who comes?
First, a note about the size of this practice. There are never more than 18 clients on the roster. It is rare that there are fewer than 12. So, while this is a busy practice, it is not built for volume but for the quality of service offered. That intention, for a small and responsive clinical service, affects every other decision made in the practice.
Updated early 2026.
Since the private practice opened in August 2013, I have met only 98 people for a first encounter. Here’s what happened next:
78 of the 98 chose to stay and work together.
58 of the 78 stayed to complete the work they started. That is, these folks did what they came to do and left when we agreed they had gotten what they came for.
Another 12 are active clients now.
If these 12 stay until a planned conclusion (and it looks like they will), that makes 70 of 78 people who sought help, found what they wanted, enjoyed the stability and continuity, and then left.
Tommy Ingberg’s “Look Within”
do these people have anything in common?
Yes.
All are working in, or have retired from, professional positions. Some are/or were founders and owners of their own businesses.
They are well educated: 95% of them have completed, or are in the final stages of completing, a bachelor’s degree.
60% of them have completed an advanced degree - a master’s degree (or two) and/or a doctorate.
About half of the people with graduate degrees work as clinicians.
The other half work as
entrepreneurs
executives in, or consultants to, business
in legal professions
in education, or
in the arts.
Most are in their 40’s to mid-80’s when they start.
Now, the practice functions in one of two arenas:
Psychotherapy for concerns of anxiety, depression, adjustment/life transitions, or trauma
Rehab Psychology, where I am one of a handful of rehab psychologists in the state. I maybe one of even fewer rehab psychologists working only in the community. I am available directly to clients who are not in-patient in hospitals.
Clients’ concerns have moved me to take interest in an emerging sub-specialty called “Neuropalliative Care.”
It is specifically interested in the support of people seeking help with changes to memory, thinking, or personality.