Scheduling An Appointment

You may contact me by telephone or email.  Upon mutual agreement, a time will be reserved for your therapy session.  If you need to cancel or rearrange an appointment time, you are required to provide 24 hours advance notice.  Failure to provide 24 hours advance notice will result in your being charged for the full session. 

Sessions

The initial session or intake session will be approximately one hour and fifteen minutes.  Group Sessions will run approximately 1.25 hours. Individual, family and couple sessions will last 50-55 minutes and begin at the scheduled time.

Emergencies/ Contact

If you need to contact me, you may reach me via cell phone at 201-774-9236, or you may leave a message on my office phone 973-377-5300. If you have an emergency which requires immediate response, and I am not available immediately, please call Morristown Memorial Hospital’s crisis line at: 973-540-0100.

Fees

Payment is expected in full at the time of the session. Fees are in the mid-range for private practice psychotherapy in the Morris Area. However, I do provide sliding scale for those clients who have no insurance coverage and have financial need.

Insurance

Insurance will often cover at least part of the cost of certain Psychotherapeutic modalities.  If you wish to file an insurance claim with your health insurance provider, a bill will be provided that includes all the necessary information to assist you in filing your claim.

Process

After several sessions we will discuss and develop the treatment goals that you wish to address. If for any reason you are not comfortable or feel that our time together is not productive, I will respect this decision and assist you in any way that I can to either change our approach or refer you to another clinician if needed.
     
Confidentiality

Legal and ethical responsibilities require that a private session remain confidential.  Therefore, no information will be released to another professional or agency without your written consent. The only exception is in the case where you actually or potentially endanger yourself, or others, and/or in the case of child abuse or elder abuse.  In these cases the law requires your therapist to share certain information with specific outside parties. For more information on ethics, please refer to the following sites:

www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/medical/socialwork.htm

www.socialworkers.org/pubs/code/default .asp    Code of Ethics

Lastly, I believe that therapy is a joint effort. Be patient with yourself and the process. I commend you on the decision and courage to seek out the opportunity for change. I will try my best to make this a positive experience for you.