Common use of Psychotherapy Clause in Contracts

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 written permission, I am more than willing to talk with the therapist of your choice in an effort to aid the transition. I am also willing to assist you in finding another qualified therapist with whom to consult if at any time you want another therapist’s professional opinion. Failure or refusal to pay for services after a reasonable time is another condition for termination of services. Please contact me any time your financial situation changes. My general individual session fee of 60 minutes is $190 (the initial Intake appointment is $300), group sessions are $60 and couples sessions are $200. In addition to appointments, I charge for other professional services as well, though I will break down the hourly fee for periods of less than one hour. Examples of other services include report writing, frequent or lengthy telephone conversations, consulting with other professionals with your permission, and preparation of records or treatment summaries. If you become involved in legal proceedings that may require my participation, you will be expected to pay for my professional time, including preparation and transportation costs, even if I am called to testify by another party. I will not agree to court appearance unless we have discussed the matter thoroughly and both agree that such appearance will not interfere with the treatment relationship and that I will be able to participate in the legal proceedings without unreasonable bias. Due to the nature of my work, I am often not immediately available by telephone. While I am usually in my office during regular business hours, I do not answer the phone when I am in an appointment. When I am unavailable, my telephone is answered by confidential voice mail that I monitor frequently. I will make every effort to return your call on the same day. If you find yourself in an urgent situation, make a judgment about the prudence of waiting for my call versus calling your primary care physician, 911, or the Southcentral Counseling Center’s 24-hour crisis line (563-3200) on whom I rely for emergency coverage when I am not immediately available. Payment may be made by check, credit card or cash. You will be expected to pay for each session at the time it is held, unless we agree otherwise. In most cases, as a courtesy, I will be glad to file your insurance. In that case, you would only pay your deductible, co-payments, and amounts not covered by insurance. As the insured, you are ultimately responsible for determining what services are covered and to what degree. Missed and cancelled sessions pose some issues for both of us. First, the work of psychotherapy is sometimes challenging and when we hit a difficult place together, it can feel easier to want to avoid coming in for treatment. I would prefer we speak about this with each other rather than you cancelling sessions. Also, I hold your scheduled appointment time specifically for you and you alone. I see a limited number of clients and so am able to give you the focus and attention you deserve. It is extremely difficult for me to fill cancelled session on short notice. I therefore charge full session fee for appointments cancelled with fewer than 48 hours notice unless we can find another time that week that works for us both. If we are able to do so before the weekend, I will allow you to reschedule at no extra fee. If you are running late for your appointment, please phone or email me as soon as you can to let me know you will be late. If I do not hear from you by 20 minutes into your session, I will call to check on you and may assume you do not plan to attend your session. If you are late for your session, we will still end at our regular time so that I have time to prepare for my next appointments and I can be on time for them.

