Cost
Therapy is an investment of time, effort, and money. Let's make it worth it.
Session Length and Fees
Standard sessions at Bedrock Therapy run 45-55 minutes. If a standard session runs short, the price remains the same. Shorter and longer sessions are available in certain circumstances.
Each standard session is typically done once per week and costs $150; sessions scheduled for a different length have prorated rates. I am unfortunately unable to provide discounts and do not accept prepayments for sessions.
Missing a session will cost the typical session rate of $150. Sessions can be cancelled or rescheduled at no cost with at least 24 hours’ notice.
Payment Method
Sessions can be paid in cash or with a credit card. Even if you plan to pay with cash, I will keep a credit card on file for convenience.
Insurance is not accepted at Bedrock Therapy. However, I can give you a superbill that your insurance company may use for out-of-network coverage. I cannot guarantee that your insurance will reimburse you or cover my services. It is up to you to contact your insurance company and verify that they will accept a superbill from me and will reimburse you, and it is up to you to ensure the reimbursement rate is acceptable to you.
Why don't you accept insurance?
There are two main reasons I do not accept insurance. Both of them limit the flexibility and freedom that the most effective therapy requires, so not involving insurance means that you are able to receive better care and see better results more quickly.
Insurance sets arbitrary and often unhelpful standards for therapy, particularly therapy for depression and therapy for stress. They can stop covering your treatment if they think you are better or they think you have been in therapy too long. If you don’t meet the criteria for certain diagnoses, they may refuse to cover any treatment at all. To enforce their standards, they can request your treatment records and see anything contained in them, which means that you do not have the same level of confidentiality as you would without them.
Insurance companies also only cover therapy from certain therapists, and coverage for those therapists can stop at any time. We could be working together when your insurance company decides not to cover my services at all anymore, forcing you to see someone else if you wanted to continue therapy. That interrupts dynamics, forces you to trust someone new all over again, and can even result in you not improving anymore.
Your right to a Good Faith Estimate
Because I do not accept insurance, you have a right to a Good Faith Estimate (GFE) under Section 2799B-6 of the Public Health Service Act. Within a short time of scheduling, I will provide you a GFE outlining a range of anticipated costs of therapy during the next year, should you feel a need to be in therapy that long. You also have a right to request a copy of the GFE for up to six years.
If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your current GFE, not including unexpected expenses, you can dispute the bill.Make sure to save a copy or picture of your GFE!
For questions or more informationabout your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit https://www.cms.gov/nosurprises.