Stepping away from insurance was both a business move and a values-based clinical choice.

Insurance companies act as a gatekeeper to care. They decide if care is “medically necessary” and require diagnoses (often times, people are seeking therapy for life stuff, not for diagnosable issues, so this becomes a problem when trying to create some diagnosis to bill under). They limit how long the sessions can be and how frequent. They can also impose a clawback, meaning that they want to be reimbursed for services that were already provided. The biggest fear that I have for my clients is that they are allowed to ask for your records at any time, which means that our sessions have a limit to confidentiality.

Another main reason I stepped away from insurance was because they want therapists to use certain interventions to help treat mental health issues, and my approach to therapy is much more eclectic then your standard care (like CBT worksheets). I blend different modalities that best suite my clients while also providing different lengths of sessions if that is in the client’s best interest.

I want therapy to be a space that belongs to you and that we create together.

In my private-pay practice, we decide how often to meet and for how long, what to focus on and which modalities and experiences you want in session, and how to move forward, without interference. It’s confidential. It’s collaborative. And it’s yours.