Psychotherapy. Psychotherapy is not easily described in general statements. It varies depending on the personalities of the therapist and patientIn psychotherapy you can expect to learn about your moods, feelings, thoughts, and the particular issues behaviors. You will gain a better understanding of why you are addressing. There are different methods I may use do what you do and learn how 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 take control 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 life and respond 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 challenging situations with your particular issueshealthy coping skills. Within a reasonable period of time after starting treatment, we will discuss my working understanding of your issues, my proposed treatment plan, therapeutic objectives plan and possible outcomes of therapy. If you have questions about any of the procedures used during therapy, their possible risks, my expertise in employing them, or about the treatment plan in general, please ask me. You also have the right to ask about other possible treatments for your condition and their risks and benefits. If you could benefit from any treatments that I do not provide, I will try to help you obtain them. Psychotherapy services are provided in the Xxxxxx office and are 45 – 50 minutes in length. After the first in-person session and with periodic in-person sessions, individual psychotherapy can be done by phone calls or a HIPAA-secure platform such as Skype for Business. I also offer group psychotherapy for those struggling with chronic disorganization or hoarding. Xx. Xxxxxxx Xx Dennison, PhD, LISW-S and I designed and co-lead the 10-week psychotherapy group, Fresh Start. We screen all participants to put together what we hope will be a supportive, dynamic, and change-oriented process. Fresh Start group uses cognitive behavioral, mindfulness, and trauma techniques to help people understand the reasons for their clutter or disorganization and how to make changes. Graduates are invited to any or all of the monthly Fresh Start and Beyond follow-up groups. I often make referrals to therapists, cleaning services, auctioneers, attorneys, and other professionals. Whenever possible I will give you multiple businesses that I know about. K2 Organizing assumes no liability for products, services, or outcomes of any other service professional. Ultimately, it is your responsibility to check out any business with which you do business. Self-Help Workbook – I co-authored Rise Above Your Stuff: A workbook for those struggling to find themselves amidst their stuff with Xx. Xxxxxxx Xx Dennison. The activities in Rise Above Your Stuff are based on those used in the Fresh Start psychotherapy group. This workbook is a great option for anyone who wants to or needs to tackle the problem on their own in an affordable way. Rise Above Your Stuff can be found at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx and xxxxxx.xxx. Stop the Clutter cards – This deck is a fun, non-threatening way to help you xx-xxxxxxx, organize, and further develop your self-awareness and self-care skills. More than 50 tarot sized cards will help you get started, do a little bit at a time, understand why you do what you do, and allow self-compassion and rewards. Like the workbook, this is a great option for anyone who wants or needs to tackle the problem on their own in an affordable way. Stop the Clutter cards can be found at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx. Behavioral health treatment can help you improve your functioning and decrease the symptoms that led you to seek help. Working with a trained professional can help you better understand why you feel or behave the way you do. You can also learn how to deal with a specific problem or manage intense emotions. Therapy in particular requires your active involvement, honesty, and openness in order to change your thoughts, feelings, and/or behaviors. Your feedback and views on your services and progress are always appreciated. There are, however, some risks to treatment. These include experiencing uncomfortable feelings resulting from discussing the situations and experiences that led you to treatment. Talking about and facing personal issues can be painful, but you should begin to feel better and have more skills to deal with issues in your life. I may challenge some of your assumptions or perceptions or propose different ways of thinking about or handling situations that may leave you upset, angry, or disappointed. Attempting to resolve issues may result in changes that were not originally intended. Our work together may lead you to make decisions to change behaviors, employment, substance use, schooling, housing, or relationships. Change can sometimes be quick and easy, but more often it can be gradual and even frustrating. There is no guarantee that psychotherapy or other services will yield positive or intended results. When you consent to treatment you are entering into a contractual agreement with Xxxxx Xxxxxx, LISW-S, CPO-CD. This contract will include a treatment plan developed between us. Together we will decide which services you will receive, how often to meet, and how long each session will last. The length of treatment depends upon the presenting issue, diagnosis, and best practices guidelines. You have a right to terminate treatment at any time. 