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Deborah Cohen, MFT, MPH
Psychotherapy and Counseling - Marriage and Family Therapist
Davis, CA and Sacramento, CA
Office Policies & Payment
I offer a FREE 20 minutes phone consultation for new and potential clients. Two Offices I have offices in both midtown Sacramento and downtown Davis. I am in Sacramento on Mondays and Wednesdays, and in Davis on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturday mornings. Session Frequency I usually see new clients once a week for sessions that last 50-60 minutes. The initial, "intake" session is 60 minutes. For clients who cannot afford to come once a week, I will usually offer sessions every other week, and provide tools and skill development “homework” for in-between sessions. Sometimes I will offer 90 minute sessions—particularly if we are doing EMDR or hypnotherapy. Short-Term Therapy I offer short-term therapy for crisis situations, short-term solutions to problems, for pre-marital counseling and for hypnotherapy for addictions (e.g. smoking cessation). Sessions are either 60 or 90 minutes. I also offer a block of five couples therapy sessions at a reduced rate. Fees
I charge $120 for a 50-60 minute individual session. I charge $130 for a 60 minutes couples or a family session. I do offer a sliding scale fee when needed. Low Fee Counseling
I supervise two M.F.T. Interns who have their Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and work at my Sacramento and Davis private practice offices. Each of the Interns charges a lower fee because they are not yet licensed. (Interns need to see clients for over 2,000 hours worth of psychotherapy before they can sit for their MFT licensing exam.)
I meet once a week with each of the MFT Interns and make suggestions for effective counseling with their clients. Catherine Zanzi M.F.T.I., specializes in working with grief and loss, parenting challenges, chronic illness, and relationship counseling. Catherine charges $80 for individuals and $90 for couples and families, and offers a sliding scale. Catherine works at the Sacramento office on Tuesdays and Thursdays. You can contact Catherine by phone at: 916-214-1479 or email her at czanzi@frontiernet.net Christine Cipperly, M.F.T.I., works at the Sacramento office on Fridays and at the Davis office on Saturdays.She also sees individuals, couples and families. She charges $80 for individual sessions and $90 for couples sessions. You can reach her at (530) 329-7219, or email her at christine@christinecipperlytherapy.com
Group therapy is another way to save money on therapy and still have huge benefits. Consider joining one of my groups. See "Groups" page, or visit my website http://www.sacramentogrouptherapy.com for detail about group therapy benefits.
Office Days and Hours I work Monday through Friday. I am at the Sacramento office on Mondays and Wednesdays, and at the Davis office on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Insurance? I am not on any insurance panels, but I am happy to provide monthly invoices for clients who have insurance through a PPO plan that covers a portion of the cost of your therapy. For example, PPO plans like Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield pay a portion of the cost of therapy with me. However, I have chosen to not accept insurance reimbursement for the following reasons: - Paying out of pocket gives you protection and control over your therapy because it denies managed care providers access to your therapy records. This ensures that your health insurance company cannot access the diagnosis or treatment information I would need to share with them, information that could potentially be used to deny you access to specific treatments or keep you from changing insurers should you lose your job.
- I am uncomfortable with managed care providers dictating how your therapy with me should proceed. The people at these companies who do this usually have no background or skill in the provision of psychotherapy. Their main objective is to keep their costs as minimal as possible. I prefer that my clients and I determine how long we will work together, how often we schedule our sessions, what we work on and how we proceed.
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