common to all people, and most thoughts just pass through and keep on going. For some, though, thoughts get stuck; and unsticking them is the goal of the therapy.

Yes. The last part of our “hour” together is spent deciding what you would like to work on that week. The first part of our time together is going over the homework and discussing what came up.

Know that I am not here to “police” you about homework, but the treatment that I use is more effective the more it is practiced. The work and the journey is yours, and I am here to help you know some things that can be helpful. But life also happens, and that is okay and normal.

Also, the treatment is never about being perfect and doing it perfectly. Part of the therapy is learning that it is okay to disappoint and fail at times. All that being said, the homework that is assigned is what you decide you can reasonably accomplish.

This is a tough question, as the work is individual and is based on what you hope to accomplish and how quickly you want to progress.

I prefer to think of this question like this: How long is long enough to accomplish what you want?

Having said that, I have had clients who quickly work through what they want to do and are finished in a matter of months. Others go a little more slowly and are with me a number of years. I have also had clients that come, work hard, take a break for various reasons, and then come back and work some more, etc.

There is no “right way” to do therapy; but the general principle is that therapy is YOUR journey, YOU are in charge, and YOU decide when you are done.

What I can say is that in treating OCD, often we start out weekly. Then, as the OCD quiets and you grow more confident in your skills, we move to every other week. Then, we’ll eventually taper off to every month. In time, you’ll know when you are done and ready for that last session to “graduate” you.

I have a bachelor’s degree in mathematics along with a license to teach at the secondary level, and I have a 2-year certificate of Russian language study.

I have also completed a master’s degree in professional counseling and have been in private practice since 2015. Since starting my practice, I have received advanced training in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) modalities.

This is one of a number of careers I have had, and I feel very fortunate to have finally found something that never feels like work and always leaves me energized at the end of the day!

I can offer you a Good Faith Estimate, just ask for one. In general, you will be charged my rate times the number of times you choose to see me. Here are a few scenarios that can give you and idea of what therapy might cost depending on how many times we see each other:

48 times, which would be roughly a year of weekly counseling minus a few missed weeks for holidays, etc., would cost $6720.

24 times, which is a year of seeing each other every other week and missing a few times for holidays, etc., would cost $3360

12 times, which is seeing each other weekly for 3 months or bi-weekly for 6 months, and that would cost $1680

Becoming bilingual and bicultural has been very helpful in my work. I hold lightly my own view and am able to hear from others and recognize that I am never the expert on anyone else.

I am attuned to how culture influences our identity… and that sometimes this can cause discord and insecurity.

I also strongly believe that people are people, and we all find ways to deal with the parameters of our common existence – like making meaning in life, facing our own mortality, and finding good people to whom we can relate. Accomplishing these things can be work, and therapy is an excellent place to do it!

After my husband died suddenly when I was in my early 40’s, leaving me without a career and with four children, I went to therapy.

At first, I thought my therapist would just help me manage the crisis; I asked him how long he thought “this would take… 3 weeks?” He didn’t answer directly but conveyed to me that I had a medium-sized elephant issue and that we can only eat it bite by bite.

Many hours later, I understood and was so thankful that he wasn’t in a hurry to just solve a problem, but that he really took the time and gave me the space to figure out all the things that I needed to.

What I enjoy about being a therapist is meeting and getting to know such interesting people.

I find humans fascinating, and I count it a privilege to be let into people’s inner lives to be useful. It is pure joy to see the change that my clients experience as they embrace the hard work and follow my lead.

I truly do believe in all people’s ability to find their answers and to make their life what they desire.

I am an idea person. I can come up with all sorts of ideas about all sorts of things. I love that my ideas can sometimes be the thing that will help a client move past something or face something. It is plain fun!

Absolutely, you can ask me anything. I may not answer depending on the circumstance, but that type of interchange is what makes for a healthy relationship.

I try to be truthful, present, and transparent in our work together. A therapeutic relationship is not a friendship, however; so if I share personal tidbits of my life, it is always for a therapeutic reason. In general, though, I try to minimize the power distance between us so that the work can happen in a space where all humans actually live. I talk about the struggles that are common to us all.