I choose to work outside of the private insurance model and I do not accept private insurance as a form of payment. You can use out-of-network benefits to reimburse yourself for our sessions. 

Why? This is for many reasons, I am a specialist and not a generalist clinician and our healthcare system doesn't support health but illness management. Specifically I believe health insurance negatively impacts the services I can offer, and I've become uncomfortable with their compliance requests -- especially in regards to confidentiality for clients and being asked to prove "medical necessity" for much needed therapeutic care and healing that we all deserve. 

Being a private pay client is the only way to ensure complete privacy and care without a heavy (non provisional) DSM-5 diagnosis. A reality of using insurance is that therapy sessions become a part of your medical record, and insurance more often than not will not pay your full therapy bill. 

I have served clients accepting their insurance as a form of payment, only to have their insurance decline to cover their sessions, (through no fault of myself or the client) and then have the insurance company stick the client with a large bill, and me myself not get paid. As a small business owner, this makes running a micro business impossible. 

I deeply appreciate my clients who have educated themselves about the system, its benefits and drawbacks, who it serves. Many have found a new alliance around financial investments and their practitioners. I am happy to talk about this further if you have any questions about this topic. 

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