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 Noncompliance with treatment recommendations may necessitate early termination of services. I Together we will look at your issues with you and I will exercise my educated judgment about what treatment to recommend those services that 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 I determine during our work together I assess that I am not effective in helping you reach your therapeutic goals, I am obliged to will discuss this with you and if appropriatepotentially make changes to the treatment plan. In cases where changes to the treatment plan are not possible or determined to be unlikely to be effective, terminate treatment and will be terminated. If that occurs I will give you referrals who may be of help to youother providers. Should If you request it and give me written permissionauthorize it in writing, I am more than willing will talk to talk with the therapist psychotherapist or other provider of your choice in an effort order to aid help with the transition. I am also willing to assist you in finding another qualified therapist with whom to consult if If at any time you want another therapist’s professional professional's opinion, I will assist you in finding someone qualified. You have the right to terminate treatment at any time. If you choose to do so, I will offer to provide you with names of other qualified professionals whose services you might prefer. If you commit violence to, verbally or physically threaten or harass me or my family, I reserve the right to terminate your treatment unilaterally and immediately. Failure or refusal to pay for services after a reasonable time is another condition for termination of services. Please contact me any time your financial situation changes. My general individual session fee of 60 minutes is $190 (the initial Intake appointment is $300), group sessions are $60 and couples sessions are $200. In addition to appointments, I charge for other professional services as well, though I will break down the hourly fee for periods of less than one hour. Examples of other services include report writing, frequent or lengthy telephone conversations, consulting with other professionals with your permission, and preparation of records or treatment summaries. If you become involved in legal proceedings that may require my participation, you will be expected to pay for my professional time, including preparation and transportation costs, even if I am called to testify by another party. I will not agree to court appearance unless we have discussed the matter thoroughly and both agree that such appearance will not interfere with the treatment relationship and that I will be able to participate in the legal proceedings without unreasonable bias. Due to the nature of my work, I am often not immediately available by telephone. While I am usually in my office during regular business hours, I do not answer the phone when I am in an appointment. When I am unavailable, my telephone is answered by confidential voice mail that I monitor frequently. I will make every effort to return your call on the same day. If you find yourself in an urgent situation, make a judgment about the prudence of waiting for my call versus calling your primary care physician, 911, or the Southcentral Counseling Center’s 24-hour crisis line (563-3200) on whom I rely for emergency coverage when I am not immediately available. Payment may be made by check, credit card or cash. You will be expected to pay for each session at the time it is held, unless we agree otherwise. In most cases, as a courtesy, I will be glad to file your insurance. In that case, you would only pay your deductible, co-payments, and amounts not covered by insurance. As the insured, you are ultimately responsible for determining what services are covered and to what degree. Missed and cancelled sessions pose some issues for both of us. First, the work of psychotherapy is sometimes challenging and when we hit a difficult place together, it can feel easier to want to avoid coming in for treatment. I would prefer we speak about this with each other rather than you cancelling sessions. Also, I hold your scheduled appointment time specifically for you and you alone. I see a limited number of clients and so am able to give you the focus and attention you deserve. It is extremely difficult for me to fill cancelled session on short notice. I therefore charge full session fee for appointments cancelled with fewer than 48 hours notice unless we can find another time that week that works for us both. If we are able to do so before the weekend, I will allow you to reschedule at no extra fee. If you are running late for your appointment, please phone or email me as soon as you can to let me know you will be late. If I do not hear from you by 20 minutes into your session, I will call to check on you and may assume you do not plan to attend your session. If you are late for your session, we will still end at our regular time so that I have time to prepare for my next appointments and I can be on time for them.

Psychotherapy. Psychotherapy is not easily described in general statements. It varies depending on the particular problems the clients bring, the training of the therapist, and the personalities of the therapist and patient, clients and the particular issues you are addressing. There are different methods I may use to help address different issuestherapist. Psychotherapy is not like a typical health care provider visit. Instead, it calls for a very active effort requires hard work on your part. In order for the therapy to be most successful, you will have to work in put a lot of effort into your sessions and outside of our the time between sessions. Psychotherapy can have has both benefits and risks. Since Research has shown that two-thirds to three-quarters of clients find therapy quite helpful. Psychotherapy often involves discussing leads to a significant reduction of distress, better relationships, and resolution of specific problems. I hope you will experience better communication, greater success with difficult issues, and a greater sense of teamwork. Unfortunately, since psychotherapy is not an exact science, there can be no guarantees about what your experience will be. The risks of psychotherapy include feelings of frustration, fear, anger, and sadness. You may have to talk about things that are difficult to discuss. We may need to discuss unpleasant aspects of your lifesituation and your life history. You may have new insights about yourself and others that may feel uncomfortable. You may be asked to make changes in