No, at this time I am not an in-network provider for any insurance panels. A few reasons for this include:
- Insurance companies require diagnostic codes in order to process claims, which then becomes part of your permanent record.
- Insurance companies utilize their power and control to dictate therapeutic modalities used in session. I find insurance companies aren’t actually up-to-date on effective therapy. I also don’t appreciate being controlled.
- Insurance companies require therapy to be “medically necessary,” (i.e. I must agree you have a mental illness), which is not in line with my non-pathological approach to care.
- Insurance payout rates in South Carolina do not lend to my ability to keep my practice financially afloat.
- Insurance companies still currently have the legal right to “claw back” any payouts made to clinicians, even several years later, which have put colleagues of mine in precarious situations to say the least.
Yes, while I am not an in-network provider, I can provide monthly superbills for you to submit to your insurance for partial reimbursement if you have out-of-network benefits.
Please reach out for current rate information.
I have a sliding scale policy, and the application is available to all current and prospective clients. Eligibility is based upon Federal Poverty Level and number of people living in your household.
Often I am operating on a waitlist for the couple of sliding scale spots I have per week available in my calendar, however if we have had a phone consultation and we agree we’d like to work together, you can request an application.
I wish it only took a few sessions. The truth is, your neural pathways have been wiring and firing in their patterns for at least a couple of decades now. In order to safely and deeply change these patterns, it takes time! Not decades, but more than a few months.
I work with my clients on this on a case-by-case basis, and it’s almost always flexible. Common frequencies in my caseload are once a week sessions, or every other week. But I also have clients who have worked with me for a while who come once a month, or every 6 weeks.
If a client is having difficulty functioning on a daily basis, but I have assessed outpatient therapy with me is still an appropriate level of care, I will often recommend at least weekly sessions, sometimes twice per week.
Individual sessions are 50 minutes. The remaining 10 minutes of the hour is reserved for charting and advocacy.
Talking has it’s place. And I am all for you taking the lead on what you want to say and when in session. I will never force you to speak about traumatic material.
I much prefer experiential approaches to therapy, which focus more on helping you, the client, get to know yourself through your own experience of yourself in a safe and supported environment. In my view, my interpretations are much less important than what you can glean from the nonjudgmental, open, curious, and compassionate space we create together in session.
It’s typical for psychotherapy intake sessions to take 90 minutes. However, I find spending an hour and a half spilling one’s heart out takes more energy and vulnerability than is needed for a first meeting. For this reason, I schedule all sessions for 50 minutes.
In our first session, I will ask you to share whatever you’d like me to know about you first so that we can begin building trust. Topics may include current daily stressors, family history, symptoms, relationship functioning, and more. Any further disclosure you’d like to share can be done in the second and third sessions, if needed.
Tell me! Also, I am probably also feeling it and will bring it up to you if you don’t.
Absolutely, far and away, the relationship between you and I is what matters the most in your ability to heal in therapy. If we are not working, you are not getting your money’s worth! Talk to me about what doesn’t feel right, many times I can adjust! If we’re just not a fit in personality, for instance, I will provide referrals to other clinicians who may work for you better than I can.
