What to Expect in Therapy
Starting therapy can feel awkward, intimidating, exciting, relieving, or all four at once. Whether this is your first time in therapy or your fifth therapist, here's exactly what happens when you get started with us.
We're a group practice based in Oklahoma. You can see us in person at our Oklahoma City office or online anywhere in the state, and we also work with clients in California, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Texas, and Utah. Our social workers actually specialize in this stuff: trauma, anxiety, ADHD and neurodivergent affirming care, religious trauma, and LGBTQIA+ affirming care, plus plenty more. You don't have to know what you need before you start.
Starting Therapy in Five Steps
Find Your Therapist
Nobody clicks with everybody, and that's completely fine. Take a look through our providers, read about what each of us actually does, and find the one who feels like the right match for what you're carrying right now.
You'll also see who's in the Oklahoma City office, who's online, and who does both, because how you meet matters almost as much as who you meet with.
People come to us for trauma and EMDR, anxiety and depression, ADHD and neurodivergence, religious trauma, chronic illness, growing up in dysfunction, couples work, teens, and women. If none of those is quite it, say so and we'll still find you someone.
Schedule a Free Consultation
Found someone who feels right? Awesome sauce. Every therapist offers a free 15-minute consultation by phone or Zoom. This isn't a therapy session, it's a chance to ask questions, get a feel for how we work, and decide whether we're a good fit for each other. We'll be real with you: we don't automatically click with everyone we meet, so it'd be a little wild to assume you'll pick a stranger online and instantly click with them. If we're not your people, no hard feelings. We'll help you find someone who is.
Complete Your Intake Paperwork
Once you decide to move forward, we'll send your paperwork through our secure client portal. Consent forms, practice policies, insurance info if you're using it, and a little background so we're not starting from zero. Most people knock it out online before their first session.
Attend Your First Session
Depending on who you picked, your first session happens in our Oklahoma City office or online through our secure telehealth platform. Either way it goes the same.
Your first appointment is called an intake session, and it's where we lay the foundation for everything that comes after. Here's the thing though, you don't need to show up with a perfectly organized timeline, the right words, or your whole life figured out. That's our job to help with. And you won't be the only one feeling a little awkward. We promise that trepidation goes both ways, and we'll work through it together.
Find Your Rhythm
Therapy doesn't run on a fixed schedule. Together we'll decide how often to meet, whether weekly, biweekly, or monthly, what to focus on, and which approaches fit you. Most people start out meeting more often and space sessions out as things steady.
Meet a Few of the Flock
Kenzie Langford
Madison Johnson
Taylor Hendricks
Michi Medley
Demetria Bonds
Want to Check Your Insurance Benefits First?
Several of our therapists accept insurance. If you'd like us to confirm your coverage before you schedule, fill out the contact form and we'll let you know whether one or more of our providers take your plan. The full carrier list is there if you'd rather check first.
Verify Your BenefitsIn Person or Online? You Pick.
Some people want to leave the house, sit across from an actual human, and have a room that's only for this. Other people want to log in from the couch and skip the drive. Neither one is more real than the other. Availability varies by therapist, so you're picking on fit and format at the same time.
In Person
A room that exists for one thing- Better if a screen makes it harder to land
- Therapy stays at the office when you leave
- Nobody's internet cuts out mid sentence
- A reason to put on real pants
Online
- Therapy from your own couch
- No commute, no waiting room
- Easier to fit around a job
- Access to a therapist your town doesn't have
- Your laundry pile stays exactly where it is
In person comes in two shapes. There's the Oklahoma City office, and around Tulsa there's Neurodivergent IRL, Taylor's walk-and-talk therapy held on trails and in parks instead of across a coffee table. Same clinician, same hour, same work. Side by side instead of face to face, which handles the eye contact without anyone having to bring it up.
Care that meets you where you are.Wherever you're starting from, there's room for it. Let us help you live your most expansive life.
Still Have Questions?
No worries, we've got a bunch of answers. If you don't see yours here, reach out.
Then we figure it out together. You don't need an agenda, a tidy story, or the right words. Honestly, half the work is naming the thing you couldn't name on your own.
Cry away. We're not going to flinch, and there's a reason therapists keep tissues within arm's reach. Tears usually mean we landed on something that matters.
Then we sit for a second, and that's allowed. Quiet is often where the real stuff finally surfaces. But guiding the conversation is literally our job, so we won't leave you flailing.
No. We've heard a lot, and we mean a lot. You're not going to be the one who finally shocks a social worker.
Both can be true at once. Remember, we already told you we don't click with everyone, so if we keep showing up for you, that's a real yes.
Only if you aim the camera at it. Blur your background, sit in your parked car, build a blanket fort. We care about you, not your laundry pile. And it goes both ways. You're not seeing what's stacked up on our side of the screen either.
Tell us about it. Knowing what didn't work is genuinely useful information, and switching until the fit is right is normal, not dramatic.
About an hour, which is the length insurance covers.
Most people start weekly and spread out to biweekly or monthly as things steady. We decide that together, not on a script.
Several of our therapists accept insurance, and each one is credentialed with different plans. The fastest way to find out what you are working with is to fill out our contact form and we will check your coverage before you ever book. If your therapist is out of network with your plan, sessions may not be covered by insurance, but you may be able to get partially reimbursed with a superbill. More on that below.
A superbill is a detailed invoice outlining the services you received. If your therapist is not on your insurance company's panel, you can submit a superbill directly to your insurer and request reimbursement for part of your costs. It gives your insurance company everything they need to process the claim, no middleman required.
Depending on your therapist's availability, yes. Plenty of people meet in the office most weeks and switch to telehealth when work blows up, someone's sick, the weather's bad, or they're across the state that day. Same rate either way. Just tell your therapist.
Yes. Kenzie Langford and Demetria Bonds currently offer in-person therapy at our Oklahoma City office. We also offer online therapy throughout Oklahoma, and Taylor Hendricks provides Neurodivergent IRL walk-and-talk sessions outdoors around Tulsa. Immigration evaluations can also take place in our Oklahoma City office. Not every therapist offers every format, so if you aren't sure who fits what you're looking for, tell us what you need on the contact form and we'll help you sort it out.
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