your habitual ways of doing things – and this may feel difficult at first. Research has shown that the most important predictor of therapy success is a good working relationship between clients and therapist. For this reason, in our first few sessions, we should all collaborate to find ways to work well together. I will show you my style of therapy and answer any questions you may experience uncomfortable feelings like sadnesshave about me. I will give you my initial impressions of what your therapy will involve. Also, 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 if you will experience. During our first meetingswould like, I will assess whether I can be direct you to written materials that describe my approach to couples therapy. Please let me know what makes you comfortable and uncomfortable. We need to work together to establish good teamwork, just like in any relationship. Since therapy involves a large commitment of benefit to you. I do not accept clients who I believe I cannot be helpful totime, money, and if energy, this is an important task to do well. The first meeting was with the casetwo of you together. In the next session or two, I will refer meet with each of you to others who work well with your particular issuesseparately. 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 Please keep 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 mind 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 don't keep secrets between the two of help to you. Should you request it and give me written permission, I am more than willing to talk with the therapist of your choice in an effort to aid the transition. I am also willing to assist you in finding another qualified therapist with whom to consult if at any time you want another therapist’s professional opinion. Failure or refusal to pay for services after a reasonable time is another condition for termination of services. Please contact me any time your financial situation changes. My general individual session fee of 60 minutes is $190 (the initial Intake appointment is $300), group sessions are $60 and couples sessions are $200. In addition to appointments, I charge for other professional services as well, though I will break down the hourly fee for periods of less than one hour. Examples of other services include report writing, frequent or lengthy telephone conversations, consulting with other professionals with your permission, and preparation of records or treatment summaries. If you become involved in legal proceedings that may require my participation, you will be expected to pay for my professional time, including preparation and transportation costs, even if I am called to testify by another party. I will not agree to court appearance unless we have discussed the matter thoroughly and both agree that such appearance will not interfere with the treatment relationship and that I will be able to participate in the legal proceedings without unreasonable bias. Due to the nature of my work, I am often not immediately available by telephone. While I am usually in my office during regular business hours, I do not answer the phone when I am in an appointment. When I am unavailablemeet with the two of you together again, my telephone is answered by confidential voice mail that I monitor frequentlywill give you feedback about your situation, including your strengths and the challenges you face. I will make every effort to return your call on the same day. If you find yourself in an urgent situation, make a judgment very specific recommendations about the prudence of waiting for my call versus calling your primary care physician, 911, or the Southcentral Counseling Center’s 24-hour crisis line (563-3200) on whom I rely for emergency coverage when I am not immediately available. Payment may be made by check, credit card or cash. You will be expected to pay for each session at the time it is held, unless we agree otherwise. In most cases, as a courtesy, I will be glad to file your insurance. In that case, you would only pay your deductible, co-payments, and amounts not covered by insurance. As the insured, you are ultimately responsible for determining what services are covered and to what degree. Missed and cancelled sessions pose some issues for both of us. First, the work of psychotherapy is sometimes challenging and when we hit a difficult place together, it can feel easier to want to avoid coming in for treatment. I would prefer we speak about this with each other rather than you cancelling sessions. Also, I hold your scheduled appointment time specifically for you and you alone. I see a limited number of clients and so am able to give you the focus and attention you deserve. It is extremely difficult for me to fill cancelled session on short notice. I therefore charge full session fee for appointments cancelled with fewer than 48 hours notice unless we can find another time that week that works for us both. If we are able to do so before the weekend, I will allow you to reschedule at no extra fee. If you are running late for your appointment, please phone or email me as soon as you can do to let me know you will be lateovercome your problems. If I do not hear from you by 20 minutes into your session, I will call to check on you and may assume you do not plan to attend your session. If you are late for your sessionTogether, we will still end at our regular time so formulate specific goals for your couples therapy and plans for how to achieve them. Most couples start with weekly appointments; some start with biweekly appointments. I have found that I have time can help you best if you each are:  Able to prepare plan and keep regular weekly or biweekly appointments.  Xxxxxxx and able to set agendas for my next appointments therapy sessions.  Willing to acknowledge your own contribution to the difficulties.  Willing to make changes in the way you talk and I can be on time for themthe things you do.  Xxxxxxx to discuss things in therapy before taking unilateral action.

