offerings

Therapy

I accept private pay clients from $150-$100 per session based on availability and financial need. Currently, I have a waitlist for clients looking to use insurance for therapy. I work with the following insurances: Blue Shield Promise Health (medi-cal), Aetna (non-EAP), Optum, Carelon LA Care (medi-cal)

To inquire about private pay therapy, email me at: therapywithbrighten@gmail.com

To inquire about using insurance to work with me, fill out this intake form or email: admin@copehousecollective.com

Gender Affirming Care

I offer one-time clinical consults for providing Gender-Affirming Care letters to adults within the US. To keep this service accessible, I offer a flexible, pay-what-you-can rate between $90–$250, covering the session, letter, and any needed follow-up.

Find out more and set up your gender consult here.

Coaching

I work with clients in California, the broader US, and outside the US in a coaching capacity. All coaching is private pay from $150-$100 per session.

To set up a consult call for coaching, email me at: therapywithbrighten@gmail.com

working with me looks like…

Therapy/Coaching Focuses

  • Self-Esteem and Self-Acceptance

    • Gender Identity and Sexuality

    • Deconstructing religious trauma

    • Uncovering and challenging unhelpful identity stories

  • Creativity Coaching

    • Overcoming blocks and flourishing in creative work

  • Identify + enhance life meanings

    • Nurturing ability to become clear and responsible for the life you want to create

    • Integrating the parts of yourself and your life with flexibility

  • Create + nurture healthy relationships (romantic, platonic, familial, etc)

    • People pleasing recovery

    • Intentional dating

    • Establishing healthy assertiveness and psychological boundaries

Modalities

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

  • Existential Therapy

  • Gestalt Therapy

  • Solution-Focused Therapy

  • Person-Centered Therapy

Trainings + Certs

  • Masters of Arts in Counseling Psychology from National University

  • Bachelor of Digital Media Communication with a Minor in Social Work from Texas State University

  • Letter-Writing for Gender Affirming Care by Dreya Blume, LCSW

  • Gottman Method Couples Therapy – Level 1

  • ACT for Beginners

  • ASD Trainings from ZUR Institute

  • Effective Therapy for Adult ADHD and ADHD and Executive Functioning