Systemic Therapy:
My expertise is in breaking the cycles that no matter how many different ways you’ve attempted to solve it, the problem keeps coming back. This is the application of general systems theory behind Marriage and Family Therapy to all problems that exist within a patterned cycle. (Not to mention that these processes are fundamental across all stable systems, from celestial bodies to microbiomes, and is now applied to human interaction)
Fees are currently a flat $150.00 for all Individual, Couple, and Family sessions. Sessions are at least an hour, and very often if I have time to give, I am known to give it.
Systemic Framework Presentation:
Are you a leader within an organization who likes it when people makes sense? Or would you just like to optimize work flow through relational conflict in a way that makes sense? I’ll come to you and give a presentation on the fundamental processes of systemic thinking, offering your group a completely different perception of how people, problems, and change makes sense, as well as my best insights on how to optimize outcomes for interpersonal and intrapersonal conflict. This presentation also comes with a built in Q&A to discuss pertinent questions and useful applications of the content discussed.
At the moment, fees for this service is the going rate of $150.00 per hour, including time spent in travel, presenting, and the Q/A. Call (610) 984-5730 to schedule this service, as it may be available on weekends.
Insurance:
In a nut shell, I cannot accept insurance. A systemic diagnosis is the cycle itself and not an individual, therefore insurance would not likely consider it medically necessary. Continue below to find more information about insurance.
Consultation:
I like it when things make sense. This is my most comprehensive consultation designed to lay the groundwork of systemic thinking so that you can actually make sense of the problem. Insight does not guarantee change, but sometimes the consultation puts me out of a job before I have one. A word of caution… it’s long, but you’ve got to watch through to the end to make sense of everything!
Watch, Pause, and Replay at your own pace!
About Insurance
As things stand, your insurance probably does not consider relationship issues medically necessary. Some marriage and family therapists have found a work around for this by giving one of you a diagnostic label that’s unrelated to your relationship. However, this is both unethical and fraudulent.
No matter what, I recommend that call your insurance company and ask specifically if they’ll cover a diagnosis of Z-63.0 (This is the code for relationships). If not, ask how much of an un-diagnosed session would be reimbursed. Some of my clients have submitted their receipts to their insurance companies, but I cannot guarantee that yours will reimburse you. Read on to find out more.
By now you likely have an idea of how trained Marriage and Family Therapists (MFT) have a very different perspective on people, problems, and change than traditional forms of therapy. You also probably know that MFTs utilize systemic insights to help Couples, Families, and Individuals experience the genuine change they’re looking for. Therefore, our diagnosis of the problem will be completely different than anything you’ve likely heard of before.
The good news is that this kind of systemic therapy tends to be incredibly helpful for people who’ve felt stuck for a long time. This becomes possible as they discover entirely new ways of making sense of their problem and how to change it.
The bad news is that this kind of therapy isn’t mainstream, and perceptions of mental health that are not found in the DSM (Diagnostic Statisticians Manual) are not widely accepted. Unfortunately, this means that insurance companies currently will not cover your couple, family, or individual sessions unless one of you is given a diagnosis from the current DSM. A diagnostic code for relationships does exist (Z-63.0), however insurance companies will not consider your relationship to be medically necessary without an additional diagnostic criteria. This means that as a LMFT, I would have to commit insurance fraud by giving one of you a diagnosis that I professionally disagree with just to get your insurance company to cover the cost. Not to mention the unethical nature of handing out a false diagnosis that will permanently be examined by various organizations for the rest of your life. I hold hope that one day a systemic diagnosis would be covered by insurance, but for now I’m not here to fix you, because I genuinely don’t believe you to be broken. However, I am here to help you fix your problem, and we can do that without labels or insurance fraud.