Hallie D'Agruma, Ph.D.

Concerns of privacy and of confidentiality are taken seriously. It my belief that psychotherapeutic work is best undertaken in an atmosphere of respect for the value of people, their life stories, their struggles, and their pain as well as of the therapy process itself. For this reason, I am deeply mindful of their privacy and take all efforts to create a clear distinction between the work that goes on in therapy and the world outside. We live and work in small, close-knit communities where everyone seems to know each other, but this in no way makes the walls of the therapy room more permeable. I treat this space as sacred and work diligently to making my patients feel that this is a safe and separate space for themselves, so as to encourage the difficult work that must be done here.