Psychotherapy. Psychotherapy means the use of psychological methods within a professional relationship to assist the beneficiary or beneficiaries to achieve a better psychosocial adaptation, to acquire a greater human realization of psychosocial potential and adaptation, to modify internal and external conditions that affect individual, groups, or communities in respect to behavior, emotions and thinking, in respect to their intrapersonal and interpersonal processes. Psychotherapy shall be provided by licensed, registered, or waivered staff practicing within their scope of practice. Psychotherapy does not include physiological interventions, including medication intervention.
Psychotherapy the use of psychosocial methods within a professional relationship to assist the person or persons to achieve a better psychosocial adaptation, to acquire greater human realization of psychosocial potential and adaptation, to modify internal and external conditions that affect individuals, groups, or communities in respect to behavior, emotions, and thinking, in respect to their intrapersonal and interpersonal processes. This service is provided by licensed, registered, or waivered staff practicing within their scope of practice. This service does not include physiological interventions, including medication intervention.
Psychotherapy. Psychotherapy is not easily described in general statements. It varies depending on the personalities of the counselor and patient and the particular problems you or your child are experiencing. There are many different methods I may use to deal with the problems that need to be addressed. Psychotherapy can have benefits and risks. Since therapy often involves discussing unpleasant aspects of your life or that of your child’s, you or your child may experience uncomfortable feelings like sadness, guilt, anger, frustration, loneliness, and helplessness. On the other hand, psychotherapy has also been shown to have many benefits. Therapy often leads to better relationships, improved academic functioning, solutions to specific problems, and significant reduction in feelings of distress. However, there are no guarantees of what you will experience. I will discuss a treatment plan so that you will know what the goals of the treatment are. Therapy involves a large commitment of time, money, and energy, so you should be very careful about the therapist you select. If you have questions about my procedures, we should discuss them whenever they arise. If your doubts persist, I will be happy to help you set up a meeting, or you may choose to consult with another mental health professional for a second opinion.
Psychotherapy. Psychotherapy is not easily described in general statements. It varies depending on the personalities of the therapist and patient, and the particular issues you are addressing. There are different methods I may use to help address different issues. Psychotherapy is not like a typical health care provider visit. Instead, it calls for a very active effort on your part. In order for the therapy to be most successful, you will have to work in and outside of our sessions. Psychotherapy can have benefits and risks. Since therapy often involves discussing unpleasant aspects of your life, you may experience uncomfortable feelings like sadness, guilt, anger, frustration, loneliness, or helplessness. On the other hand, psychotherapy has also been shown to have many benefits. Therapy often leads to improved relationships, solutions to specific problems, and significant reductions in feelings of distress. But there are no guarantees on what you will experience. During our first meetings, I will assess whether I can be of benefit to you. I do not accept clients who I believe I cannot be helpful to, and if this is the case, I will refer you to others who work well with your particular issues. Within a reasonable period of time after starting treatment, we will discuss my working understanding of your issues, my proposed treatment plan, therapeutic objectives and possible outcomes of therapy. Deciding when to stop our work together is meant to be a mutual process. Before we stop, we will discuss how you will know if or when to come back or whether a regularly scheduled “check-in” might work best for you. I recommend that we have closure on the therapy process with at least two termination sessions. Non-compliance with treatment recommendations may necessitate early termination of services. I will look at your issues with you and exercise my educated judgment about what treatment will be in your best interest. Your responsibility is to make a good faith effort to fulfill the treatment recommendations to which you have agreed. If you have concerns or reservations about my treatment recommendations, I strongly encourage you to express them so that we can resolve any possible differences or misunderstandings. If during our work together I assess that I am not effective in helping you reach your therapeutic goals, I am obliged to discuss this with you and if appropriate, terminate treatment and give you referrals who may be of help to you. Should you request it and give me w...
Psychotherapy. Psychotherapy has both benefits and risks. The risks may include experiencing uncomfortable feelings such as sadness or anger. It often requires discussing difficult aspects of your life. The majority of individuals who participate in therapy benefit from the experience. Therapy often leads to a significant reduction in feelings of distress, better relationships, and resolutions of specific problems. However, there are no guarantees about what will happen or about how successful your experience will be. Therapy requires a very active effort on your part. In order to be most successful, you will have to work on things we discuss both during our sessions and at home. Our first few sessions will involve an evaluation of your needs. By the end of the evaluation, I will be able to offer you some initial impressions of what our work will include and an initial treatment plan to follow. You should evaluate this information and whether you feel comfortable working with me. Therapy involves a large commitment of time, money, and energy, so you should be careful about the therapist you select. If either of us feel that we are not a good match for therapy, I will be happy to help you find another therapist who may be a better fit for your needs. If we agree to work together, I usually schedule one session per week.
Psychotherapy. Psychotherapy is not easily described in general statements. It varies depending on the personalities of the psychologist and patient, and the particular problems you are experiencing. There are many different methods I may use to work with the problems that you hope to address. Psychotherapy calls for a very active effort on your part. In order for the therapy to be most successful, you will have to apply things we talk about both during our sessions and at home. Psychotherapy can have benefits and risks. Since therapy often involves discussing unpleasant aspects of your life, you may experience uncomfortable feelings like sadness, guilt, anger, frustration, loneliness, and helplessness. On the other hand, psychotherapy has also been shown to have many benefits. Therapy often leads to better relationships, solutions to specific problems, and significant reductions in feelings of distress. However, there are no guarantees of what you will experience.
