Online or Telephone Fees
Everyone is entitled to a free initial consultation so all involved can determine if this is the right course of treatment for you. You may email or schedule a 5 min telephone call, instant message or video chat with Dr. Lacoff free of charge. If email, she will respond with a short email letting you know her suggestions on how to proceed.
All psychotherapy sessions must be paid for in advance by paypal, check or money order.
Fee schedule is as follows:
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Telephone sessions will be billed in 15 minute increments at $15 per every 15 minutes. 15 minute minimum per phone session.
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Video conferencing will be billed in 15 minute increments at $20 per every 15 minutes. 30 minute minimum per video conference session.
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Instant Messaging will be billed in 15 minute increments at $15 per every 15 minutes. 15 Minute minimum per instant message session.
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Emails will be billed $25 per email sent and responsed to. No minimum.
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Flat fee weekly email sessions: Send and receive up two emails daily for 5 consecutive business days: $100
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Flat fee monthly email sessions for one month, send and receive up to two emails daily for 20 business days (4 consecutive weeks): $250
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Every effort will be made to respond to all emails in a timely manner, usually within a few hours from the time your email is received between the hours of 9:00 am-10:00 pm and always within 24 hrs on business days and most often on weekends as well.
All telephone therapy sessions, Instant messaging therapy sessions and Video conferencing counseling sessions must be scheduled in advance. Same day sessions are often available.
Please be aware that online and telephone counseling has its limitations and may not be right choice for everyone. While online or telephone therapy may be a better choice for some. This will be evaluated during your free brief consultation. However, if it is decided that online or telephone sessions should be pursued Dr. Lacoff reserves the right, at any time during treatment, to refer you to a local therapist if it seems that you can no longer be treated in this manner. Severely depressed or suicidal individuals should not seek online or telephone therapy but should seek face-to-face counseling. ANYONE WHO IS IN CRISIS SHOULD CALL 911 OR GO TO THEIR NEAREST EMERGENCY ROOM IMMEDIATELY.
All information shared will be kept confidential except in the case where bound by law to disclose such as danger to self or others. Please contact me via email or telephone in order to set up a free brief consultation and evaluation to see what would be the best course of action for you to pursue.
