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Individual, Couple, and Group Therapy

Welcome to your first steps in receiving counseling therapy. Therapy is an opportunity for personal growth and healing and to help you cope with difficult life circumstances or emotions. We provide a safe, confidential space to explore personal issues for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. We have therapists with varied backgrounds who specialize in different areas of treatment. Areas of treatment include support for addiction and recovery, anxiety, career counseling, depression, grief and healing, personal growth, personali ty disorders, relationship counseling, stress management, trauma, and PTSD.

Your first appointment serves as an intake appointment. We will want to hear about the difficulties that led to you making an appointment, goals for therapy, and general information about yourself and your current life situation. By the end of this first appointment, we will give you some initial recommendations on what we think will help.

As counseling continues, we will together identify goals to help you feel better by understanding the connections between past events and current difficulties. Towards the end of counseling, we give you the support and encouragement to be independent outside of treatment as you continue to grow on your life's path.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why Do People Seek Counseling?

People seek counseling for personal, family, relationship, or work-related problems. Some common areas for counseling are:

Addiction & Recovery, Anxiety, Child and Family Therapy, Career Counseling, Couples Therapy, Depression, Diversity (LGBTQ), Grief & Healing, Intimate Partner Violence, Life Coaching & Personal Growth, Trauma & Recovery, and Wellness.

Counseling, also referred to as talk therapy, is an opportunity to help identify and cope with difficult life circumstances or emotions. Research shows that counseling can provide a significant reduction in feelings of distress and improved relationships.

Counseling can address and help reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, and trauma. Using a variety of techniques, counselors will use a therapy that best fits a client's characteristics and preferences. Some common types of therapy are cognitive, behavioral, humanistic, psychodynamic, or a combination of therapy styles. Therapy can be for individuals, couples, families, or other groups.

A counselor's office provides a safe, confidential environment for exploring personal issues in such areas as trust, intimacy, anger, or assertiveness.

Are Sessions Confidential?

Yes. Confidentiality is a cornerstone in therapy to provide a safe and trusting environment. Exceptions to confidentiality will be discussed at your first session.

Does Insurance Cover Individual and/or Marriage Counseling?

Yes, as medically necessary, we are an in-network provider for most insurance plans. Included are Aetna, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, First Priority Health, First Priority Life, Highmark, Spectrum Administrators, Geisinger United Behavioral Health/Optum Health, and Value Options. We are applying to accept the Access Card but are not able to accept it currently.

Some insurances cover family and marital counseling. We will gladly check for you.

What if I Don’t Have Insurance?

The hourly rate for individual/family counseling is $120. Please ask about sliding scale availability.

Do Co-Pays and Deductibles Apply?

Yes. You may call our office and provide your information so that we can check any co-pay or deductible you have. Typically, what you pay at your primary care physician will be the same here.

What is HIPAA?

The following link explains HIPAA in its entirety. During your first session, your counselor will explain confidentiality and sharing your information.

Health Information Privacy - HHS.gov

What is the No Surprises Act

The No Surprises Act protects people covered under group and individual health plans from receiving surprise medical bills when they receive most emergency services, non-emergency services from out-of-network providers at in-network facilities, and services from out-of-network air ambulance service providers.

If you, the client, prefer not to use insurance, or if we don’t participate in-network with your insurance company, we will supply you with a Good Faith Estimate of your costs for therapy. You will then sign a waiver and consent form to proceed without your insurance. More consumer protection information about this act can be found at the official CMS website.

How Do I Make a Payment?

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Individual, Couple, and Group Therapy

Frequently Asked Questions

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