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Originally Posted by Calilady
My former T dropped her rate for me, so I could continue sessions. She went from $125 to $60. If she were an out-of-network provider, she would have rec'd $90, but she doesn't take my insurance.
She then lowered my rate to $10 a session, so I could go to DBT group therapy w/her as the leading therapist, every other week (which I paid for, separately). This lasted for the duration of the group, but I noticed at the end there, I was the person she'd cancel on. She fit me on Friday's during her lunch break and I think it was easy for her to cancel on me because I was the $10 session.
Later, she admitted that she RARELY receives her entire fee (I had been paying her whole fee in the beginning, before I needed a sliding scale amount).
I dunno, we ended poorly, so this aspect is lost in the shuffle of things.
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It doesn't sound like your therapist was a full PhD or MD because in high cost areas their fees run from 150-300 per hour, not just 120 at the high end. Was this therapist a LCSW or a MSW?
Or perhaps this was multiple years ago, or else perhaps you were not in a high cost area. My psychiatrist from 15 years ago charged $250 per hour in the NYC area. She was the one who told me that if I oouldn't afford her fee then I should face reality and look for therapists with a MSW or a LCSW or a student psychologist in training who would give me lower fees.