Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

Khayyam

Practice Policies

Below are some important policies about my practice that potential, new, and current clients should be aware of in order to make informed decisions about treatment.

Fees and Insurance

Information about my fees, insurance and attendance policies are as follows:

  • I am currently not filling with any insurance companies, however, I will provide you with an itemized receipt of payment, which you can submit to your insurance company and receive reimbursement.
  • My full fees are:
    • $0 for an initial 15-minute phone consult
    • $150 for an initial assessment session
    • $125 for subsequent 50-minute sessions
  • I require at least 24 hour notice for cancelled appointments.  If appointments are missed and no notice is given at least 24 hours prior, clients are responsible for my full fee of any missed sessions (including if you are using insurance… insurance companies do not pay for missed appointments or late cancellations).

Confidentiality

As a Licensed Professional Counselor, I am bound by my Code of Ethics to dutifully keep all information you tell me as a client confidential unless you authorize, in writing, my release of your information to specified parties for specified reasons.  There are exceptions to this, where I have a duty to report as specified by North Carolina law:

  • Cases where a client poses an imminent threat to their own safety
  • Cases where a client poses an imminent threat to the safety of others
  • Cases where a minor client or client’s minor child is suspected of being neglected and/or abused by a parent, guardian, custodian, or caretaker
  • Cases where a disabled or elder adult client or ward of a client is suspected of being abused, neglected, and/or exploited by their caretaker.

Crisis Care

I am not a crisis services provider.  This means that clients experiencing a psychiatric, mental health, or behavioral emergency need to contact one of the following:

  • 911
  • Nearest emergency department
  • Local Managed Care Organization (e.g. Alliance Behavioral Health Care, Cardinal Innovations)

I do encourage clients and their families and providers to contact me about any crisis that has occurred, but know that my phone is turned off after business hours, and my email is not routinely checked after business hours.