For Mental Health Professionals

Mental health professionals play an essential role in supporting individuals, couples, and families through life's most significant challenges. I value collaborative professional relationships that respect each clinician's expertise, maintain appropriate boundaries, and promote continuity of care when it serves the client's best interests.

In addition to counseling, I offer divorce coaching and divorce & family mediation as distinct professional services. Because each service serves a different purpose, I carefully maintain the ethical and professional boundaries that distinguish therapy, coaching, and mediation.

While my background as a Licensed Professional Counselor informs my work as a divorce coach, coaching is a distinct, goal-oriented, future-focused service that helps clients navigate the practical, relational, and decision-making aspects of divorce. Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health conditions remain within the scope of counseling and are provided only when I am serving as a therapist.

When it serves the client’s best interests, collaboration may include:

• Coordinating care with a client's informed consent.

• Communicating with treating mental health professionals, when appropriate and authorized, to support continuity of care.

• Referring divorce coaching or mediation clients for clinical services when mental health assessment or treatment is indicated.

• Referring therapy clients when another clinician is a better fit.

• Supporting clients who are working with an existing mental health provider while receiving divorce coaching or mediation.

• Helping clients identify the service—or combination of services—that best meets their needs.

Each client deserves the service that best fits their needs at a particular point in time. My commitment is to remain grounded in the purpose and scope of the role I am serving while collaborating thoughtfully with other professionals whenever doing so benefits the client.

When appropriate, I also encourage clients to establish care with or to remain connected with a treating mental health professional. My priority is helping each client receive the service—or combination of services—that best support their needs while respecting the purpose and boundaries of each professional role.