WE COULD HAVE BUILT A PRACTICE AROUND HOW MANY PEOPLE WE COULD SEE.
WE CHOSE TO BUILD ONE AROUND HOW DEEPLY WE COULD KNOW THEM.
THAT CHOICE BECAME AMĀAN.
THE MEANING OF AMĀAN
AMĀAN carries meaning across languages and cultures.
In Arabic, it speaks to security, reassurance, and protection. Across Urdu, Hindi, Persian, and neighboring traditions, aman is associated with peace, harmony, and freedom from conflict.
For us, AMĀAN is less about definition and more about what becomes possible when there is enough trust to be honest, enough steadiness to go deeper, and enough space for something to change.
THE AMĀAN APPROACH
We envisioned a boutique practice where therapists have the time to remember the details, think beyond the session, and bring the full value of their experience to the people who trust them.
A place where your history doesn’t disappear between appointments, and where valuable time isn’t spent bringing someone back up to speed.
We also wanted therapy to have more room to adapt to real life. Sometimes fifty minutes is exactly what you need. Sometimes an important conversation needs ninety. And sometimes a relationship deserves a day — or several — to work through something that has taken years to build.
So we built AMĀAN around the work, rather than asking the work to fit around the business.
That thinking has shaped everything: the size of the practice, the space we chose, and the experience we are creating within it. We want coming here to feel private, personal, effortless, and distinctly professional.
And as we grow, we intend to be just as particular about the clinicians who join AMĀAN as we are about every other part of the practice.
Because the people who come here are giving us things we consider incredibly valuable: their time, their trust, and parts of their lives that matter deeply to them.
A PLACE TO BEGIN
If you’re here, something probably isn’t feeling the way you want it to.
You may be feeling anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck in patterns you don’t fully understand. Maybe life looks fine from the outside, but something inside doesn’t feel right. You may love your partner deeply but keep finding yourselves in the same painful conversations. Or your family may be going through something that has changed the way you relate to one another.
Sometimes people come to therapy knowing exactly what they want help with. Other times, they simply know that something needs to be different.
You don’t have to have all of that figured out before you walk through the door. That’s part of the work we’ll do together.
I want to understand the whole picture — not only what is happening now, but what has shaped you, what keeps repeating, and why.
I’m very engaged in the room. I’ll listen closely, but I won’t only listen. I’ll ask questions, make connections, notice patterns, offer perspective, and give you things you can use beyond our sessions. I may challenge you when I think it will help, and I’ll tell you what I’m seeing rather than leave you wondering what I’m thinking.
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I tend to work through a relational lens. The ways we protect ourselves, respond to conflict, become anxious, shut down, keep people at a distance, or work hard to keep everyone happy rarely appear out of nowhere. Often, these patterns made sense somewhere along the way. We’ll understand where they came from without assuming they still need to shape what happens next.
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I often think of part of my role as being a translator. Two people can love each other deeply and still reach a point where neither feels heard. I help you move beneath the anger, defensiveness, silence, or frustration to understand what is actually being communicated — and to express what you need in a way your partner has a better chance of hearing.
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With families, I’m less interested in deciding who the problem is and more interested in understanding what is happening between you. Families can become caught in patterns where everyone is reacting to everyone else. We slow that down, make sense of it, and begin changing the way you relate to one another.
FEES & INSURANCE
WE BELIEVE THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF THERAPY SHOULD BE CLEAR FROM THE BEGINNING.
AMĀAN is a private-pay practice and does not participate directly with insurance companies. If your plan includes out-of-network benefits, you may be eligible for reimbursement for a portion of your therapy costs.
THERAPY
Individual Therapy
50 mins | $200 | Get started
Couples Therapy
50 mins | $200 | Get started
Family Therapy
50 mins | $200 | Get started
Extended Session
90 mins | $300 | Get started
COUPLES INTENSIVE
One-Day Follow-Up Intensive
Available to existing clients | $1,600 | Get started
Two-Day Couples Intensive
$4,000 | Get started
Three-Day Couples Intensive
$5,000 | Get started
PREMARITAL
Premarital Program
$2,200 | Get started
PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS
Immigration Psychological Evaluation
$1,300 | Get started
Forensic Psychological Evaluations
Fees are determined based on the scope and complexity of the referral. | Get started
OUT-OF-NETWORK BENEFITS
If you would like to use your out-of-network benefits, we provide superbills that you can submit directly to your insurance company for possible reimbursement.
We also partner with Mentaya for clients who would like additional help navigating their out-of-network benefits. Follow the link below to check your benefits, see an estimate of what your plan may reimburse, and learn more about having Mentaya submit claims on your behalf.
Check My Out-of-Network Benefits with Mentaya
Reimbursement is determined by your individual insurance plan and is not guaranteed.
Payment expectations, deposits, and any available payment schedules for intensives, programs, and evaluations will be clearly explained before you schedule.
