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How Can Therapy Help?

Therapy can:

Help individuals to gain a deeper understanding of themselves and others
Encourage growth through the identification of underlying thoughts, feelings, and motivations
Develop or enhance problem-solving skills
Improve life by removing roadblocks in relationships, intimacy, and personal boundaries
Increase positive and adaptive coping skills to manage feelings of depression and anxiety
Enhance self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-image
Provide support during challenging life situations, in an unbiased and unconditional way
Encourage self acceptance
Identify and address self-defeating behaviors
Process and resolve painful feelings, trauma symptoms, loneliness, and grief
Manage unhealthy patterns of perfectionism, disappointment, guilt, and shame
Identify triggers that lead to unhealthy patterns
Strengthen bonds with others
Increase self-discipline

How Do I Get Started?

For your convenience, we welcome you to call during business hours to speak with our experienced administrative staff. Our front desk staff can answer any questions you may have regarding scheduling, office policies, payment, and how to communicate with your insurance company, if you choose to use your out-of-network benefits. You can also send an email to our front desk via our Contact page. The front desk will get back with you as soon as possible to help you get started.

In your initial phone call, the front desk staff will collect general demographic information. If you have a clinician in mind, let our staff know and they will do their best to schedule you with that person. If you are unsure, the front desk is skilled in choosing a clinician that will best fit with your needs. You may also look at our About page to get a better idea of our clinical staff and/or contact a clinician directly via email.

What Can I Expect?

Metta Psychology Group offers a space where your voice will be heard in a safe, non-judgmental, and confidential environment. The initial consultation will last 50 minutes and subsequent therapy sessions typically last 45-50 minutes. During the first meeting, we will encourage you to share your thoughts and concerns, while also taking time to explore important aspects about your life that will help us to better understand your goals in treatment. Together with your counselor, you will create a plan based on your specific needs. We will utilize our professional experience to tailor a plan to your unique struggles and experiences.

For Parents and Children

If you are bringing your child (under 18) in for treatment, we recommend that one or both parents or caregivers attend the initial consultation and that your child accompany you on the following visit. This gives us an opportunity to gather a detailed history of your child’s developmental, behavioral, academic, medical, and social/emotional functioning, and to understand your concerns as a parent. The subsequent meeting with your child will provide an opportunity to identify the challenges he or she may be facing and to spend time getting to know one another.

Our comprehensive assessment will determine your child’s needs and appropriate treatment recommendations, as well as determine if treatment changes are necessary throughout the process. There may be times when parents, family members, teachers, physicians, and other influential individuals are encouraged to participate in the treatment process to ensure your child is feeling supported and receiving the best care possible. Our ongoing collaboration with multidisciplinary professionals within the community enables us to be thoughtful in our coordination of care when medical, psychiatric, and other services are necessary.

Additionally, our assessments may involve other components including reviewing medical and school records, consulting with other professionals who have treated your child, reaching out to a parent or caregiver who is unable to attend the initial meeting, and/or observing your child in his or her home or school environment. However, your permission as a parent(s) will always be obtained before additional resources are utilized.

If you are scheduling an appointment for a child that is 18 or older, we encourage you to involve your child in the scheduling process. If you schedule for your child, we will ask that your child contact our office to confirm their scheduled appointment time.

If a parent is assuming financial responsibility for the treatment of a child that is 18 or older, the child must sign a billing release (see form below). The billing release allows Metta Psychology Group to communicate with the parent regarding all billing and scheduling information. The responsible party will not have access to information regarding the content of your psychological services.

Payment and Insurance

We have made a thoughtful decision not to participate with insurance plans. We feel that to do so compromises the privacy and integrity of our clients’ treatment. If you are interested in utilizing insurance, we recommend you contact your insurance carrier to receive information about your out-of-network benefits. We will be able to provide you with a detailed receipt to submit to your insurance carrier for reimbursement.

Payment is due at the time of the service. In the event that you need to cancel or reschedule an appointment, we request you provide 48-hour notice or you may incur a cancellation fee.

Consider the following questions when determining if your insurance will reimburse you for therapy:

What are my mental health insurance benefits?
What is my deductible? Has my deductible been met?
What is the reimbursement amount per therapy session?

Good Faith Estimate

The No Surprises Act is a federal law which provides you with the right to a good faith estimate of the cost of services at MPG. However, Ohio licensing board rules require me to provide you with the actual cost of our charges in a written informed consent form to which you must agree prior to receiving services though MPG. That will be available to you prior to you being seen for services and prior to any billing. In most cases it is impossible to estimate how many sessions you will need, and that will not be determined until your concerns are evaluated and will also vary based on the progress that you make, which depends in part on your efforts with the process. You will be free to discontinue services at any time or the services may otherwise be terminated in accordance with the informed consent form language.

Although the No Surprises Law says that you may initiate a dispute process if the actual charges are substantially in excess of the Good Faith Estimated charges, i.e. if you are charged $400 more than the estimated cost for a session or for the total estimate provided, that is unlikely to happen and would be a violation of licensing board rules, since you will be agreeing up front to actual charges per session prior to being seen. Dispute information is available upon request. Any changes to my fees will require a change in the informed consent form fees, which you must agree to prior to having them go into effect, otherwise the fees will remain in effect for 12 months.