Counseling Services and Fees

Individual Counseling

Life can be stressful.  You may be experiencing depression, anxiety, loss of self-esteem, or relationship problems.  These issues can overwhelm us and cause us to act in a way that is unhealthy.  Through individual counseling, we explore how you are experiencing your problems and work to increase your awareness.  Sometimes this means looking at your current coping skills and personality strengths.  Maybe you want to add a few skills.  Sometimes it means looking into your lifelong patterns or into your past for clues to understanding how you see things. Either way, I start with understanding what you want and together we will figure out how you can get there.

I usually see individual clients for one 50 minute appointment weekly. If a client needs a different schedule, I will work with them to come up with a unique and effective plan.

Couples Therapy

Marriages today can create a great deal of distress.  There are disagreements over roles, household responsibilities, parenting styles, family schedules and broken communication patterns.  These are just a few examples.  Some of the most stressful, and often hurtful, marital issues revolve around feeling or perceiving that one or both partners are not loved, needed or respected.  These deeper feelings lead to emotionally unsafe marriages.  Are you fearful of being abandoned by your partner?  Do you feel insignificant?  Do you need emotional security?  Do you need new communication patterns?  Come equip your marriage with the necessary tools to move your marriage forward.

Couples therapy helps both partners see how stressed and unsafe they are.  As couples become aware of their role in the marital stress, they open themselves up to new possibilities for reconnection, recommitment and marital safety.

Couples sessions are generally 50 minutes.  When working with couples, I use Emotion Focused Couples Therapy.  This is an incredible process that helps couples understand their relationship patterns and works to safely reconnect couples.

Family Counseling

Regardless of our age or marital status, we all live in and around our family.  The family is both a potential source of stability and a potential source of chaos.  There are times that those people within our family cause a great deal of stress and strain.  As a counselor, I am trained to help facilitate family interactions in order to help the family work on these difficult issues.  This is a great opportunity to help the entire family learn about each other and learn new and healthy ways to interact.

Family sessions are generally 50 minutes in length.

Fees / Or Using Insurance Benefits:

Individual, Couples and Family therapy is $100.00 per 50 minute session.  You will be asked to pay for each session at the time of service.  Check, cash, or credit cards can be used to make payment.  Why pay cash for counseling services?  Well, one advantage for you is that your counseling services remain completely confidential and known only to myself and you.  Only you and I know that you have come into the office.  Insurance plans are third parties.  Once a client gives permission for a third party your personal and confidential counseling information (intake packet, session notes, diagnosis, and treatment plan) may be held in places beyond my office.

If you receive health insurance benefits, please let me know.  I do accept certain insurances (Blue Cross of Idaho, Regence Blue Shield of Idaho) for counseling.  All co-payments will be due at the time of service.  Check with your provider to find out about your unique coverage, copayment, deductible, etc.

Cancellation Policy

If you do not show up for your scheduled therapy appointment, and you have not notified me at least 4 hours in advance, you will be asked to pay a $15 cancellation fee.  If you reschedule your appointment during the same calendar week, I will credit the cancellation fee toward your next appointments fee.  Please do not cancel your session via email, instead give me a call to reschedule.