Prior to your first session, please contact your insurance company and ask the following questions:
1) Do I have outpatient mental health coverage?
2)How many sessions will be covered per calendar year?
3) What percentage of my bill will be covered for services obtained by an out-of-network provider?
4)What is my deductible and has it been met?
Everyone’s circumstances are unique to them and the length of time therapy can take to allow you to accomplish your goals depends on your desire for personal development, your commitment, the factors that are driving you to seek therapy and any barriers to treatment that may exist for you.
I highly recommend that when you begin therapy, we meet on a weekly basis. It has been proven to be most effective and powerful based on countless studies and my professional opinion. After we get started, we will work collaboratively and increase or decrease the frequency of your sessions based on your progress and need.
I’m an out-of-network provider. That means that I’m not contracted with any health insurance company. You make your payment directly to me on the day of the service provided. If you have a PPO plan, I can provide you with a superbill to submit to your insurance company for reimbursement. This can help you reduce your out-of-pocket cost. Please call your insurance company to learn about your outpatient mental health coverage and deductible.
No, I’m a psychologist and provide talk therapy. I would refer you to a psychiatrist who is a medical doctor, should you need to be evaluated or monitored for medication.
At the beginning of our work together, we will decide on the modality of treatment, whether we will be proceeding with Individual or Couples therapy. It is not ethical for your individual therapist to also be your couples therapist and vice versa. It’s important for your therapist to remain as unbiased as possible when treating the couple or individual. With that said, if I’m working with you individually, and from time to time, you would like to bring a guest to your session and use my help to speak to them, we can arrange for that. Or, if you are working with me as a couple, I may meet with you individually at times to be able to assess where you may be stuck and to help you bring your concerns into the room with the couple.