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Virtual Therapy in California
In-Person visits available in Roseville, CA
“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.” – Brené Brown
Investing in Your Freedom
When dealing with chronic insomnia, paralyzing panic, or phobias that actively shrink your world, therapy isn't just a place to vent—it is an investment in reclaiming your mental bandwidth and physical freedom.
My practice uses an active, specialized, and goal-oriented approach designed to give you concrete behavioral tools so you can eventually become your own therapist. We focus on short-term, high-impact clinical work rather than keeping you in open-ended therapy for years.
Fees & Logistics
→ Intake Session: $250
→ Individual Therapy (50 min): $250
→ Individual Extended Session (1 hr 20 min): $400
Sliding scale available. Please inquire.
Cancelation Policy: You will be charged full session fee for any appointment canceled with less than 24 hours notice.
I am now accepting AETNA insurance. Click HERE to book a consultation with me through Headway if you would like to use Aetna. If you’re using Aetna, late cancellation fee is $150
Why I Am an Out-of-Network Provider
I prefer not to contract with any insurance companies. This is a deliberate clinical choice made to protect your privacy and the quality of your care:
You Control Your Care: Insurance adjusters often dictate how many sessions you are allowed to have and what type of therapy I can use. Operating out-of-network ensures that you and I decide the pacing, frequency, and exact clinical methods that are the best fit for you.
No AI note-taking tools: It’s pretty wild, many companies that hire therapists as 1099 contractors are requiring therapists to use AI for note-taking. Many therapists join these companies so they have help with getting credentialed as an in-network provider and to get help with billing the insurance providers. Often, private practice providers don’t have the staff to help do these administrative tasks, and outside of companies like these therapists are more vulnerable to “claw-backs”, where the insurance company withdraws their approval to pay for rendered services and the therapist is put in a position of potentially having to pay back the money. Since insurance companies can have complicated documentation requirements and ‘medical necessity’ requirements, it is not uncommon for claims be denied. As far as I can tell, these companies are seeing AI as a way to help make sure the claims get paid, so they are forcing the therapists to have AI listen to the therapy sessions and then the AI can help write the treatment note. You may not have issue with that, but I have a hard time believing AI is properly confidential given how AI learns. So while I might use AI to help proof-read blog posts for me, I do not want AI listening in on my client appointments.
How to Use Your Out-of-Network Benefits
Many insurance plans (especially PPOs) offer out-of-network mental health benefits that reimburse a significant percentage of your session fees.
I automatically send out a monthly document called a Superbill. It’s much like an invoice. You can then submit this statement directly to your insurance company, and they will send a reimbursement check directly to you.
Tip on what to ask your insurance provider: Call the member services number on the back of your insurance card and ask: "Do I have out-of-network behavioral health benefits for outpatient telehealth? If so, what is my deductible and what percentage of the session fee is covered?"
AETNA Insurance
I decided to start taking Aetna insurance because I know many people are facing financial hardships. I also offer a sliding scale to help make services more accessible for clients, however I know that even my sliding scale rates are out of budget for many.
Regarding what I said above, Headway is strongly encouraging me to use AI for note-taking but they aren’t requiring it. Headway will have access to the therapy notes and billing codes/diagnosis codes, but generally notes are only reviewed during audits. To bill insurance, there does have to be a diagnosis for the insurance provider to see “medical necessity” and choose to pay for the service.
GOOD FAITH ESTIMATE Information:
Under Section 2799B-6 of the Public Health Service Act, health care providers and health care facilities are required to inform individuals who are not enrolled in a plan or coverage or a Federal health care program, or not seeking to file a claim with their plan or coverage both orally and in writing of their ability, upon request or at the time of scheduling health care items and services, to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” of expected charges.
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 www.cms.gov/nosurprises
