What To Expect From The Pre-Therapy Intake Session

If the consultation session with Dr. Wilson results in you deciding that AMI's psychotherapy is a good fit for you, then the pre-therapy intake is scheduled.

During this intake session, we have some important things to do: a gathering of your personal, psychological, and medical history, a plan (if necessary) for financing your therapy, and the creation of your therapeutic goals. There is also the mandatory paperwork required by the State of Colorado to establish a doctor-patient relationship. This paperwork consists of: an informed consent for either adult or adolescent individual, or couples therapy. There is also a statement of therapeutic orientation, and a disclosure statement. The last two documents outline my qualifications and my treatment orientations as a doctor of psychology. The informed consent presents important information about the therapy itself, including: doctor-patient confidentiality, session fees and lengths, appointment cancellation policies, and your rights as a client in therapy. Please feel free to download and review these documents.

The fee for this initial intake session is $300 and the session lasts for 90-120 minutes. This is a one time only fee. Like all fees for service, the intake fee is due and payable before the intake session takes place. Payment for services are made electronically. The fee for standard individual sessions after the intake is $150 for fifty minutes. Standard therapy appointments are scheduled for weekday afternoons and evenings, and on Saturdays. Adolescent, couples, and family sessions are priced a bit differently. Please review AMI's fee schedule for further information.

Once you have entered genuine psychotherapy, you are to be congratulated. You have chosen to enter a safe, professional, and strictly confidential relationship that is unique in human experience. It is a relationship that is totally devoted to and focused on developing your mental health, awareness, balance, insight, and clarity. It is a relationship that will give you the space, resources, motivation, compassion, and skills necessary to make genuine and meaningful changes. It is a relationship that is devoted to improving the quality of your life.

It is important to note that I do not do business with insurance companies. My reasons for this stance and the options available to you for financing your therapy can be seen here. AMI does offer sliding scale and pro bono therapy to those who are qualified. ______________________________________________________________________________

NOTE: Please review AMI's fees for service by clicking here. Therapy can be scheduled every week or every other week, depending on the circumstances of the particular clients.

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