Fees & Insurance

Individual Therapy: $225 per 50 minute individual session.

Insurance: I am in network with Aetna insurance and you can verify your plan’s coverage with Aetna here. For all other insurance plans, I am an out-of-network (OON) provider and I do not bill directly to insurance. Depending on your insurance plan, you may have out-of-network benefits that allow you to be reimbursed for a portion of the session. Out-of-network benefits vary and are reimbursed differently from plan to plan.

Verifying Your Out-of-Network (OON) Benefits: You can check your insurance plan’s psychotherapy benefits by calling the Member Services number on the back of your insurance ID card. You may find it helpful to ask your insurance company the following questions:

  • Does my insurance plan cover outpatient mental health services?

    • For California Clients: are services covered by a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and/or a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor?

    • For Connecticut Clients: are services covered by a Licensed Professional Counselor?

  • Do I have a deductible? If so, what is my deductible and how much have I met so far?

  • When does my coverage year begin and end? When does my deductible reset?

  • Once I’ve met my deductible, what is the “allowed amount” and what percentage will I be reimbursed?

  • How many outpatient psychotherapy sessions are covered per year?

  • How long will it take for claims to be processed?

  • Do I need pre-approval for psychotherapy services to be covered?

I partner with the app Reimbursify to help clients understand their out-of-network benefits. You can check your out-of-network benefits here.

If your insurance company reimburses for out-of-network therapy, I can provide a “Superbill,” which is a receipt for services that you’ll submit to your insurance company. The Superbill requires that I provide the diagnosis of a mental health disorder in order to justify medical necessity. For example, wanting to feel more confident isn’t enough for insurance companies, unless I can document that lacking confidence causes a medical problem via a diagnosed disorder. Once you submit a Superbill, your insurance companies can audit your clinical record at any point to check on progress and evaluate medical necessity.

Submitting Your OON Claims: easily submit claims for out-of-network health insurance reimbursement. If your insurance company does not have an easy-to-use app, you may find it helpful to download Reimbursify and submit claims quickly and easily from your smartphone. Download the Reimbursify app and get your first claim free.

Insurance Based Providers

You can obtain a list of in-network therapists by calling the member services number on the back of your insurance card. Ask for a list of “in-network Behavioral and Mental Health providers who are currently accepting new clients." They'll search by zip code and you can give them a mile radius for how far you're able to go and then they'll email you this list. Once you have the list, you’ll need to reach out to each person one by one to ask if they are still in-network with your insurance plan and if they are accepting new clients.

Low-Fee Therapy

Open Paths Collective offers individual therapy sessions at a deeply reduced sliding scale.

Community Mental Health Clinics are nonprofit agencies where therapy sessions are provided by qualified pre-licensed therapists who work under close supervision of a licensed mental health professional. These clinics are sometimes free or offer low-fee services. Try searching online for “Low-Fee Mental Health Clinics + [Your Zip Code]”

Good Faith Estimate

Notice to prospective and current clients: You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical and mental health care will cost.

Under federal law, healthcare providers are required to give clients who don’t have, are not using insurance, or are working with an out-of-network provider an estimate of the expected charges for healthcare services, including psychotherapy services.

You can ask your health care provider, and any other provider you choose, for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule a service.

If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill. Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate.

For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises.