Services Offered:

Individual therapy: $120 for a 50-minute session

Couples therapy: $160 for a 90-minute session

(I'm also occasionally able to offer a sliding-scale fee.)

Insurance:

I accept Aetna PPO/HMO/EAP, Blue Shield/Magellan PPO/HMO, Cigna PPO/HMO/EAP, Coastwise ILWU, ComPsych, Horizon Health, MHN (HealthNet), and TriCare insurance, along with PPO's from other plans.  

Policies:

1.  I offer psychotherapy sessions on an ongoing weekly basis, biweekly, or monthly basis.  Payment is due at each session by cash or check. 

2.  All regularly scheduled sessions are your financial responsibility.  If you cannot attend a scheduled session, it is your responsibility to give me at least 24 hours’ advance notice.  If you cannot give 24 hours’ notice, I will make reasonable efforts to reschedule your session during that same week, depending on my availability.  If this is not possible, you will be charged for the missed session. Since insurance companies do not reimburse for missed sessions, you will be responsible for the full fee for the missed session, not just the co-payment.

3.  Either of us may end the therapy.  I would like to offer emotional support in all phases of your therapy, including its ending.  If you give me a few weeks’ notice before leaving, I can best help you leave well, with a sense of completion.

4.  If at any time you feel that you are not getting what you want out of our sessions, please let me know so we can discuss your needs and adjust your treatment plan.

5.  The information you disclose to me is generally confidential.  I will only release information about our work together, including the fact that you are in therapy with me, with your written authorization or if required to do so by court order.  There are some situations in which I am obligated to breach your confidentiality to protect you or others from harm.  These include: (1) if I have information that indicates a child or elder or dependent adult is being abused; or (2) if a client makes serious threats of violence against another person, or when a client is dangerous to him/herself or the person or property of another. 

6.  If you are using your insurance to cover some of your therapy costs, the insurance company will require--at a minimum--diagnosis and session dates, and may also require a written progress report and treatment plan.  When you sign your insurance claim form, you waive your right to confidentiality and grant the insurance company access to these records. 

Getting Started:

Getting started is as easy as calling me at (310) 538-3512, or e-mailing me at ann@therapy-conscious.com, to arrange an initial phone conversation to discuss how I can be of assistance to you.