Psychological Accuracy for Memoir, Mental Health Books, and Psychoeducational Content
I'm a psychotherapist (LPC) who also writes. I bring clinical depth to memoir, mental health writing, and short-form content for wellness brands: writing that holds the nuance and complexity of the human condition and communicates it clearly, so it resonates emotionally with your audience and gives them concrete guidance they can apply to their lives right away.
If you have a manuscript, memoir, or brand that needs real psychology behind the words, this is for you.
"Ida's suggestions were always well thought out and creative, her writing concise and efficient, yet she was always flexible and open to different ideas. Her work product is of the highest quality, professionally prepared and beautifully presented. I could not imagine working with anyone else."
Howard W Streiffer, author of Been There, Undone That
Why This Works
A memoir can be true and still leave a reader cold if the meaning underneath it isn't clear. My job is to find the why running through your story, so your reader can identify with your message.
Readers can tell when mental health writing is recited instead of lived, or when a book lists principles instead of showing the person behind them. Whether it's a memoir chapter or a psychoeducational carousel, the content needs to offer a level of depth and nuance for your audience to identify with it and offer concrete guidance that they can apply immediately. Anything less reads as generic, vague, or recycled.
Services
Pricing is a starting point. Every project is quoted based on scope after a short call.
Memoirists, mental health, and self-help authors
- Clinical manuscript audits and developmental notes that find the sharper book inside your draft and hold up under a licensed reader's eye.
- $150/hr, or a flat $2,500 full-manuscript audit (up to 100,000 words).
Therapists, coaches, and wellness brands
- Psychoeducational content and copy that's clinically accurate and actually lands, not recycled social-media psychology. I write and design it myself.
- From $175 per piece. Monthly content partnerships from $1,500/month (best value, priority turnaround). Full rates on our call. Minimum engagement: $500.
Founders, executives, and legacy authors
- Premium ghostwriting and developmental rewrites: work-for-hire, flat fee paid upfront, with 100% of the IP and byline yours. I also take credited projects with shared terms.
- Entry point: the Manuscript Rescue Package at $9,500 (a clinical audit plus a 10,000-word rewrite of your core chapters). Full ghostwriting quoted per project, starting in the low five figures.
Agencies and acquisitions editors
- Clinical-grade audits and white-label content for sensitive, high-ticket projects a generalist read can't hold, per project or monthly.
How We'll Work Together
- Every project starts with a short scoping call. From there we start small, a clinical audit or a sample chapter, so you can feel the work before you commit to the whole thing. Then we move into the full engagement at the pace your book needs.
- Your story stays private. As a licensed clinician, confidentiality is a professional standard I'm held to, not a courtesy.
What it's like to work with me
"I am happy to enthusiastically recommend working with Ida. It was a totally positive experience!
Ida is highly intelligent and possesses a razor-sharp mind, and she maintains a laser focus on anything she is involved in. She has a very unusual combination of educational and professional backgrounds, as well as personal experiences, that gives her a robust and unique skill set.
In the manuscript editing work we did together, her suggestions were always well thought out and creative. Her writing is concise and efficient, yet she is always flexible and open to different ideas. At the same time, she was very aware of her supportive rather than primary role.
Ida also has rigorous time management skills, and even though she was involved with several other projects during our time, all deliverables were consistently on time, complete, well thought out, and creative.
In summary, her work product is of the highest quality, professionally prepared and beautifully presented. I could not even imagine working with anyone else in the future."
Howard W Streiffer, author of Been There, Undone That
*note: I provided a clinical manuscript evaluation and developmental notes on Howard's book. The edition linked here predates that work.