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On the other hand, psychotherapy Therapy has also been shown to have many benefitsbenefits for people who go through it. Therapy often leads to improved better relationships, solutions to specific problems, and significant reductions in feelings of distress. But there are no guarantees on of what you will experience. During our first meetingsBy the end of the evaluation, 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 written permission, I am more than willing to talk with the therapist of your choice in an effort to aid the transition. I am also willing to assist you in finding another qualified therapist with whom to consult if at any time you want another therapist’s professional opinion. Failure or refusal to pay for services after a reasonable time is another condition for termination of services. Please contact me any time your financial situation changes. My general individual session fee of 60 minutes is $190 (the initial Intake appointment is $300), group sessions are $60 and couples sessions are $200. In addition to appointments, I charge for other professional services as well, though I will break down the hourly fee for periods of less than one hour. Examples of other services include report writing, frequent or lengthy telephone conversations, consulting with other professionals with your permission, and preparation of records or treatment summaries. If you become involved in legal proceedings that may require my participation, you will be expected to pay for my professional time, including preparation and transportation costs, even if I am called to testify by another party. I will not agree to court appearance unless we have discussed the matter thoroughly and both agree that such appearance will not interfere with the treatment relationship and that I will be able to participate in offer you some initial impressions of what our work together might involve if you decide to continue with therapy. You should evaluate this information along with your own opinions of whether you feel comfortable working with me. Therapy may involve a large commitment of time, money, and energy, so you should be very careful about the legal proceedings without unreasonable bias. Due to the nature of my work, I am often not immediately available by telephone. While I am usually in my office during regular business hours, I do not answer the phone when I am in an appointment. When I am unavailable, my telephone is answered by confidential voice mail that I monitor frequently. I will make every effort to return your call on the same dayprovider you select. If you find yourself have questions about my procedures or anything else that happens in an urgent situationyour sessions, make a judgment please discuss them with me whenever they arise. It is especially important for you to raise any negative feelings you may develop about the prudence of waiting for me or my call versus calling work with you. If you and I are unable to work through these negative feelings to your primary care physician, 911, or the Southcentral Counseling Center’s 24-hour crisis line (563-3200) on whom I rely for emergency coverage when I am not immediately available. Payment may be made by check, credit card or cash. You will be expected to pay for each session at the time it is held, unless we agree otherwise. In most cases, as a courtesysatisfaction, I will be glad to file provide you with names of other providers who could see you for a second opinion or to whom you could transfer. You could also seek a referral on your insurance. In that case, you would only pay your deductible, co-payments, and amounts not covered by insurance. As the insured, you are ultimately responsible for determining what services are covered and to what degree. Missed and cancelled sessions pose some issues for both of us. First, the work of psychotherapy is sometimes challenging and when we hit a difficult place together, it can feel easier to want to avoid coming in for treatment. I would prefer we speak about this with each other rather than you cancelling sessions. Also, I hold your scheduled appointment time specifically for you and you alone. I see a limited number of clients and so am able to give you the focus and attention you deserve. It is extremely difficult for me to fill cancelled session on short notice. I therefore charge full session fee for appointments cancelled with fewer than 48 hours notice unless we can find another time that week that works for us both. If we are able to do so before the weekend, I will allow you to reschedule at no extra fee. If you are running late for your appointment, please phone or email me as soon as you can to let me know you will be late. If I do not hear from you by 20 minutes into your session, I will call to check on you and may assume you do not plan to attend your session. If you are late for your session, we will still end at our regular time so that I have time to prepare for my next appointments and I can be on time for themown.