Psychotherapy. Psychotherapy interventions are not easy to describe in a few general statements. Effective treatment depends upon the particular problems you are experiencing, as well as personality factors and establishing a good clinician-client alliance. In an important respect, psychotherapy is dissimilar to visiting a physician in that it calls for more active effort on your part. For therapy to be most successful, we recommend you work on the things we talk about both during the sessions and at home. Psychotherapy treatment includes potential for some risk as well as benefits. Since therapy involves discussing unpleasant aspects of your life, you may experience feelings, which may be temporarily uncomfortable. On the other hand, psychotherapy treatment has been known to produce many benefits such as a reduction in distress, solutions to specific problems, and better relationships. There can be no guarantees of what you will experience. Your clinician will attempt to minimize risks by providing well trained clinical interventions and by frequent conversations with you about your progress. The first session or two will involve an evaluation of your needs. By the end of this evaluation period, your clinician will be able to offer you an initial impression of your needs and a plan for what treatment might include, if you decide to continue with therapy. If you ever have any questions about procedures, you should discuss them whenever they arise. Clinicians hours vary during the week. We provide full time voice mail, but you may not be able to reach your clinician if they are out of the office or seeing other clients. Your clinician will make every effort to return your call as soon as possible. If you are difficult to reach, please inform your clinician of times you might be available. We do not provide emergency services (see Emergency Care and Crisis Situations).
Psychotherapy. Psychotherapy is a process that has lifelong benefits. Therapy often leads to a significant reduction in feelings of distress, increased satisfaction in interpersonal relationships, increased personal awareness and insight, increased skills for managing stress and a greater overall sense of well-being. Because it is a process of change, it involves the willingness to take risks. These risks may include discussing unpleasant aspects of your life and experiencing uncomfortable feelings, such as sadness, guilt, anxiety, anger, frustration, loneliness and helplessness. Psychotherapy is an active process that requires the client to take full responsibility for his/her inner and outer life and decisions. New understandings and insights gained in session are only as valuable as their application to the “real time” experiences of your daily life. That is where the “rubber hits the road” and while I am here by your side, it’s you that has the privilege of creating the life and relationships you desire. Psychotherapy is a relationship between people that works in part because of the clearly defined rights and responsibilities held by each person. As a client in psychotherapy, you have certain rights and responsibilities that are important for you to understand. There are also legal limitations to those rights that you should be aware of. I, as your therapist, have corresponding responsibilities to you. These rights and responsibilities are described in the following sections. Appointments will ordinarily be 50 minutes in duration, once per week at a time we agree on, although some sessions may be more or less frequent as needed. The time scheduled for your appointment is assigned to you and you alone. If you need to cancel or reschedule a session, I ask that you provide me with a notice of 48 business hours. If you miss a session without canceling, or cancel without giving me a 48 hour notice, I charge my standard fee. Cancellations within the first half of the fee period Finally, I reserve the right to adjust my fees bi-annually. When making a new appointment, if I have not seen you within 2 months of your last appointment the most current fee will apply.
Psychotherapy. Psychotherapy is not easily described in general statements. It varies depending on the personalities of the psychologist and patient, and the particular problems you or your child are experiencing. There are many different methods I may use to deal with the problems that need to be addressed. Psychotherapy can have benefits and risks. Since therapy often involves discussing unpleasant aspects of your life or that of your child's, you or your child may experience uncomfortable feelings like sadness, guilt, anger, frustration, loneliness, and helplessness. On the other hand, psychotherapy has also been shown to have many benefits. Therapy often leads to better relationships, improved academic functioning, solution to specific problems, and significant reduction in feelings of distress. But there are no guarantees of what you will experience. If we begin therapy after an evaluation, I will discuss a treatment plan to follow so that you will know what the goals of the treatment are. Therapy involves a large commitment of time, money, and energy, so you should be very careful about the therapist you select. If you have questions about my procedures, we should discuss them whenever they arise. If your doubts persist, I will be happy to help you set up a meeting, or you may choose to consult with another mental health professional for a second opinion.
Psychotherapy. Psychotherapy is the psychological treatment of emotional pain, stress, maladaptive behaviors, relationship problems, or mental illness. Dimensions include techniques used, understanding of the problems and goals to be addressed, progress or resolution milestones, and the relationship between therapist and patient. Collaboration with patient, family and other providers is encouraged. We invite your feedback and questions, as well as your own ideas about how we can be helpful. We will review progress in an ongoing way and whenever you request it. If you prefer not to continue, or I recommend it to be in your best interest to see someone else, you may request referral to another provider. Psychotherapy is not an exact science and outcomes cannot be predicted with certainty. Even when effective and positive results are achieved, unintended – sometimes negative – effects may be associated with change. Privacy in psychotherapy is very important, particularly with teenagers, yet parental involvement is essential to successful treatment; a healthy balance requires that limited information be shared with parents. If in my professional opinion the child is in danger or is a danger to someone else, I will notify the parents of my concern. Parents may receive a summary of their child’s treatment upon request and I may charge for my time in preparing this summary. A separate document describing Child Therapy guidelines will be attached to this Contract when a minor child is the patient. A patient may have marriage/couple’s sessions with spouse or partner present ot facilitate his/her progress toward individual treatment goals, or may come seeking “counseling for relationship issues.” These are important distinctions because of the way insurance companies view them; insurance typically reimburses only when medically necessary for treatment of a diagnosed disorder. Regarding privacy, in order to release PHI both people in couple’s therapy must consent to the release of records of conjoint sessions, though separate summaries may be provided upon request to other therapists. Discussion of insurance and confidentiality issues is advised before starting couple’s or family therapy. A “No Secrets” policy applies in couple’s therapy; information shared by one party may be shared with the other party to therapy as indicated. These provisions apply only if you request and agree to Family, Couples’ or Parenting Therapy: (1) Insurance typically does not cover family therapy if rel...
