In-Person, Virtual, and Hybrid Session Options to Fit Your Life
Because this work is experiential and body-based, consistency matters. Regular practice tends to support steadier progress, though session length and frequency can vary based on what you’re working on and how often we meet. The options below are common starting points, not rigid rules. There is room for flexibility, and the structure can be shaped collaboratively.
In-Person Appointments in San Francisco
If you’re local, you can work with me in person at my San Francisco office near 18th and Folsom. There is gated, paid parking available on site.
Common options include:
- Weekly: 75 minutes for individuals; 90 minutes for couples
- Every other week: 90 minutes for individuals; 105–120 minutes for couples
- Once a month or every few weeks: 3–4 hours
More frequent appointments tend to support staying connected to the work. If budget or scheduling makes that difficult, longer sessions less often can still be meaningful.
Virtual Appointments
Virtual appointments are done through HIPAA-compliant video sessions.
This work is different from therapy. Therapists are not available in the same relational ways that I am in this work. Even over a screen, meaningful shifts in intimacy and emotional connection are possible.
Common options include:
- Weekly: 75 minutes for individuals; 90 minutes for couples
- Every other week: 90 minutes for individuals; 105–120 minutes for couples
- Once a month or every few weeks: 3–4 hours
As with in-person work, more frequent appointments often support continuity, though we can adjust based on what’s realistic for you.
Hybrid Model – Online Work and In-Person Intensives
If you live outside the SF Bay Area, or want to limit regular commuting, a hybrid model may be a good fit.
In this format, you begin with regular online appointments to build trust, relational capacity, and foundational skills. Then, you travel to San Francisco periodically for in-person intensives designed to deepen and consolidate the work.
Examples that have worked well include:
- If you live within a few hours’ flight: Visiting for one weekend every 4–6 weeks, meeting for 3–4 hours per day
- If you live farther away: Visiting for 4–5 consecutive days, meeting for 3 hours per day
Intensives can bring a lot forward in a short period of time. Because of that, pacing matters. In my experience, five consecutive days is the maximum that allows the work to integrate rather than overwhelm, while also allowing me to stay fully present and effective.
Choosing a Format
If you’re unsure which structure fits you best, or if you have something different in mind, we can talk it through during a free consultation. This work is collaborative at every level, including how it’s structured.
Because I keep my practice small, I’m selective about who I work with. The consultation is how we both find out if it’s a good match — and if it is, we can find a format that supports what you’re actually ready for now.
FAQs: Online, In-Person, and Hybrid Session Formats for Intimacy Coaching
Virtual appointments are available for coaching via HIPAA-compliant video. Many of the practices used in person adapt well to a virtual setting — it is not talk therapy delivered over a screen.
My office is in San Francisco, in the Mission District. I see clients in person throughout the Bay Area — including the East Bay (Orinda, Lafayette, Berkeley, and Oakland), Marin County, and the Peninsula (Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Burlingame, and surrounding cities). Meeting virtually, or a hybrid format works well, if you don’t wish to regularly commute to my office. These options are available for anyone, including out of state clients.
Yes. Remote clients can work virtually, or through a hybrid model that combines regular online sessions with periodic in-person intensives in San Francisco.
More is possible over a screen than most people expect. There is real-time relational engagement, guided embodiment, and direct feedback on what’s coming through in the moment. I’m still a genuine presence on the other end, which means you get honest feedback on how you’re actually landing and what shifts when you try something different. The absence of touch changes the texture of the work, not the depth of it.
An intensive is an extended in-person session, typically three to four hours, with the option of meeting over multiple consecutive days. They are designed to deepen and consolidate work that has been built through regular online sessions. They are particularly useful for clients who travel to San Francisco periodically rather than meeting weekly.
Weekly sessions are the most common starting point, though frequency depends on your schedule, budget, and what you’re working on. Regular practice tends to support steadier progress. The goal is maintaining enough continuity that the work builds on itself. Longer sessions less often can still be meaningful when weekly isn’t realistic.
There’s no single timeline. The length of work depends on what you’re exploring, how often we meet, and what feels manageable. Some people come for a focused period around a specific concern. Others choose to work together longer. The pace is guided by what supports real integration.