Frequently Asked Questions


What is therapy?

Therapy is a space where you meet with a trained mental health professional to explore emotional challenges, blockages, or conditions that impact your relationships, work, or academic life. It’s a non-judgmental space to put the things on your mind into words, and then take a look at them together with someone who has training and experience to help make sense of your feelings and experiences. It’s an opportunity to address things that come up in your day-to-day, as well as life transitions, such as graduating, contemplating pregnancy, becoming a caregiver, breakups, moving, and more.

What does a session look like?

We will meet virtually, in a telehealth session, for 50 minutes. We will establish goals for therapy and meet weekly or bi-weekly to explore and address what brought you to therapy. Therapy can include verbally processing, journaling, moving your body, and other mindfulness activities. We practice in a holistic way. We can practice the adaptive tools you already have to cope, and also introduce some new tools.

What is the cost per session?

I am currently accepting private pay clients, with sessions costing $175 per session.
I accept payments by Venmo, Paypal, and Zelle. I am not currently accepting insurance, but am happy to provide a superbill upon request.

Contact Form

If you have other questions, or feel curious to work together, let’s chat! For a free 15-minute consultation, please feel free to email me at mariru(at)therapywithmariru.com, or use the contact form.