Session Rates & Info
THERAPY ONLINE ACROSS CO, FL, HI, IA, IL, MO, NC, NV, VA
Transparent, virtual therapy — serving eight states
I believe therapy should be clear, transparent, and collaborative from start to finish. Here you’ll find key information about how therapy with me works — but if you’re left wondering about anything that’s not covered here, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
I am licensed to offer therapy to anyone resident of Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Missouri, North Carolina, Nevada, or Virginia.
All my sessions are virtual, and you can easily search my calendar and book a session time that works for you.
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Initial 90-minute session: $325
Subsequent 55-minute individual session: $225
Subsequent 90-minute individual session: $325
55-minute couples session: $250
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Click here to be taken to my client portal where you can search my calendar and book a day/time that works for you. If it’s the first time we’re meeting, do make sure you book a 90-minute initial appointment session.
Once your session request has been approved, you will receive an email about completing some intake paperwork. Do keep an eye out for this email, including checking your junk/spam folder. All intake paperwork must be completed a week prior to your appointment or we will need to reschedule.
If you would like to start with a 30 minute video consultation to ask any questions and get a sense if I am the right therapist for you, contact me and we can set that up.
Insurance & Payment Information
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I do not accept insurance. Insurance companies require me to give you a diagnosis to justify therapy, but don’t allow me to list chronic pain, medical diagnosis, sex-related issues, or relationship distress as acceptable diagnoses.
Though clients and doctors would argue therapy sessions are medically necessary, insurance companies disagree or believe clients should be “fixed” after a limited number of sessions. This model no longer reflects modern therapy practices. I would rather my clients determine what therapy looks like than insurance companies.
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I encourage you to contact your insurer about out-of-network benefits. The requirement for reimbursement varies from company to company and from plan to plan.
Keep in mind, most insurance companies require a diagnosis be listed and submitting for reimbursement allows your insurance company to access copies of clinical notes to determine medical necessity.
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You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical care will cost.
Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the bill for medical items and services.
You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency items or services. This includes related costs like medical tests, prescription drugs, equipment, and hospital fees.
Make sure your health care provider gives you a Good Faith Estimate in writing at least 1 business day before your medical service or item. You can also ask your health care provider, and any other provider you choose, for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule an item or service.
If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill.
Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate. For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit cms.gov/nosurprises or call the Colorado Division of Insurance at 303-894-7490 or 1-800-930-3745.
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I ask everyone have a valid credit card on file. The client portal (Simple Practice) and their credit card processing company (Stripe) are both HIPAA compliant, which means they follow the federal law guidelines about how Protected Health Information (PHI) is transmitted electronically.
We do not charge any fees at the time the appointment is made. All session fees are due at the time services are rendered, including late cancellation and no-show fees.
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I ask clients to cancel at least 48 hours prior to their session start time. This is due to the high demand for my services. By asking for 48 hours notice, it allows me to offer the session to those on my waiting list and reduce their wait time for support. Managing a cancellation list efficiently and fairly is almost impossible with a shorter cancellation policy.
Canceling with less than 48 hours notice will result in a late cancellation fee.
However, dynamic disabilities are unpredictable and rarely give 48 hours notice. So I created an exception for pain and symptom flares. A more detailed explanation can be found in my intake paperwork.
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The first appointment is considered the intake appointment and is 90 minutes long. During the intake, I will want to better understand what made you decide to start therapy and some background information, both about you and the stressors you have been dealing with. If you have trauma experiences, these are good for me to know upfront, but you don’t have to go into detail. Giving headlines or a sentence or two to give me an idea of what you experienced is completely fine.
For couples or family counseling, the intake process can take several sessions, including individual sessions with each person.
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The million-dollar question. Every client is different. Some clients choose to enter therapy to focus on one thing and can terminate therapy after 6-10 sessions. Others enter therapy for support around an issue that is long-term and intend to use therapy as a support system over years.
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The client-therapist relationship is protected by state laws and is considered confidential with some exceptions. Each state is different but all require me to report child abuse. Other exceptions are listed in the disclosure form that is part of the intake paperwork and is broken down by state.
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Right?! My appointment slots often get booked well in advance because there are very few therapists with my specialties, and the demand for this kind of support is high. I totally understand how overwhelming it can feel when you’re ready to get started and face a potentially long wait time.
The good news is I have a cancellation list that allows most people to see me sooner than my online availability suggests. The more flexible a client’s schedule is, the higher the probability of this happening. To join the cancellation list, email me at jessica@inher-wisdom.com, and be sure to include if a provider referred you. I will then respond with details on next steps.
I also created my InHer Wisdom Subscription precisely to offer support while people are waiting to see me. Here you can access expert information, tools, and resources to help prepare you for sessions. Click here to find out more.
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The best approach is letting me know ahead of time if you are going to need this. Letters and paperwork fall under “additional paperwork” and is charged at a different rate than therapy sessions.
The most common request is proof the client attended sessions. The reason for this type of request varies from excused absences from work or school, to courts mandating therapy. Receipts of session fees are enough to meet the requirement for most situations.
Sometimes client need disability paperwork completed, either for a government agency or for their employer. Often this paperwork requires it be completed by a medical doctor or psychologist and is not within my scope as a marriage and family therapist.
Any request for letters, paperwork, or records need to come from the client directly. I do not respond to or acknowledge release of information requests from third-parties, including, but not limited to attorneys, Social Security/Disability Insurance, or short-term/long-term disability insurance. This is because it is rare for third-party requests to include adequate proof that the signature on the release does belong to my client.
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