FAQ

You will be sent a link before your first session to complete several forms and questionnaires. These are required before you meet with Dr. Lukens. During the session, Dr. Lukens will complete an intake interview where she will gather information about you and how your health condition is affecting your life. She will discuss treatment options and together, you will decide on a treatment plan.

We offer many types of treatment including evidence based treatments such as CBT, ACT, MBSR, and MI. Dr. Lukens may follow a specific treatment protocol or modify or combine them to best meet your needs.

Willow Tree Psychology does not participate with any insurance plan. We will provide you with a superbill that you can submit to your insurance company for out of network reimbursement. It is best to check with your insurance company to learn what your out of network reimbursement options are. We can provide you with the codes we will use to aid in this process.

The initial intake session will last 60 minutes. Follow up sessions last 50 minutes.

This will depend on many factors but typically, treatment will be anywhere from 8-12 sessions and sometimes longer.

Health psychology is different from traditional mental health treatment in that it focuses on the relationship between your mental health, physical health, and illness. Traditional mental health will focus on treating your mental health conditions while health psychology specializing in working with those whose physical illnesses and health conditions are negatively contributing in a significant way to their mental health concerns and quality of life. Depression and anxiety are common in those managing chronic or serious health conditions and health psychology focuses on managing the biological, psychological, and social aspects of this.

Willow Tree Psychology only treats adults with chronic and serious health issues.

Willow Tree values coordinating care with your current mental health provider as well as other medical providers. Health psychologists often work concurrently alongside more traditional mental health providers and coordination of care can be extremely valuable. Coordination of care with medical providers is also extremely valuable as we work toward building the best treatment plan to address your goals. We will ask you to sign a release of information so we can speak to your provider(s).

Psychological treatments for chronic pain cannot eliminate or directly treat chronic physical pain. The goal of therapy is to increase your functioning and find ways to increase your quality of life despite the pain. Some of the skills you will learn in treatment may help improve your experience of pain or change how you approach tasks in ways that can reduce exacerbations of pain.

Embers Menopause-Informed CBT is a holistic, non-hormonal therapy approach consisting of six stages aimed at providing psychological support to women facing emotional challenges during the menopausal transition.

Intuitive eating is a flexible, non-dieting approach to food that relies on internal physical and emotional cues rather than external rules, calorie limits, or meal restrictions.