[atisketatasket]

Since I've been on here, there have been several threads/polls about what people pay for therapy, but I haven't seen any about whether the therapist is worth what s/he charges. (And search turns up nothing that I can find.)

So: if you know your therapist's standard fee for a session, whether or not you pay it in full yourself or someone else/insurance does, do you think they're worth it? There's an option on the poll for those who do not pay at all.

I'd say my No. 1 is moderately overpriced, and No. 2 slightly overpriced.

[Ellahmae]

I'd say my T is compensated about right. She charges a pretty penny but I feel she needs to be paid more for all of the extra time and dedication she gives to me outside of our paid for sessions.

Sometimes I feel like I don't pay her enough for putting up w me...

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[stopdog]

I look at like paying very high rent for a space and someone to sit there and pretend to be human

[NowhereUSA]

I have no idea. I've seen what my insurance is billed but I have no idea if that's comparable to his other clients or his colleagues.

I will say I selected "I do not pay for therapy and do not know their standard fee" - but I *do* pay... in insurance premiums. So while I'm not paying him directly, I pay out the nose for decent health insurance that covers all but a co-pay.

[junkDNA]

my T gives me a pretty low reduced rate. i would pay him more if i could

I feel I don't pay enough.

[brillskep]

I picked slightly overpriced. There are sessions when my therapist earns his fee, on occasion he would deserve even more, but he has increased his fee over time so that it is double what it used to be five years ago, and at the same time what he offers is less. I usually feel like I'm giving too much money for what he does nowadays, although it's true that he is better than other therapists I've met, so it's not all that bad. When I first started seeing him, I thought his fee was very cheap for what he was offering, then when he increased it a little bit it was just right. Now it feels like a little more than he deserves.

[divine1966]

Mine is very expensive. I think it's the area. Everything is expensive in my county. But so far my insurance pays. I wouldn't see my t if had to pay out of pocket.

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It seems to me that therapy is much cheaper here in the UK than it is in other countries. I pay £40 per hour and T1 was £30 per hour and to me those figures seem about right. When I read on here of Ts charging $150 or $200 per hour, that seems an awful lot to me.

[brillskep]

Originally Posted by Echos Myron

It seems to me that therapy is much cheaper here in the UK than it is in other countries. I pay £40 per hour and T1 was £30 per hour and to me those figures seem about right. When I read on here of Ts charging $150 or $200 per hour, that seems an awful lot to me.

I noticed that too. I think it might also have to do with the cost of living as well as average income - in Romania it is significantly cheaper than the UK but a lot of people can't even afford that.

[Myrto]

I pay her 45 euros which amounts to 50 dollars. Considering she's the one who chose that price, I'd say it's just right.
She must believe that's a fair wage so I don't see why it'd be underpriced.
If she was too expensive (like 100 dollars or something), I would stop seeing her as I can't afford it.

[Myrto]

Originally Posted by Echos Myron

It seems to me that therapy is much cheaper here in the UK than it is in other countries. I pay £40 per hour and T1 was £30 per hour and to me those figures seem about right. When I read on here of Ts charging $150 or $200 per hour, that seems an awful lot to me.

Yeah. When I read those numbers here, I was floored.
In my country, if a therapist were to charge the equivalent of 150 dollars an hour, they could be reported as it's way too much and totally unethical.
I'm bit disgusted to be honest. How can you charge that much? I suppose in the US some people have insurance so in the end they only pay a fraction of that price but what about people who don't have insurance?

None of the answers applies. My therapist has no fee, he is employed by the county as a health care provider and has a salary from them - I have no idea how much he earns per month nor am I interested in finding out. I pay nothing, basically, except for cancellations. "Basically" means that I have to pay a small fee a few times a year, but I won't get into the intricacies of our public health system.... Insurance doesn't enter into it - health care is financed by our taxes (which are much too low, but that's another issue).

There are also therapists who don't work within the public health system, and their fees can get pretty steep. Nothing like 150 US dollars an hour, but I paid the equivalent of approximately 90 US$ per session with exT which felt like a lot. And it wasn't worth it, but she didn't set the fee herself nor was it her fault that the therapy wasn't working.

[atisketatasket]

Originally Posted by Myrto

Yeah. When I read those numbers here, I was floored.
In my country, if a therapist were to charge the equivalent of 150 dollars an hour, they could be reported as it's way too much and totally unethical.
I'm bit disgusted to be honest. How can you charge that much? I suppose in the US some people have insurance so in the end they only pay a fraction of that price but what about people who don't have insurance?

Both of mine fall into the aforementioned $150-$200 range. I don't use insurance - it only covers PhDs who are clinical psychologists. Nor do I apply for out-of-network reimbursement for privacy concerns. I can afford it between a very good job and not many living expenses (even when my husband is in the country). The one that I think is only slightly overpriced is the one with the fee at the lower end of that range, so in general I think $150 can be a reasonable fee for therapy if the therapist is good enough.

I don't think it's necessarily unethical to charge a lot - I believe there must be some rules somewhere about how therapists should set their fees. It is tied to experience and degree, I think. And in the case of mine, we all live and work in an expensive area, so that also influences their fee. But it also makes me more aware of the "value for money" concern, hence the poll.

[Moreta]

I pay $100 a session, which I think is just right. My t doesn't take insurance, but I also have a session with a shaman that goes in with that $100 price tag. This is the most stable I've been in years, so I don't mind paying for it.

Originally Posted by Moreta

I pay $100 a session, which I think is just right. My t doesn't take insurance, but I also have a session with a shaman that goes in with that $100 price tag. This is the most stable I've been in years, so I don't mind paying for it.

I am so lucky because my t has a separate shamanic practice and we combine them both for me. It works really well that way.

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[ruh roh]

I pay $150 hr out of pocket. It's a lot of money and it feels like a lot of money. I do get good therapy and between session support, though, so I'd say it's worth it. I would by lying, however, if I said I wouldn't prefer to pay a lot less.

[ManOfConstantSorrow]

What? Forty-five quid to speak to me for an hour? Poor woman is probable on minimum wage after room rental, travel, insurance etc.

[Cinnamon_Stick]

I feel like I don't pay my T enough for all she does and has done for me.

[Daystrom]

I think therapy is basically ********, so no.

[AnaWhitney]

I don't think I pay enough. I couldn't afford a more expensive T so in the beginning I did almost expect to have to put up with some bad stuff, because of the low cost. But she has never been anything but professional, thoughtful and kind. I don't bother her in between sessions but I think I get a lot already. I think she deserves a lot more than what she charges.

My t does not charge much. She ought to charge a LOT more because she earns it and deserves it. I make her work hard .

I'd say my therapist's pay is about right. He's pretty reasonable for our area and the quality of his services is above par.

["Tilly may"]

My therapist is overpaid for what she did. Every time i visited her it was something new. one day she hypnotized me,I swear I fell asleep and she had to wake me up at the end of the session, the next it was neurolinguist practise, another time we made venn diagrams of my family. I learned nothing through all of this. it was crap. Not only that but I fell into a lust for her. It was crazy so I quit seeing her.