Fees
Individual Psychotherapy
The regular fee for a standard 50-minute session of individual psychotherapy is $125 per 50-minute session. Full-time students, seniors or persons with a financial hardship may request services at a sliding scale. Services available at a reduced rate are limited and clients may be declined the reduced rate.
There may be additional fees applied for any formal psychological testing and assessment that may be involved in treatment. Formal assessments that may be an appropriate part of the therapy will be determined within therapeutic context and the fee for the formal assessment will be negotiated at that time.
Payment
Payment may be made by cash, personal check, or Credit Card. While Behavioral Solutions of Texas does not currently take insurance, you may want to inquire with your carrier about reimbursement options for out of network providers, as he frequently provides clients with receipts for reimbursement.
Payment is due at the beginning of each session. If payment is not provided for the services rendered, this may be reported to a collections agency and treatment may be discontinued by the therapist. In such a situation, you will be provided with referrals to other professionals.
Policies
Cancellations and re-scheduling
Individual Psychotherapy
Any cancellations or rescheduling of individual psychotherapy appointments must be made at least 24 hours in advance of the scheduled appointment. Clients who cancel or reschedule in fewer than 24 hours, or do not show up for an appointment, may be charged a regular fee for the session.
Reception Room
Clients may arrive early for appointments and wait in the reception room until called into the consultation room. While not legally bound to abide by a confidentiality agreement, clients are encouraged to respect other clients' right to privacy. Failure to respect other clients while in the reception room may lead to rescheduling of appointments to a different time or termination of services with referral to other therapists.
Cell Phones and Pagers
Clients are expected to turn-off or silence all cell phones and pagers during session. communication during sessions may lead to rescheduling of appointments to a different time or termination of services with referral to other therapists.
Client Rights
Treatment
You have the right to treatment, regardless of race/ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability. You have the right to receive individualized treatment-tailored to meet your needs-including a verbal discussion of our treatment plan and goals. You have the right to ask questions at any time about the therapeutic process and interventions used in our sessions. You have the right to refuse recommendations if you feel that they are inappropriate. You have the right to discuss your progress and review your goals with me. You have the right to suggest or request changes in the direction of treatment or to terminate therapy if you feel that progress is not being made.
Provider
You have the right to determine who will provide treatment for you. You have the right to terminate therapy for any reason. If you decide to do so, I request that you discuss your desire to terminate with me in person so that we can discuss your experience and formally end our work together. You have the right to referrals to qualified professionals should you choose not to receive therapy from me.
Confidentiality
You have the right to have the information you share with me remain confidential. Under most circumstances, the information that you provide about yourself during the counseling process (including your identity as a client) remains confidential and is released to other parties only with your expressed verbal or written consent. The laws of the State of Texas provide for the disclosure of this confidential information to others without your consent in some very specific circumstances. These situations include the following:
- If you are under the age of 18 years, your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) may have access to your records and may authorize their release to other parties.
- If you are determined to be an imminent danger of harming yourself or someone else.
- If you disclose the abuse or neglect of children, the elderly, or disabled persons.
- If you disclose sexual interaction with a current or former psychotherapist.
- To qualified personnel for specific audits or evaluations.
- To individuals, corporations, or governmental agencies involved in paying or collecting fees for services.
- If a court subpoenas me to testify about you.
- In legal or regulatory actions against a professional.
- In proceedings in which a claim is made about one's physical, emotional, or mental condition.
- When disclosure is relevant to any suit affecting the parent-child relationship. This includes divorce and child custody deliberations.
- When otherwise legally required.