Please note: Our staff is currently seeing clients both in person and via telehealth.
Below you will find information on treatment, the cost of therapy, insurance, and forms you will need to begin treatment.
What to Expect:
Scheduling the First Appointment
If you are interested in scheduling an appointment, please fill out our contact form. For any new clients, we offer an initial no-cost, brief phone screen that can be conducted prior to scheduling the initial diagnostic evaluation session to determine the appropriateness of the referral question, likelihood of fit for our services, and to answer other questions. This phone screen will not be necessary for many clients but remains an available service for anyone interested.
Upon scheduling an appointment, you will receive an email from Simple Practice with all consent forms and billing information.
When You Arrive
Please note: Our staff is currently seeing clients both in person and via telehealth.
For telehealth appointments, you will receive a secure link for the meeting so that you may join at the scheduled time. If you do not see an email with the link, you can log in to your client portal and find it there.
Assessment and Treatment
Our first meeting will be a 60-minute initial consultation. Meetings after the initial consultation are usually 45 minutes in length. In our first few meetings, we will discuss your concerns (or your child’s), as well as what resources you may have already engaged in. I will share with you my treatment recommendations. In treatment, I utilize approaches that research has demonstrated are most effective for anxiety disorders and OCD. These may include cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), including Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), as well as Internal Family Systems (IFS) and other modalities as appropriate for you.
Fees for Psychotherapy and Related Services
Session fees are charged by professional time and have been determined in a manner that considers factors such as regional psychotherapy rates, level of expertise, and the scope of focus of our specialty services.
As of 6/1/2023 – the following fee structure applies:
Intake Appointment (60-75 minutes) provided by any pre-licensed or licensed provider is charged at $350
Our base rate service is a session that lasts between 38-52 minutes. Therapy sessions for individuals, families, and/or couples, provided by any pre-licensed or licensed provider that lasts 38-52 minutes, and is coded as a 90834, 90846, or 90847 and has a range of costs between $125-$350.
Therapy sessions for individuals, families, and/or couples, provided by any pre-licensed or licensed provider that lasts 16-37 minutes, and is coded as a 90832, and has a range of costs between $80-$218.75.
Therapy sessions for individuals, families, and/or couples, provided by any pre-licensed or licensed provider that lasts more than 53 minutes and up 70 minutes, and is coded as a 90837 and has a range of costs between $160-$437.50. ** Sessions longer than 70 will be discussed in advance (i.e., before or during the session) so there are no unanticipated charges.
Fee Table:
There is a $50/session additional charge for all our providers for any appointments scheduled to start before 8:00 am or after 7 pm on weekdays or anytime on Saturdays or Sundays (group therapy not included).
Other Fees:
Our time is prorated in 15-minute increments for all other services based on the clinician’s base rate for the 90834 service. This includes (but is not limited to) the following services:
- Home/community-based therapy/school meetings or behavioral observations
- Travel time to and from out of office meetings, sessions, consultations
- Requested report writing, letters of opinion, or other documentation services not already included in assessment services
- Phone Consultations with school or other professionals, longer than 10 minutes
- Phone/video sessions/phone calls
- Review of lengthy emails or correspondences provided by the client
Any additional fees (e.g., possible admission fees to places for community-based exposure therapy for yourself/family and, if necessary for the therapist to accompany the therapist’s fees) will be your responsibility. Additional charges will be discussed in planning sessions with your therapist ahead of time.
Methods of Payment for Services
- We accept cash, check, or credit card (Visa, MC, Discover, and Amex)
- Any returned checks or late payments may be subject to a $35 fee. Noncompliance with payment terms may incur collections charges.
- Any refunded credit card charges may be subject to a fee of 5% of the total transaction.
Cancellation Policy
Your session time is reserved especially for you. If you need to cancel a session, please call my office at 818-458-9768 a minimum of 24 hours ahead of time. Except in the case of emergencies (which are determined at my sole discretion), it is my policy to charge my full session fee for sessions canceled with less than 24 hours notice (as well as for “no shows”).
Insurance:
My services are on a fee-for-service/private pay basis. I am not in-network with any insurance plans. I have found that this allows me to make the best treatment decisions for and with my patients, without limitations imposed by a third party.
If you wish, I will provide you with a suitable statement for insurance reimbursement. Some health insurance plans allow you to submit a claim for reimbursement for services provided by an out-of-network provider. You may wish to contact your insurance provider to determine if you have this benefit and how to access it.