Services and fees

Approximately 75% of my practice is with individuals, and 25% with couples.  
I limit my practice to work with adults.  I do not work with anyone younger than age 17, except for      
     very specific reasons (such as phobia treatment).
I am experienced and comfortable working with heterosexual and same-sex couples.
I do not do forensic (legal) evaluations, formal testing, or testify in court.  
My usual session length is 50 minutes.  Longer sessions (90 minutes) are possible by special           
     agreement.  
My customary fee is $100 per session, although I am happy to negotiate reduced  fees for those in   
      difficult financial circumstances.  I accept cash, checks, MasterCard and Visa.
Clients are expected to pay for sessions cancelled with less than 24 hours notice, unless the            
      reason for cancellation is illness or emergency.  I expect that we will keep all scheduled               
      appointments.  This applies to me, too, so if I (god forbid) miss a scheduled appointment, I give   
      the client a free session.
While I am happy to fill out paperwork for my clients who wish to be reimbursed by insurance            
      companies, I no longer directly bill insurance companies.  This rule is for both pragmatic and       
      ethical reasons.  First, it is not unusual to wait weeks or even months for an insurance company
      to pay.  The time it takes to deal with them (paperwork and phone calls) would require me to       
      significantly increase my fees. Second, in my professional opinion, how long and for what           
      reason I'm seeing a client should be decided by me and the client, not some outside gatekeeper
      whose job depends on the insurance company's profits.  
Services and fees