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Fees; Hours of Service; Cancellation policy; Confidentiality; Informing you of therapy procedures; Information Request Form

Fees

The fee you would pay for therapy with me during the year 2007 is $180 per hour, $270 for 1.5-hour couple sessions. These fees are well within the schedule of fees proposed by the Ontario Psychological Association (OPA). As a Registered Psychologist, and as a listee in the Canadian Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology, my services for psychotherapy are partly reimbursable under many health insurance plans and can be claimed as health expenses for tax purposes.

As a Psychologist, my services are unfortunately not covered by OHIP. If you require OHIP coverage, you can consult your family physician for referral to a Psychiatrist.

The therapy session usually runs for the full 60-minute or 90-minute time slot booked.

Hours of Service

You can schedule an appointment for Mondays through Fridays. The earliest time is 9am. The last booking is usually ended by 6:30pm.

Cancellation policy

As a client, you would be expected to give at least forty-eight business hours notice for any appointment that is to be cancelled. If something comes up at the last minute, you could switch to another time slot during that week, if one is available. Otherwise, you would assume full responsibility for the fee for the appointment that is missed. I would forgive the fee in the event of your illness or emergency.

Confidentiality

Our work will be confidential and private. Your privacy is vital to our therapy work. As a Registered Psychologist, I subscribe to a Code of Ethics that requires strict efforts to maintain client confidentiality. Your confidentiality is further protected because, as an independent Psychologist, I will usually not have to report about your therapy in order for it to continue. Decisions about your therapy will be  made by you and me, rather than by an outsider in the insurance system who doesn’t even know you.

I will normally share information only when issued an appropriate release of information signed by you. Extraordinary exceptions, when I am required to break confidentiality, include: a life-threatening situation; disclosure of intent to inflict harm; disclosure of child abuse; within the laws of the Province of Ontario; and under the sanction of a court of law. Aside from these exceptions, you can say whatever is on your chest and know it will go no further.

Informing you of therapy procedures

I am responsible for explaining to you

• the name, description and purpose of therapy procedures I propose to use,

• risks and benefits of the proposed procedures,

• the names and descriptions of reasonable alternatives.

You have the right to ask questions about anything that happens in therapy. I'm always willing to discuss how and why I've decided to do what I'm doing, and to look at alternatives that might work better. You can feel free to ask me to try something that you think will be helpful. You can ask me about my training for working with your concerns, and can request that I refer you to someone else if you decide I'm not the right therapist for you. If you as a client are dissatisfied, or feel my approach isn't meeting your needs, we can openly discuss your concerns, modify what we can, and change directions. Just as you are the decision maker for beginning therapy, you, the client, are the primary determiner of when and how to leave therapy.

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