I am a cash based practice at this time and payment is required up front. I can provide a superbill if you would like to submit to your insurance company for out-of-network benefits.
CASH SERVICES AND FEES
* $400.00 for a 50-60 min intake appointment * $205.00 for a 25-30 min medication management follow up appointment * $350.00 for a 50-60 min ongoing weekly or biweekly therapy appointment (with or without medication management).
Please contact me for services such as mental health evaluation for court ordered mental health diversion.
OFFICE POLICIES
Patients need to physically reside in California, but are not required to see me in person, unless a controlled substance is prescribed. I see patients in person on Thursdays and remotely all other days of the week. All appointments have a 48 hour cancellation policy.
I offer both evening and weekend appointments. Please ask if you need evening/weekend availability.
Payment for all appointments is via CC. I ask for a credit card to be kept in your file in order to confirm your first appointment, but will inform you before any charges.
Controlled Substance Policy
I prescribe controlled substances including benzodiazepines and stimulant medication for ADHD. Controlled substance prescribing will require patients to sign a release of information for their primary care physician and will also require periodic in-person appointments. Please note that if you are looking for treatment for ADHD, you need to live in the Bay Area or surrounding counties and be available for occasional in-person appointments.
I perform basic ADHD testing (not full neuropsychiatric evaluations). ADHD testing is a seperate service from the cost of the appointment and is $350.00.
Course of Treatment
After an initial intake I typically see clients every 2-4 weeks until we achieve medication stability. Sometimes, we are able to find the right medication immediately and I see a client just 3 or 4 times before we're able to move into the maintenance phase, and sometimes this can take awhile.
Maintenance phase appointments can range from every 1-3 months depending on how complicated someone's mental health is. I try to be as transparent and direct as possible with the course of treatment but it can be unpredictable. If I am giving an ongoing medication, I require an appointment every 3 months even if symptoms are stable.
Therapy appointments are 1 hour weekly sessions. I do require that you start off with weekly sessions and then we can discuss, through the course of treatment, whether or not bimonthly sessions would be helpful.