FAQ

  • We start with what brought you, the family system as you live it now, and what you want to be different. I listen for the assigned role, not for a story that makes you the problem.

    If you already know you want individual support, explore working together.

  • No. That choice is yours, and it depends on the situation. The work is to see the pattern clearly enough that whatever you decide is not run by guilt or fear. I will not prescribe a cutoff from a website or a first session.

  • You can. Tears are information, not a problem to manage. We slow down. We do not rush you toward a tidy ending.

  • There is no honest week-count. Some people use a few sessions to get steadier in one bind: a limit they cannot hold, a body that still fires first, a decision they keep handing back to the family. Work with an assigned scapegoat role usually takes longer, because Bowen triangles and old IFS protectors test any new stance between sessions. The point is not a finish line. It is a clearer map, calmer limits, and more trust in your own perception when the system pulls back.

    Therapy here is session-based 1:1, not a package. The public individual rate is $175 USD. If you are in Ontario, this is RSW psychotherapy, and I can provide receipts where your plan covers it.

    Coaching, The Ascent, and community are separate paths. They are not a free course attached to therapy, and insurance receipts do not apply to coaching. If you want 1:1 therapy, we book session by session.

  • No. I cannot diagnose someone I am not treating, and a label on them is not the goal. We look at the patterns that affect you (scapegoating, triangulation, gaslighting) so you can trust your own perception.

  • Yes. If you are in Ontario, 1:1 can be RSW psychotherapy: session-based, $175 USD public, with receipts where your plan covers it. Outside Ontario I offer coaching and education, not clinical psychotherapy. Coaching is not insurance-receipted.

    Explore individual support.

  • Visit Work with me and select “Book a free 15-minute consult” to view the calendar. The consultation is a brief conversation about fit, service options, and getting started; it is not a full therapy or coaching session.

  • Yes. Start with my free newsletter for teaching on family roles, guilt, clearer limits, and trusting your own perception. Your welcome email includes the Ascent workbook.

    Enter your email, confirm your subscription, and look for your welcome email. The family assessment is optional; you do not need to complete it to begin with the newsletter and workbook.

    Get the free newsletter and workbook

    If you would also like a structured map of your family patterns, explore the free assessment.

  • Therapy (Ontario) is confidential 1:1 with clinical judgment. Public individual rate: $175 USD. Session-based. Receipts where a plan covers RSW psychotherapy.

    Coaching is 1:1 without that clinical frame. It is the 1:1 lane outside Ontario, and it is how the six-session package is structured. Coaching is not insurance-receipted.

    The Ascent is an educational course and community: $99 USD a month or $249 USD a quarter. It is not emergency care and not a replacement for individualized treatment. Explore The Ascent and The Holding Space.

    The Sovereign Scapegoat GPT is a $5.99 USD guided-reflection tool. It is not therapy and not Blake. Explore the Sovereign Scapegoat GPT.

  • No. Ontario therapy is session-based. There is no free course attached to therapy.

  • The coaching package includes six one-hour video sessions with me, self-completed IFSA 3.0 and IFSA 3.1 Advanced assessments, homework and genogram work, and 90 days of access to The Ascent course and The Holding Space community. Sovereign Scapegoat GPT and Blake’s Slide Vault are included for reflection and reviewing the teaching between sessions; you do not need to buy them separately.

    The total is $1,400 USD. Pay in full, or choose $700 USD at checkout and $700 USD automatically one month later. The payment plan ends after the second payment. The package does not automatically renew into another package or a paid membership.

    The assessments are additional to your six coaching sessions; they are not extra video appointments. Assessment report turnaround is 3–4 business days. After purchase, I send your initial coaching booking link. Sessions are usually every two weeks; weekly sessions can be arranged.

    Coaching is separate from Ontario psychotherapy and is not insurance-receipted. The GPT is an educational reflection tool that requires ChatGPT sign-in and is subject to its usage limits.

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  • No. The Royal Court is Blake’s Substack: writing, members-only video, and a private podcast. It does not include Circle course access, office hours, or 1:1. Explore The Royal Court.

    The Ascent’s private community is part of that course, not a Royal Court benefit.