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Counseling Fees and Payment
- Individual Counseling - $130/session
- Couple’s Counseling - $165/session
- Coaching Services - $130/session
*Extended sessions are also available at $175/individual session and $195/couple’s session. Please email [email protected] if you need to request an extended session.
Hardy Behavioral Health does have therapists who accept insurance. However, not all providers accept insurance. If you are looking to utilize insurance, please send us an email first. We can share which therapists accepts insurance, their availability, and verify insurance. Again, if you plan to use insurance, please email us first before scheduling. As client who select request appointment are expected to pay the amount listed at the time of their appointment.
Scheduling and Appointments
Unless otherwise noted, all new clients will select “request appointment”, complete the required paperwork, and will receive a confirmation email verifying that their appointment has been confirmed.
Currently, all sessions are conducted online via our HIPPA compliant secure platform.
Scheduling an appointment is simple. Simply click the link that says, “Request Appointment” and follow the prompts to select a therapist and a time that works with your schedule. If you are paying via insurance, please email [email protected] first. Not all therapists at Hardy Behavioral Health accept insurance.
If a counseling appointment is missed, without 24-hour notice, your account will be charged the full amount of your session.
Initial evaluations are 1-hour and individual counseling sessions are 50 minutes in length.
Yes, clients will receive an email and text reminder for their upcoming appointment. However, it is the responsibility of the client to document their scheduled appointment.
Once new client paperwork is completed and verified, appointments can be scheduled immediately based on the availability of therapist.
Clients are asked to cancel all appointments 48 hours in advance. A fee will only be assessed if cancelled “less than 24 hours”.
Client can only book another session once all outstanding payments are settled.
Late is consider more than 5 minutes from your original scheduled appointment. Clients are given a 5-minute grace period but are considered a No Show after this.
General Questions about Counseling
YES! I use HIPPA compliant software that provides bank-level encryption. Once your appointment is confirmed, you will receive a personal link that provides you access to your session at the scheduled time.
YES! This is a well-researched topic that has actually been studied for years. In fact, online counseling provides additional benefits in comparison to counseling in-person. First, being in the comfort of your own home can reduce the anxiety associated with entering an office building and meeting someone new. Secondly, counseling online reduces the stress of fighting traffic, finding “somewhere close”, balancing a busy work schedule, or being derailed by unexpected events.
First Time to Therapy Questions
Before it is too late. Counseling is not just for people considering a divorce, separation, or trying a fix a major problem. No, counseling is for anyone who is trying to improve the quality of their relationship, understand their spouse better, not repeat negative generational patterns, and protect their relationship from failing. The best relationships are the ones we invest in.
Most people I work with, have never gone to counseling before. This is their first-time seeking therapy. They are unsure about the process, question if counseling is for them, and nervous about talking to a stranger about personal, issues in their life. I totally understand and realize the anxiety that comes with reaching out for help. You should expect to feel a little bit of nervousness initially, but perfectly normal. However, most of everyone I work with feels 100% comfortable during their first session, and is extremely thankful they sought counseling.
Yes. Follow-up communication is sometimes needed to support your goals in counseling. When necessary, you can send messages through a secure, client portal that is HIPPA compliant.
The “how long” questioned is always asked, and rightfully so. However, it truly depends on the individual, their goals for counseling, area of concern, and the extent of their challenges. No two people are alike, and the challenges we experience are both unique and diverse in nature. Therefore, the range varies. Several research studies estimate in the ballpark of 12 sessions, but there a lot of factors one should consider. I do not set a required amount of sessions or predict how long it will take. Instead, I only ask that you remain open-minded, embrace challenge, and commit to the process.
Relationship counseling provides a lot of benefits that can drastically improve the quality of your relationship. For starters, relationship counseling helps you learn more about yourself, and develop greater self-awareness. Unfortunately, I hear too many people say, “that’s just who I am”. True… but, We are who we are, but largely because of our experiences, family dynamics, and psychological factors that have influenced us along the way. Some of it can change, and sometimes in embedded in our DNA. Regardless, counseling helps you understand your spouse better, develop tools to operate
I do not know the Exact number, but I do know it is higher than the rate of those who do not go to counseling. And, less expensive than a divorce or an unsatisfying relationship.
While there is overlap, coaching is often focused on a specific problem, and leverages an outside perspective to help people strategize best case solutions. Counseling can offer similar benefits as well, but coaching spends less time investigating events in the past, family history, possible trauma, etc. Since I am a licensed therapist, and fundamentally believe in treating the whole person, establishing context is important with both. However, counseling is often more in-depth and provides a deep-dive into helping people understand themselves, heal emotionally, restore broken relationships, among other things.
Who does Your Practice See for Therapy
If you are requesting counseling for a minor (under the age of 18), please contact our office via email. We have therapists who work with minors, but not everyone who practices in our agency does.
Getting an unwilling spouse to counseling can be extremely difficult, especially, if they don’t believe anything is wrong or they are cynical about therapy. Frustrating as it may be, the good news is that you can still improve the quality of your relationship by investing in your own personally growth. In my practice experience, I have witnessed this first-hand, and believe strongly that when you change, so does your relationship. So, if your relationship is in trouble, don’t wait on your spouse.
No. Clients can only register for counseling themselves and are 100% responsible for all payments. Parents, siblings, friends, etc. cannot schedule appointments on behalf of others.
Clients can communicate with their therapists via the secure client portal. For general questions, please contact our office at [email protected]