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Fees
$150.00 per 45-minute session.
(If you request that I appear in court, this fee will be based on my
regular session fee.)
Initial consultation fee is $300.00,
which is essentially a double session of ninety minutes. This only
occurs one time.
Assessment
instruments are administered in the third session, with a fee between $100.00 to $200.00. Again, this is a one-time fee.
There are no other fees. I do not
bill for telephone contact, writing case summaries, or responding to
e-mail.
After a period of time when I have
been able to improve the situation of a particular client, many of
my families do not come in on a weekly basis. The standard of
weekly psychotherapy sessions has its roots more in tradition than
in outcome research. For so many parents who have said, “My child
saw another therapist every week for two years and has made little
progress” – I hope to do better! Together, we will decide how
often we meet, but don't worry that it has to be weekly or forever.
“Do you accept my insurance?”
I made a very difficult decision to
voluntarily withdraw from all managed care panels because they do
not allow me to provide services in a timely fashion and manner that
I believe to be in my clients' best interests. However, my services
may be covered as out-of-network for managed care plans.
Families
are asked to pay for my services at the time of service. I provide
a detailed statement on a monthly basis which clients can attach to
their claim form and submit to their insurance company for whatever
reimbursement the services may quality for.
There is little time to “shop” for a
good therapist and adolescents may not get the luxury of a second
chance. Thus, I routinely assist families in locating providers within
their plans if they cannot work with me as an out-of-network
provider. I give names of in-network providers whose
credentials and reputations I believe to be first-rate.
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