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  • It depends on what brings you to therapy and the severity of symptoms you are experiencing. Due to a variety of factors, it can be challenging to estimate the length of treatment for mental health counseling. Treatment frequency and dedication to the personal work done outside of sessions can impact outcomes and the timeline. We will discuss this during the intake and re-assess throughout your treatment.

  • Why do people seek therapy?

    Therapy isn't a clinical checklist, and you don't have to wait for a massive crisis to reach out. It is a safe, fiercely non-judgmental space to unload the heavy weights of life, break out of old patterns, and figure out a path forward.

    Because of my background working on the front lines of mental health, trauma, and crisis care, I don't give generic, textbook advice. I look at the real, raw reality of what you are living through right now.

    Here are the universal challenges we face and figure out together:

    1. Overcoming Anxiety & Stress

    Life can quickly become overwhelming, leaving you feeling like you are constantly running on empty or waiting for the other shoe to drop. We work together to manage:

    • The Weight of Burnout: Overcoming exhaustion from workplace stress, caregiving, or simply trying to keep up with the demands of everyday life.

    • Taming Racing Thoughts: Learning how to quiet the persistent worry, panic, and internal noise that keeps you up at night.

    • Setting Boundaries: Learning how to say "no" without guilt so you can protect your own mental and emotional energy.

    2. Healing from Trauma & Living with Peace

    When you are carrying deep-seated wounds from the past, it impacts how you live, sleep, and breathe today. I specialize in helping you safely process those hard places to find:

    • Relief from Chronic Nightmares: Targeting and treating disruptive, heavy dreams so your mind can finally rest.

    • Processing Hard Work: Moving past painful events, grief, or long-term stress that has left you feeling stuck or on edge.

    • Reclaiming Safety: Rebuilding a sense of peace and security in your own mind and body.

    3. Navigating Complex Relationships & Family Dynamics

    Human connections are beautiful, but they can also be incredibly messy and painful. I help individuals and families handle:

    • Communication Breakdowns: Fixing the feeling of being misunderstood or completely disconnected from the people you care about most.

    • Navigating Life Transitions: Surviving major shifts like a divorce, a breakup, grief and loss, or adjusting to a completely new stage of life.

    • Breaking Toxic Cycles: Recognizing and changing old relational patterns that no longer serve you.

    4. Rebuilding Identity & Self-Confidence

    It is easy to lose yourself in your responsibilities, your roles, or your past. Therapy is a place to find your footing again by:

    • Overcoming Self-Doubt: Quieting the inner critic that tells you that you aren't enough, aren't doing enough, or have to have it all figured out.

    • Finding Your Voice: Discovering who you are, what you actually want, and how to live a life that feels authentic to you.

    • Building Real Resilience: Developing practical, day-to-day tools to handle life's inevitable curveballs without losing your peace.

    Come As You Are

    From your very first telehealth session, my goal is to give you the practical, real-world tools you need to feel empowered. You don’t have to have the right words, and you don’t have to be in a crisis to deserve support.e.

  • Telehealth is a great way for us to work together with reducing limitations such as time, travel, and access.

    -Flexibility in scheduling.

    -Therapy from the comfort of your home or safe space at school.

    -No commute time.

    -Allows you to practice exercises and skills where they need to be practiced, in your everyday life.

  • Law protects the relationship between a client and a psychotherapist, and information cannot be disclosed without written permission. Trust is extremely important, we ensure that we are always acting in your best interests and maintaining your dignity and privacy.

    Exceptions areincluded in the Copy of Privacy Practices below:

    THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.

    Hoyt Therapy, LLC is committed to protecting your privacy. The Practice is required by federal law to maintain the privacy of Protected Health Information (“PHI”), which is information that identifies or could be used to identify you. The Practice is required to provide you with this Notice of Privacy Practices (this “Notice”), which explains the Practice's legal duties and privacy practices and your rights regarding PHI that we collect and maintain.

    YOUR RIGHTS

    Your rights regarding PHI are explained below. To exercise these rights, please submit a written request to the Practice at the address noted below.

    To inspect and copy PHI.

    • You can ask for an electronic or paper copy of PHI. The Practice may charge you a reasonable fee.

    • The Practice may deny your request if it believes the disclosure will endanger your life or another person's life. You may have a right to have this decision reviewed.

    To amend PHI.

    • You can ask to correct PHI you believe is incorrect or incomplete. The Practice may require you to make your request in writing and provide a reason for the request.

    • The Practice may deny your request. The Practice will send a written explanation for the denial and allow you to submit a written statement of disagreement.

    To request confidential communications.

    • You can ask the Practice to contact you in a specific way. The Practice will say “yes” to all reasonable requests.

    To limit what is used or shared.

    • You can ask the Practice not to use or share PHI for treatment, payment, or business operations. The Practice is not required to agree if it would affect your care.

