Online PTSD Therapy in California & Virginia

ACT-led care to reduce avoidance and hypervigilance, rebuild regulation, and move toward a life guided by your values.

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At a Glance — Online PTSD Therapy

I provide trauma-informed, ACT-led therapy for adults living with PTSD. Together we ease hypervigilance and avoidance, strengthen regulation, and help you choose actions that fit your values—not fear.

Quick Facts

What PTSD Can Look Like (Common Signs)

PTSD isn’t you being “too much”—it’s your nervous system doing its best to protect you after overwhelming events. Many adults notice:

  • Hypervigilance, startle response, or scanning rooms and exits

  • Nightmares, flashbacks, or intrusive images you didn’t invite

  • Numbing, detachment, or feeling “far away” from yourself or others

  • Avoidance of places, conversations, dates, or sensations that cue memories

  • Irritability, anger spikes, or difficulty concentrating at work or school

  • Panic, chest tightness, sleep problems, or stomach distress

  • Relationship strain: trust injuries, withdrawal, or conflict cycles

Therapy helps you understand what your body is doing, restore a sense of safety, and practice skills that let you move toward the life you want—at a pace that feels right.

Therapist supporting veterans in a group PTSD therapy session.

How I Treat PTSD (ACT-Led, Evidence-Based)

We set a steady pace that protects safety and choice. Care is trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and focused on practical skills you can use between sessions.

  • ACT — Core Track for PTSD:

    Build flexibility so memories/body alarms don’t run the day; practice acceptance + present-moment awareness while taking values-guided steps (sleep, movement, connection, purpose).

  • CBT — Stabilizing Thoughts & Routines:

    Update trauma-shaped beliefs (e.g., “I’m never safe”) and add behavioral tools for sleep, concentration, and daily structure.

  • CPT — Reworking Stuck Beliefs:

    Systematically examine beliefs about safety, trust, control, esteem, and intimacy to replace “stuck points” with balanced meanings.

  • PE — Graduated Approach (When Chosen):

    With consent, we gently approach avoided cues/places/memories so fear decreases and life gets bigger again.

  • Mindfulness & Grounding:

    Orientation, breathwork, sensory tools, and paced body practices for panic, dissociation, and overwhelm.

Who I Work With

I help adults whose lives have been narrowed by trauma and stress after a specific event or repeated exposures. My goal is to reduce avoidance and hypervigilance and help you move toward a life guided by your values—statewide in California and Virginia via confidential telehealth.

  • First responders & healthcare (critical incidents, moral distress, burnout)

  • Survivors of accidents, assaults, or disasters (flashbacks, sleep disruption)

  • Military/veterans adjusting to civilian life or carrying combat/operational stress

  • Public-facing professionals experiencing scrutiny, threat monitoring, or harassment

  • People navigating legal/immigration stressors (detention, raids, displacement)

  • Families surviving the impacts of trauma and PTSD

  • Those managing co-occurring anxiety or depression linked to trauma

  • Adults 18+, online statewide; self-pay with superbills available

Hands typing on a laptop during an online PTSD therapy session, symbolizing secure telehealth support.

What to Expect in Therapy

I take an ACT-led, trauma-informed approach so we can reduce avoidance and hypervigilance and rebuild regulation—online across CA & VA.

  • First session (clarify your goals): We map symptoms, triggers, and values, then choose a focused plan that matches your capacity.

  • Safety & pacing: No forced exposure. We build skills first—grounding, present-moment awareness, and values-guided steps.

  • Evidence-based tools: ACT for psychological flexibility, CBT for worry/sleep routines, CPT for stuck beliefs; optional, consent-based exposure (PE) when it fits.

  • Structure & length: Many choose a brief protocol (8–16 sessions); others prefer a steadier pace. We review progress every 4–6 sessions.

  • Between-session practice: Short, practical exercises (2–10 minutes) to help changes show up in daily life.

Telehealth is provided with documented informed consent at your first appointment. We review risks, benefits, privacy, and alternatives per California and Virginia law.

Where I Provide Care (California & Virginia)

I’m licensed in California (PSY36022) and Virginia (0810007130). Because my practice is fully online, I can see adults anywhere in either state.

Fees & Policies

Sessions are $300 per 50 minutes. I don’t bill insurance directly, but I provide superbills for out-of-network reimbursement (coverage varies by plan). Cancellations with less than 24 hours’ notice are charged 50%, and no-shows are billed at the full rate.

Uninsured or self-pay? You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate of expected charges.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yes. I’m licensed in California (PSY36022) and Virginia (0810007130) and provide secure, HIPAA-compliant telehealth to adults statewide.

  • I lead with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and integrate CBT, CPT, PE (when appropriate), and mindfulness/grounding skills. We pace the work to protect safety and consent.

  • Short, protocol-based care can run 8–16 sessions; some clients choose longer-term work for deeper recovery. We’ll decide together based on goals and capacity.

  • Yes. I’m a self-pay practice (no automatic insurer data-sharing). I only disclose information with your written permission or when legally required. Learn more.

  • Sessions are $300 per 50 minutes. I don’t bill insurance directly but can provide a superbill for potential out-of-network reimbursement.

  • I specialize in ACT, CBT, CPT, PE, and mindfulness-based approaches. If another therapy is a better fit, I’m happy to discuss referral options so you get the support that best meets your needs.

Have more questions? Visit my frequently asked questions about online trauma therapy page.