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-Do you have openings? How soon could you get me in? How long is the wait? -Are you available for appointments on weekends? Evenings? -Do you charge for an initial appointment? How much? -What is your fee? Do you take reduced fee clients? -How long is a session? 45, 50, 55, 60 minutes? -Do you file my insurance claims? I have ___ Insurance. Do you belong to my provider network? What is your payment policy regarding insurance co-pay? Can I just pay my co-payment and you wait for the insurance reimbursement? -Must I pay at the time of service, or can I make partial payments? Do you take credit cards? -What is your theoretical orientation to doing therapy? Psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, systemic, supportive, humanistic, existential, transpersonal? Ask them to explain the difference. A combination can sometimes be best. -How long have you been practicing psychotherapy? What is your experience with my kind of problems? -What's the expected time frame in order to treat my kind of problem? Is it a long term or short term course of treatement? What results could I expect? -What's your preferred style of doing therapy? Individual? Group? Family? Weekly? Monthly? -Where do you practice? Private office, hospital, clinic, agency, HMO, group practice? -Are you available for emergencies by phone? Do you charge for phone calls? Reading emails? -What is the policy for cancellations, lateness, forgetting or changing appointments? |
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