Investment
Fees & insurance.
A note on the practical side of the work — what it costs, how payment works, and how I think about money in the context of therapy.
Sessions
The fees.
Individual Session
50 minutes, in person or video
$325
Couples Session
50 minutes, in person or video
$375
Initial Consultation
20 minutes, by phone
Complimentary
Fees are reviewed annually. Existing clients are given advance notice of any change.
Insurance
A private-pay practice.
I do not bill insurance directly. This is a deliberate choice — one that allows the work to remain genuinely confidential, not subject to outside review of records, treatment plans, or the diagnostic labels that insurance reimbursement requires.
For clients whose plans include out-of-network mental-health benefits, I provide a monthly superbill — a detailed statement you can submit to your insurer for partial reimbursement. Most PPO plans cover some portion of out-of-network sessions. It is worth calling the number on the back of your insurance card and asking specifically about out-of-network mental-health outpatient benefits — the reimbursement rate, the deductible, and any session limits.
Payment for sessions is due at the time of service, by credit card or HSA/FSA card on file.
On money in therapy
A more honest paragraph than most.
The fees for ongoing psychoanalytic work represent a real commitment — of time, of money, of psychic attention. Saying so clearly is more useful than pretending otherwise.
What you are paying for is, in part, the limited size of the practice: a small caseload, a real consulting room, the continuity of seeing the same person every week for as long as the work takes. You are also paying for the years of training that allow a particular kind of listening — the kind built across 14 years of practice and a graduate program dedicated entirely to psychoanalytic work.
If the fee is workable for you, the conversation about whether this kind of work makes sense is one I would be glad to have. If it is not, I will do my best to point you toward colleagues, training institutes, or community clinics whose fee structures might be a better fit.
Begin
The first step is a conversation.
A complimentary 20-minute consultation by phone — to hear what brings you, and to see whether we might be a fit. There is no obligation.