What are my fees?
- I am open by appointment. My hours of availability range from 10am to 5pm during the week. I also offer evening times (5pm or later) and occasional weekend appointment times.
- My regular weekday session fee is $200/hr.
- I also offer same day crisis sessions (same day or within 24 hours of appt) for relationship issues ($250/hr).
- A same day evening (5pm and later) or weekend crisis session appointment fee is $280/hr.
- I offer marathon sessions (half-day to full-day) for couples & families.
- I offer a limited number of sliding scale openings (currently full).
*All times are Mountain Time
** Crisis session appointments are based on my availability. If you are in crisis and I cannot to be reached or I am unavailable, please call 911 or 988!
INSURANCE?
While I do not contract with or bill insurance companies, I will provide you with a paid invoice (SUPERBILL) that you can personally submit to your insurer for reimbursement as an out-of-network claim. I also contract with some employee assistance programs (EAP's).
There are a number of different reasons I don't accept insurance. Some are listed below in a statement by Casey Truffo, an author and fellow Marriage and Family Therapist...
“There are several reasons I don’t like to bill insurance companies for therapy. First, in order to have your insurance pay for your therapy, I have to give you…a mental disorder diagnosis. I really don’t want to give anyone a…mental disorder diagnosis. That’s just not the way I like to work. Then, depending on the insurance company, I may have to write a report every five to ten sessions to show that you’re still sick with that mental disorder. For them to continue paying for therapy, my report needs to show that you’re still sick and getting better, but that you aren’t cured yet. I really don’t want to write a report like that – sharing the details of your mental disorder…“Then someone from the insurance company who doesn’t know either of us is going to read that report and assess how well our work is going and decide if they will continue to pay for the therapy. It’s like they are sitting in the room judging us and how we are doing. Of course no one from the insurance company really is in the room with us, but it can feel like they are. I don’t know about you, but I think how well the therapy is going should be something that you and I decide - not someone who doesn’t know either of us.”...“I don’t know if this is true or not, but I have heard that up to 14 people at the insurance company could potentially read that report before they’d agree to pay for continuing therapy. Again - I am not sure if that’s true, but I just don’t feel comfortable with that possibility. Also, if you’re self-employed or ever might be, a mental disorder diagnosis on your record can make getting health care insurance very expensive. That’s why I don’t take insurance.” (Casey Truffo, 2007).
I think its important to add that insurance companies pay about as much as I can offer using other payment options. Insurance boards also require much more paperwork, so the amount of time I work outside our sessions is usually more than doubled by accepting insurance. For this reason I offer a number of different payment options to make your emotional health even more affordable for you!
There are a number of different reasons I don't accept insurance. Some are listed below in a statement by Casey Truffo, an author and fellow Marriage and Family Therapist...
“There are several reasons I don’t like to bill insurance companies for therapy. First, in order to have your insurance pay for your therapy, I have to give you…a mental disorder diagnosis. I really don’t want to give anyone a…mental disorder diagnosis. That’s just not the way I like to work. Then, depending on the insurance company, I may have to write a report every five to ten sessions to show that you’re still sick with that mental disorder. For them to continue paying for therapy, my report needs to show that you’re still sick and getting better, but that you aren’t cured yet. I really don’t want to write a report like that – sharing the details of your mental disorder…“Then someone from the insurance company who doesn’t know either of us is going to read that report and assess how well our work is going and decide if they will continue to pay for the therapy. It’s like they are sitting in the room judging us and how we are doing. Of course no one from the insurance company really is in the room with us, but it can feel like they are. I don’t know about you, but I think how well the therapy is going should be something that you and I decide - not someone who doesn’t know either of us.”...“I don’t know if this is true or not, but I have heard that up to 14 people at the insurance company could potentially read that report before they’d agree to pay for continuing therapy. Again - I am not sure if that’s true, but I just don’t feel comfortable with that possibility. Also, if you’re self-employed or ever might be, a mental disorder diagnosis on your record can make getting health care insurance very expensive. That’s why I don’t take insurance.” (Casey Truffo, 2007).
I think its important to add that insurance companies pay about as much as I can offer using other payment options. Insurance boards also require much more paperwork, so the amount of time I work outside our sessions is usually more than doubled by accepting insurance. For this reason I offer a number of different payment options to make your emotional health even more affordable for you!
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