Sonia Halim, MA, LMFT
EMDR Certified || CSAT-C || Certified Kink Conscious Therapist
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Using Insurance
Positives and Negatives to Using Insurance:
If you plan to use health insurance please be aware of the following information:
In Network:
Out of Network:
Positives of Using Your Insurance:
Negatives of Using Health Insurance:
Using insurance when seeking couples therapy:
Using insurance for couples therapy is tricky. Your insurance company will require that I designate one person as the "patient" who will receive a mental health diagnosis. This conflicts with my clinical perspective as well as the ethical/legal standards established for marriage and family therapists indicating that the "couple" is the client. The word "patient" implies that ones is "sick" which conflicts with my perspective as I do not believe that you are " sick." If you choose to use your insurance I will open a chart for each person and each person will be required to obtain a diagnosis that is "medically necessary" to warrant the services.