Services Provided
- Assessment and Diagnosis of mental illness (if requested by client)
- Treatment of eating disorders, anxiety, PTSD, depression, and other mental illness
- Help managing difficult life situations
- Assistance in understanding side effects and beneficial effects of medication
- Psychoeducation to increase understanding of childhood development and adjusting to childhood developmental delays, development of disordered eating behaviors, and anti-diet approach to body acceptance.
- Listening from a place of confidentiality and empathy
Pricing
- $150 per 55 minute session
- Limited sliding scale slots available
Why don’t I take insurance?
There are many benefits to not taking insurance, including keeping costs down for clients, not being bound by what the insurance companies decide is right for a client, and most insurance companies won’t panel associate licensed therapists such as myself, but a superbill can be generated for clients should they wish to submit one to their insurance for possible reimbursement.
There are many benefits to paying out of pocket for therapy services:
- Your confidential information is kept private, not sent to insurance companies so they can decide if your condition merits further services.
- Your private issues do not become part of your health care record forever after for insurance companies to use as they see fit.
- You don’t need a mental illness to see a counselor. Sometimes people just need to talk to a compassionate outside person, even if they don’t have a diagnosable mental illness.
- If you don’t want to be labeled with a diagnosis or mental illness, you don’t have to be. In order for insurance to pay for therapy, you need a diagnosis. You are a person, not just a diagnosis. However, diagnoses can often be helpful in understanding what is happening with the brain and body. But it is up to you if you want me to try to diagnose you with something.
