How much do you pay for a session?

$200 an hour plus small sexual favors.

I know what you mean, cherubbs.. And I agree with you, to me it's worth every penny too. I count my blessings, being lucky to be able to spend this money on a great therapist and not have to fight with insurance etc. But I worked very hard too, to make it possible, so it feels like twice the reward somehow. :-)

I pay the equivalent of $18-19 USD per session and I'm very grateful

I hope you're kidding

I have insurance but my therapist has moved "out of network" so there is a huge deductible. My therapist told me to just continue to pay what I was ($25 copay) she knows I'm in a difficult financial situation, and her office has even stopped sending me bills of any kind.

I'm just stunned at how far out of her way she has gone for me

$110 an hour. But my past long term T was $120 an hour, so I guess anchoring?

I just laughed so hard!!!!

I pay more than $120 an hour, once a week, sometimes twice a week. I have paid as high as $190, but not anymore.

As I said on another thread, my therapy budget is about $6,000 per year and is my fifth largest expense after mortgage, food, travel, and child care.

I pay the full fee because I don't want to get into a discussion with T about the fee itself. I like to talk openly about money and I need T to focus on my own issues with money, without wondering if I could pay the fee. Also, if I walk in wearing a new sweater, or I take a vacation, I don't want T wondering about my priorities.

With my last T, I paid quite a bit more and that T really messed me up. I wish I could ask for a refund!

Check this out. It is written by a therapist for other therapists.

I think the author makes good points. I agree with him on much of it and I think he was brave to speak up honestly about the fee and about insurance. I also think he comes across like an arrogant prick at times in the article.

The Cult of DSM

Excerpts:

My starting rate is $140 per hour. What exactly is it that justifies that rate? My masters and PhD degrees didn’t cost me anything like what a medical degree costs. My malpractice insurance is well under $500 a year. My equipment consists of a couple of chairs, a couch, a clock, and a box of Kleenex. What justifies my rate is the fact that the market will bear it, . . .

You’ve probably already worked out a method for determining a rate. You may use an income-based scale. Or maybe you state your fee and then ask a client how much he or she can afford to pay. A surprising number of people give an answer that seems fair. However, as I discovered when a man with a modest-paying job who’d negotiated a 40-percent reduction let it slip that a rich uncle had given him millions of dollars, you can get hosed. When this method fails—often because the client doesn’t know where to begin—I sometimes ask what kind of car he or she drives and what the payment is. Kia drivers pay less than BMW drivers. Or you can ask how much money they spend every week at happy hour.

I manage to average around $95 per hour. Many doctoral-level professionals make more money than that. But, on the other hand, most people make far less for doing work that’s much harder than sitting still and listening to unhappy people.

I once saw a woman who worked as an escort, the kind who charges men for the girlfriend experience. I challenged her choice of professions, and she responded by suggesting that our jobs weren’t all that different. Her hourly rate, she told me with some relish, was higher than mine (and speaking of sliding scales, when I discovered what her fee was, I raised mine to match it). The conversation forced the subject of money to the surface. It also gave us the chance to talk about the critical difference between us: that, among other things, she was paying me not to have sex with her. Most importantly, however, by bringing to light the disturbing fact that we were both in the business of renting out love, it forced us to pay attention to what exactly our relationship was about, why she had the need she did, and what she could do to make it possible to fulfill it without paying for the privilege.

My therapist currently charges $100 per hour, paid out of pocket, but I use her a lot. Therapy was my single highest expense last year. This year, I'm trying to cut back significantly, I just can't afford it, sigh, though she is so worth it.

240$/50 minutes

$100 an hour. Unfortunately at this time my T doesn't take my insurance.

Omg,really so much??? This is insane don't you think so?
I didn't understand about sexual favors

$90 an hour. To be honest, I think he should bump his fees soon, but I think $100 an hour is average for my city, if the Google is to be believed. He doesn't take insurance.

T charges $140 for a 50 minute session although since she has that extra 10 minutes built in at the end of each appt..I find that we often do closer to the 110 minutes. I have insurance so my copay is $20 and my insurance company pays $41.

Sometimes the fact that she gets paid so little compared to what she charges makes me feel guilty. However, it doesn't seem to bother her and she has at times told me NOT to pay the copay (not often but occasionally)

I see mine for free.

Mine charges (bills my insurance) $115 for a 60 minute session.
My copay is just over $21. I see her once a week, but beginning in April, I will be seeing her twice a week while we dive into some hard stuff.

When I hit $3000 of out of pocket expenses (medical/psych/medications) in a year I go to zero copay (hit that last year by the end of August).

I pay $195 for 55 minutes, once a week.

She does not take insurance. Most private practice therapists where I live don't take insurance because the demand is so high.

I like paying a lot because I don't have to feel guilty that she has to put up with me/I'm not interesting enough.

My Co pay is $20.00

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Mine is 200 an hour but I pay 35. Hr

I don't pay anything, but the charge is around $400 for an hour. My copay should change to $10 in a month or two.

Nothing as my therapy was on the NHS. Btw may I please ask those in the UK is £40 - £60 per session for individual therapy with a Clinical Psychologist ?

YOWZA!

I have unlimited sessions with my pdoc and t, so I pay $15 each as a co pay. My T is a social worker and her rate is $130 per session. My pdoc $200 for 20 minutes or $265 for 40.

400 dollars an hour is outrageous . . . I wonder how a 400 dollar p/h therapist operates?

My T is a high-class T and I bet she charges a lot, but my sessions are paid by a third party.

$35
And I see him twice a week.
My insurance and I have a mutual hate for each other.