Rates, Insurance & Confidentiality

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$175 for a 50-60 minute individual therapy session

$200 for a couple or family session

$300 for a 90 minute couple or family therapy session

Note:  In-home services include travel time.

* If you have Carelon Behavioral Health (formerly Beacon Health Options) through Partnership Health Plan of California, there is no copayment for covered services. 

* Sliding scale and reduced fee services are available on a limited basis. 

* Payment in the form of cash or check is accepted at the beginning of service.  To avoid a missed appointment fee, cancellations must be made at least 24 hours in advance.  

* If you have been a victim of a crime in the last year, you may be eligible for free therapy and other services through the California Victim’s of Crime fund.  You will need a crime report number in order to file for these services.  Please see the VOC website for more information: HERE

Upon request, you will be provided with a Superbill or monthly statement, which may be filed with your health insurance provider for reimbursement, as I do not accept or bill insurance companies directly for payment of psychotherapy services.  Services may be covered in full or in part by your health plan insurance or employee benefit plan.  For more information, please contact your plan provider and ask about your "behavioral health benefits.”  

Please note that when accessing therapy through a Managed Care Plan (MCP), a therapist must disclose personal and confidential information about your treatment, and the MCP uses this information to determine benefits at their own discretion. Thus, many clients prefer the direct pay option, as it insures confidentiality and allows treatment to be guided by clinical issues, rather than restrictions and limitations imposed by the insurance plan provider. 

You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical and mental health care will cost. Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the expected charges for medical services, including psychotherapy services. You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency 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.

All communication will be held in strict confidence unless you provide written permission to release information about your treatment or a court of law orders the release.  If you participate in couple or family therapy, I will not disclose confidential information about treatment unless all person(s) who have participated in treatment with you provide written authorization to release such information.  Please be aware that I utilize a “no secrets” policy when conducting family/ couple therapy, which permits disclosure of clinically relevant information between family members/ partners when indicated to support attainment of treatment goals.  (Please feel free to ask about the policy.)

Mandated exceptions to confidentiality include:  Suspected child abuse, dependent adult abuse, or elder abuse.  I also may be required or permitted to break confidentiality when a client presents a serious threat of danger to another person or to him/herself.

Communications with clients who are minors (under age of 18) are confidential.  However, when parents/ caregivers authorize and are involved with treatment, I exercise professional clinical judgement in sharing treatment progress of minor child with parent/ caregiver.  I am happy to discuss any questions and concerns with you.