Fees
Individual Therapy & Intensive Pricing
Individual Therapy
- 90-minute Session: $300/session
- 3 hour session $600
Couples therapy
- 90-minute session $400/session
- 3 hour session $800/session
IFS & EMDR Intensive Packages
- Custom packages available with consult
Intensives are designed for deep, focused healing, allowing for faster breakthroughs than traditional weekly therapy. This format is ideal for individuals working through trauma, PTSD, emotional dysregulation, and personal growth challenges.
Cash Pay
Why Choose Cash-Pay Therapy?
Many people assume that using insurance is the only way to access therapy, but private pay (cash-pay) therapy offers several advantages that can lead to better care, greater privacy, and a more personalized experience. If you’re wondering whether paying out-of-pocket for therapy is worth it, here’s why many clients choose this option.
1. Complete Privacy & Confidentiality
When you use insurance, your mental health diagnosis, treatment plans, and session details become part of your permanent medical record. This information can sometimes affect employment, security clearances, and future insurance applications.
With cash-pay therapy:
✔️ No mandatory diagnosis is required to receive treatment.
✔️ Your records remain completely private—nothing is shared with insurance companies.
✔️ You have full control over your mental health information.
📌 Learn more about how HIPAA protects your therapy privacy.
2. More Freedom & Flexibility in Treatment
Insurance companies often limit the number of sessions, dictate which diagnoses qualify for coverage, and restrict the types of therapy they will reimburse.
With cash-pay therapy:
✔️ You decide the length and frequency of sessions, not an insurance provider.
✔️ You can choose specialized treatments like IFS, EMDR, or trauma-focused therapy, which may not be covered by insurance.
✔️ No session limits—you get care for as long as needed, not until your benefits run out.
📌 Read more about why many therapists choose not to take insurance.
3. Higher-Quality, Personalized Care
Insurance-based therapy often requires therapists to see a high volume of clients, which can lead to shorter sessions and less individualized attention. Many of the most experienced therapists only accept private pay because it allows them to:
✔️ Spend more time with clients without insurance restrictions.
✔️ Provide customized, evidence-based therapy without needing a diagnosis for reimbursement.
✔️ Offer extended or intensive sessions, such as IFS & EMDR intensives.
📌 Learn how EMDR therapy can accelerate trauma healing.
4. The Ability to Use Out-of-Network Benefits (Superbills)
If you have out-of-network benefits, you may be able to get partial reimbursement for private pay therapy. Many therapists provide superbills, which you can submit to your insurance company for potential reimbursement.
📌 Check your out-of-network benefits to see if you qualify.
Is Cash-Pay Therapy Right for You?
If you value privacy, flexibility, high-quality care, and a personalized therapy experience, private pay therapy may be the best choice.
🔹 Want therapy without a diagnosis on your record?
🔹 Need specialized care that insurance won’t cover?
🔹 Looking for longer or intensive sessions for deeper healing?
If so, cash-pay therapy offers the freedom and quality of care you deserve.
NO SURPRISES ACT
You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical care will cost. Under the law, healthcare providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the bill for medical services.
- You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency services.
- Make sure your healthcare provider gives you a Good Faith Estimate in writing at least 1 business day before your service. You can also ask your healthcare provider, and any other provider you choose, for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule a 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 or call (800) 368-1019.
Virtual Therapy in Virginia with EMDR and IFS
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) helps you process and heal from traumatic memories, anxiety, and distressing experiences. It’s an evidence-based approach designed to help you move beyond past pain and into the present.
IFS helps you connect with and heal the different “parts” within yourself—especially those carrying pain, shame, or fear. This compassionate, transformative approach fosters inner harmony and self-acceptance.
