(she/her)
Often rebooked
I am a licensed professional clinical counselor and have worked in the mental health field for over 25 years. I would love the opportunity to work with you in achieving your personal growth goals. I use an eclectic approach, pulling from several evidence-based practices, thinking that you cannot have too many tools in a therapeutic toolbox, trying to tailor my approach to the individual needs of each client. I try to help folks think and challenge themselves to find their own solutions for personal growth. I offer a wealth of information from the knowledge and experience I have gained over the years working with preadolescents throughout adulthood. I have experience with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, trauma disorders, attachment issues, substance use disorders, inattention, impulsivity, and much more. Many of my clients find me warm, empathetic, down-to-earth, witty, knowledgeable, and able to understand life from their perspectives. I have often been compared with one of their loved ones, feeling heard, valued, supported, and understood as they have opened up the most sacred part of their lives, sharing their own personal story.
I usually spend the first session with a client getting to know them, trying to help them identify their identified needs and goals for treatment, and come up with some type of initial treatment plan to move forward in their care.
I see my communication style as an influencer. I can be outgoing, enthusiastic, personable, persuasive, lively, relationship-oriented oriented and optimistic. I can be direct and assertive, expressing my thoughts clearly and concisely. I also actively listen to understand others' perspectives and provide constructive feedback. I adapt my communication style to ensure others feel seen, heard, valued, and understood. I do use a lot of open-ended questions and emotional processing to help clients identify their thoughts and feelings and engage in insight building to help clients hone in on their treatment goals. Then we discuss and develop a plan of interventions to help them achieve their treatment goals. I do like to check in with them weekly on how they are doing and to see if they think they are making progress towards their individualized goals. If something is not working, then I strategize with clients, looking into alternative interventions and adjusting the plan as needed.
You may function well at times, then struggle to focus, start, or follow through. You might have ADHD, neurodivergence, complex trauma, addiction, or mood-related challenges that haven’t been fully explained by past treatment or diagnosis. I help adults understand fluctuating capacity without shame—making sense of burnout, inconsistency, and overload—so you can build more stable, sustainable ways of functioning over time. Our work focuses on aligning strategies with how your system actually operates, rather than forcing approaches that don’t fit.
Cash - $150 per session
Aetna
Aetna - Allied Benefits
Aetna - ASR Health Benefits
Aetna - Luminare
Aetna - Medicare
Aetna - Moda
Aetna - WebTPA
Aetna – HealthEZ
All Savers
Ambetter Health
Amerihealth Administrators
Amerihealth NJ Medicare Advantage
Anthem
Arlo
AvMed
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Blue Shield of California - Medicare
Carelon Behavioral Health (Commercial)
Centivo
Central California Alliance for Health (Medi-Cal)
Cigna
Cigna - HealthEZ
EAP:Cigna
EAP:Evernorth
EAP:UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Evernorth
Gold Coast Health Plan (Medi-Cal)
Gold Coast Health Plan Total Care Advantage (HMO D-SNP)
Golden Rule
GTEB
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare
Health Plan of San Joaquin/Mountain Valley Health Plan – Medi-Cal
Humana - Medicare
Humana Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
IHSS Healthy Workers
Independence Administrators
Independence Blue Cross
Independence Keystone 65 HMO
Independence Personal Choice 65 PPO
L.A. Care Covered
L.A. Care Covered Direct
L.A. Care Health Plan (Medi-Cal)
L.A. Care Medicare Plus (HMO D-SNP)
L.A. Care PASC-SEIU
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Optum
OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions
Oscar
Oxford
Partnership HealthPlan of California (Medi-Cal)
San Francisco Health Plan (Medi-Cal)
Santa Clara Family Health Plan - Medi-Cal
Scripps Health Plan
SFHP Care Plus (HMO D-SNP)
Sharp Health Plan
Surest (formerly Bind)
Sutter Health Plan
Tufts Health/Cigna
United Medical Resources
UnitedHealthcare Complete Care (C-SNP)
UnitedHealthcare Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Shared Services
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
UnitedHealthcare/Optum
UnitedHealthcare/Optum - Medicare
WellCare
I will help clients to begin to recognize how their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors impact their life and contribute to their identified problems. I will help clients begin to identify negative thinking patterns that impact their behaviors and perpetuate problems. I will support clients in developing strategies to change negative thinking patterns and to implement coping skills to manage stressors and symptoms to improve their quality of life.
I will help clients learn to identify their attachment style and the impact on their relationships. I will help clients learn to explore how their attachment style developed with early caregivers and help them identify attachment patterns that impact current relationships to help them develop secure and trusting relationships with others.
I will integrate spiritual practices, such as prayer and bible reading, into evidenced based practices to support holistic healing from a Christian worldview.
I will help clients learn to manage intense emotions, improve relationships and live more balanced lives by helping them practice mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation techniques and improve interpersonal effectiveness.
I will utilize various evidenced-based practices tailored to my clients' needs to support their journey of healing and recovery. I will attempt to adjust my approach as my client's progress and needs evolve during the course of therapy.
2 ratings with written reviews
May 14, 2026
I feel like Darcy really understood me right out of the gate.
October 15, 2025
I have never talked with the therapist sorry I appreciate the directness of Darcy. I don’t like to waste time and would much rather get to the core of the problem and work on it