Well, thinking about this question, I guess to be more specific, she said that if I contacted her between sessions, she wouldn't have advance notice and the rate would be higher. I guess if I pre-scheduled a session instead of just initiating one when I saw her online, maybe she would lower her fee. I'm not quite sure, but yes, it makes sense to me that my sessions should all be at the same rate.

She doesn't take my insurance and there are Ts that do, however, I have a great deal more flexibility and convenience with her, being able to do therapy from home and not just the one 50 minute session a week my insurance would mostly cover. Of course, now I've also been seeing her about 15 months and we've connected so deeply, I'd hate to stop seeing her. It's been a difficult but very productive process and she's made a commitment to me that I'd like to enjoy for a while, to just have that stability in my life of her consistent therapeutic presence.

Also, we did do Monday and Thursday sessions for a long time too, like you said to space things out evenly, but it was more expensive. The issue was then I'd do an email session between Monday and Thursday and another one between Thursday and Monday. By seeing her Friday and Monday, it's easier to avoid doing an email session on the weekend, which saves hopefully $200 a month.