NYC Therapist Rates, Insurance
No one wants to pay for something they can get for free or on the cheap, right? Unfortunately, with therapy, as with anything else in life, sometimes you get what you pay for. This is a bit of a rant (however, always with a sense of humor). Be brave and read on! We get calls several times a day about whether we take insurance, why we can’t see people for less than what we...
Read MoreInsurance & Therapy, pt 2: What other therapists are saying…
We do not accept insurance- And here is why… Right now there is a discussion on one of the mental health groups on LinkedIn about the problems with the DSM and using insurance in therapy. I wanted to share a few of the exchanges here in response to a post by Hilding Ohrstrom, LCPC: To DSM or Not to DSM, that is the question….. Earlier in my career, I used to think...
Read MoreInsurance & Therapy, pt 1
We do not accept insurance for therapy- And here is why. People don’t generally expect therapy when making out their budgets. They really don’t expect it when they have insurance coverage that covers medically necessary treatments. For these treatments to be covered, the clinician must give you a medical diagnosis, which becomes part of an elaborate trail of paperwork...
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