FEES for individual sessions are
The first session is always a one-hour consultation at $125 unless other arrangements are made.
However there is NO CHARGE if we determine
within the first 15 minutes that I cannot help you, or you feel I am not the therapist for you.
Studies show that lasting change usually requires regular meetings of once or twice a week for several months, but longer or shorter-term counseling may also be needed and effective.
Six sessions is often considered brief therapy
and needed as a minimum to:
see what's really going on
get you on the road to solid change
determine whether more work is needed
To support people in making a commitment, Dr. Rhea offers DISCOUNT PACKAGES ~
Sessions missed without 24 hour notice will be deducted.
Packages are not refundable.
Packages may be used by the couple, either partner, and/or any family member part of the therapeutic unit
as determined by the therapist.
Sessions are good for the number of months, i.e. 6 session package is good for 6 months, 15 session package is good for 15 months, etc.
USING INSURANCE FOR COUNSELING CAN PUT YOU AT RISK!
Insurance companies require you to be "sick." Most people come to counseling with problems in living, not because of a disorder or mental illness. In order to get your counseling bill paid by your insurance company, practicioners must assign a diagnoses that the insurance company will pay for, even if it isn't exactly what's wrong.
Insurance companies decide your treatment. They determine how often and for how long you can be seen for this illness or disorder that you may not even have. Even if you do have an illness or disorder, being permanently labeled is personally damaging.
Even if you are willing to go through this process to have counseling paid for, you should know
A DIAGNOSIS IS ON YOUR RECORD FOR LIFE
and
YOUR INSURANCE RECORDS ARE ACCESSIBLE
to other insurance companies, employers, police, hackers, etc.
Appointments missed or cancelled with less than 24-hour notice will incur a charge of the full fee for one appointment, EVEN IN UNEXPECTED EMERGENCY. The reason that you cannot make it does not change the cost of my time or the loss to someone else who may have needed that time in your place.
Call 707 266 1269, or email lovedoc@holisticounseling.org for a free consultation.