Fees for Therapy

Standard Fees:

50-minute counseling sessions are $175.

80-minute counseling sessions are $280. The first session is usually 80-minutes, as we’ll go over your history and lay out a plan for therapy. We can

I have a limited number of sliding scale spots, starting at $125 per 50-minute session ($200 per 80-minute session).

Using Insurance for Counseling:

I have tried to use insurance and found it harrowing and infuriating. I do not accept insurance. If you’re unable to pay the full fee, I encourage you to request a sliding-scale fee instead.

I have had an insurance company tell me months into seeing a client that they were denying all claims, and they were caused by work-related issues. The kicker? The client was in middle school. (I just accepted the financial loss, as my job is to heal trauma, not cause it.)

Read this report about how insurance companies mass-deny claims:

Over a period of two months last year, Cigna doctors denied over 300,000 requests for payments using this method, spending an average of 1.2 seconds on each case, the documents show.

And this system is specifically designed to leave providers and patients on the hook. There’s no way to pre-screen and guarantee the insurance pays:

Cigna emphasized that its system does not prevent a patient from receiving care — it only decides when the insurer won’t pay. “Reviews occur after the service has been provided to the patient and does not result in any denials of care,” the statement said.