Medication Management

At your first appointment, you and I together will decide what services will be most helpful to you. I offer 20 to 30 minute medication management appointments for those individuals who are taking or will be taking medications and who already have a therapist or who are not interested in therapy at this time. If you already have a therapist, I will collaborate with your therapist in order to provide you with the support and care that maximizes your ability to fully participate in your life.

Psychotherapy

I also offer 45 to 50 minute psychotherapy appointments for those individuals who prefer to have their therapy and medications managed by the same provider. In therapy, I weave in tenets from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and insight-oriented therapy to help clients manage their symptoms and reach their goals.

DBT Skills

For those who are interested in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), I co-lead a DBT skills training class with Dr. Kristi Webb, a psychologist from Chapel Hill, NC. This skills therapy class meets in my office every Thursday from 5-7pm. Members of this class are required to have an individual therapist who will support their use of DBT skills outside of our class. Dr. Webb and I are out-of-network for all insurance and do not file insurance for this class, but we will provide a form that can be submitted to insurance for those members who opt to file insurance. Classes are $90 per class for those who opt to use their health insurance and $50 per class for those who do not have insurance or who opt to pay without filing insurance. Dr. Webb and I take approximately one year to cover all modules of DBT skills training (Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness.) For more information on our class, please contact either Dr. Webb at 919-225-1569 or Dr. Pennell at 919-678-0008.