    • If you pay for a service or health care item out-of-pocket in full, you can ask the Practice not to share PHI with your health insurer.

    • You can ask for the Practice not to share your PHI with family members or friends by stating the specific restriction requested and to whom you want the restriction to apply.

    To obtain a list of those with whom your PHI has been shared.

    • You can ask for a list, called an accounting, of the times your health information has been shared. You can receive one accounting every 12 months at no charge, but you may be charged a reasonable fee if you ask for one more frequently.

    To receive a copy of this Notice.

    • You can ask for a paper copy of this Notice, even if you agreed to receive the Notice electronically.

    To choose someone to act for you.

    • If you have given someone medical power of attorney or if someone is your legal guardian, that person can exercise your rights. Please provide the practice with legal documentation.

    To file a complaint if you feel your rights are violated.

    • You can file a complaint by contacting the Practice using the following information:

    Hoyttherapyllc@gmail.com

    Contact Name: Jo-anne Hoyt

    • You can file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights by sending a letter to 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201, calling 1-877-696-6775, or visiting www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/.

    • The Practice will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.

    OUR USES AND DISCLOSURES

    1. Routine Uses and Disclosures of PHI

    The Practice is permitted under federal law to use and disclose PHI, without your written authorization, for certain routine uses and disclosures, such as those made for treatment, payment, and the operation of our business. The Practice typically uses or shares your health information in the following ways:

    To treat you.

    • The Practice can use and share PHI with other professionals who are treating you.

    • Example: Your primary care doctor asks about your mental health treatment.

    To run the health care operations.

    • The Practice can use and share PHI to run the business, improve your care, and contact you.

    • Example: The Practice uses PHI to send you appointment reminders if you choose.

    To bill for your services.

    • The Practice can use and share PHI to bill and get payment from health plans or other entities.

    • Example: The Practice gives PHI to your health insurance plan so it will pay for your services.

    2. Uses and Disclosures of PHI That May Be Made Without Your Authorization or Opportunity to Object

    The Practice may use or disclose PHI without your authorization or an opportunity for you to object, including:

    To help with public health and safety issues

    • Public health: To prevent the spread of disease, assist in product recalls, and report adverse reactions to medication.

    • Required by the Secretary of Health and Human Services: We may be required to disclose your PHI to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to investigate or determine our compliance with the requirements of the final rule on Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information.

    • Health oversight: For audits, investigations, and inspections by government agencies that oversee the health care system, government benefit programs, other government regulatory programs, and civil rights laws.

    • Serious threat to health or safety: To prevent a serious and imminent threat.

    • Abuse or Neglect: To report abuse, neglect, or domestic violence.

    To comply with law, law enforcement, or other government requests

    • Required by law: If required by federal, state or local law.

    • Judicial and administrative proceedings: To respond to a court order, subpoena, or discovery request.

    • Law enforcement: For law locate and identify you or disclose information about a victim of a crime.

    • Specialized Government Functions: For military or national security concerns, including intelligence, protective services for heads of state, or your security clearance.

    • National security and intelligence activities: For intelligence, counterintelligence, protection of the President, other authorized persons or foreign heads of state, for purpose of determining your own security clearance and other national security activities authorized by law.

    • Workers' Compensation: To comply with workers' compensation laws or support claims.

    3. Uses and Disclosures of PHI That May Be Made With Your Authorization or Opportunity to Object

    Unless you object, the Practice may disclose PHI:

    To your family, friends, or others if PHI directly relates to that person's involvement in your care or if it is in your best interest because you are unable to state your preference.

    4. Uses and Disclosures of PHI Based Upon Your Written Authorization

    The Practice must obtain your written authorization to use and/or disclose PHI for the following purposes:

    Releasing your Psychotherapy notes to other providers, school, work, coordinating care, and who you request they be sent to other than yourself/the treated client.

    You may revoke your authorization, at any time, by contacting the Practice in writing, using the information above. The Practice will not use or share PHI other than as described in Notice unless you give your permission in writing.

    OUR RESPONSIBILITIES

    • The Practice is required by law to maintain the privacy and security of PHI.

    • The Practice is required to abide by the terms of this Notice currently in effect. Where more stringent state or federal law governs PHI, the Practice will abide by the more stringent law.

    • The Practice reserves the right to amend Notice. All changes are applicable to PHI collected and maintained by the Practice. Should the Practice make changes, you may obtain a revised Notice by requesting a copy from the Practice, using the information above, or by viewing on this site.

    • The Practice will inform you if PHI is compromised in a breach.

    This Notice is effective on 11/17/2025 for Hoyt Therapy, LLC and for the individual client once signed and assigned to a clinician.

  • Payment is due at the time of the appointment.

    More than 48 hours advance notice by email is required to cancel or reschedule an appointment. "No shows" and late cancelations for a scheduled appointment will result in the credit card on file being charged the cancelation fee.