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If your therapist is not In Network with your insurance company, you will be using your Out of Network benefits. In that case you will pay the full session cost upfront and your therapist will provide you an invoice to submit to your insurer to get reimbursed. The amount that you are reimbursed is based on your Out of Network benefits set by your insurance company. It is best to confirm your Out of Network benefits with your insurance provider.

• Insurance typically will cover psychotherapy. However, each insurance plan has different rates of payment and different costs that are assigned to the patient.

• If you have any concerns about your plan coverage or the cost of therapy, It’s always best to contact your insurance to find out what your coverage is for mental health care.  Some important questions to ask include: Do I have a deductible for mental health care and will it apply to outpatient psychotherapy in an office setting?  Do I have a copayment for psychotherapy visits? Do I have co-insurance for psychotherapy visits?

Psychotherapy sessions are typically 55 minutes long. Under some circumstances a shorter 45 or 30 minute session may be determined to be preferable. You and your therapist will discuss this.

Prior to your first visit your therapist will get you connected to their patient portal so that you can complete your intake paperwork online. At the first visit your therapist will start to get to know you and understand your problems. They will want to hear about some of your reasons for seeking therapy now, and talk about any mental health symptoms you have been having. Your therapist may also ask you questions about your goals for therapy, your family, relationships, and other important aspects of your life.

• Psychotherapy appointments and your records are all kept confidential.  This means that your therapist needs to get your permission to discuss your therapy with anyone other than you.  Therapists can seek professional consultation in order to do their job better, and in that case, they only disclose information to another therapist who is also bound by the rules of confidentiality.

• If you want us to bill your insurance, we have to disclose some confidential information to the insurance company including your identifying information, your diagnosis, when we met and the billing code for the appointment.

• Other than billing your insurance and consultation, we can’t reveal the content of your sessions, or even the fact that you are attending therapy, to anyone without your permission.  If your therapist should want to consult with your medical doctor or someone else who you see for treatment, your therapist will get your consent in writing.

• There are some very limited and specific situations when therapists are legally required to break their client’s confidentiality to alert people at risk of being harmed. Your therapist will review these situations with you at the start of therapy and will answer any questions that you have.  These limited situations include when a client threatens to take their own life, threatens to harm another person, and when a client shares that a child or older adult is being abused.

Typically at the start of therapy, clients have once weekly therapy sessions. Some clients may require a greater frequency either due to severity of symptoms or another need for more intensive intervention.  Meeting less frequently than weekly can lead to slow progress or therapy functioning as a mental health check-in rather than a treatment that seeks to deeply understand and alter sources of distress.  Occasionally when considering ending therapy, clients will reduce the frequency of sessions in preparation for ending treatment.