Most CFRH therapists charge $150 per session for private pay for individual counseling and $175 per session for couples or family sessions. Rates may vary by clinician — your therapist will confirm their fee when you connect. Payment is due at the time of service.

If you are uninsured or choose not to use insurance, you have the right under federal law to receive a Good Faith Estimate of expected costs before beginning services. You may request one at any time. For more information, visit https://www.cms.gov/nosurprises

Please contact the customer service number listed on the back of your insurance card. When speaking with your insurance representative, be sure to ask about the following:

• What is the benefit eligibility for in-network and out-of-network providers?
• What is the co-payment amount?
• Is there an annual deductible for my plan?
• With a deductible, although your insurance may cover a percentage of the costs, you may have to pay a certain amount out-of-pocket until you meet your annual deductible.
• What is the percentage paid after the deductible is met?

You have the option to pay for therapy services out of pocket if your insurance plan is not accepted, or we are not an in-network provider, or you prefer not to use your mental health benefits.

Payment is due at the time of service. If an insurance claim is submitted and subsequently denied, CFRH will bill you directly for the services provided at the practice’s current self-pay session rate.

We provide clients with a “superbill” so that the client can pay out-of-pocket and submit it to their plan administrator for reimbursement.

Important restriction: Ensure that you do not have a Limited-Purpose FSA (LP-FSA), which typically only covers vision and dental expenses rather than general mental health therapy.

The Center for Relational Health, PLLC, is not responsible for denied claims and will not issue refunds for services rendered based on reimbursement denials. Clients are responsible for verifying their benefits, eligibility, and reimbursement requirements before receiving services.

The CFRH ask for at least 24 hours' notice to cancel or reschedule. Late cancellations and no-shows are charged the full session fee. Consistent attendance is an important part of the therapeutic process — your therapist will talk with you about this when you begin working together.

Starting therapy can feel uncertain, but you do not need to have everything figured out before your first session. Your therapist will guide you through the process.

During your first session, you can expect to:

• Discuss what brought you to therapy and what you hope to change.
• Share relevant personal, family, or relationship experiences.
• Complete an initial assessment to help your therapist better understand your concerns, strengths, needs, and goals.
• Identify your goals for counseling.
• Learn about confidentiality and the therapy process.
• Begin developing a personalized plan for treatment.

The first session is about getting to know one another, completing an initial assessment, creating a safe therapeutic relationship, and establishing a foundation for meaningful change. Come as you are—we’ll begin from there.

Great question! The first few sessions are an opportunity for the couple and the therapist to get to know one another, understand your relationship, and determine whether we are a good therapeutic fit.

The first session typically includes an assessment of your relationship. The couple will be asked questions about what brought you to therapy, the challenges you’re experiencing, your relationship history, and each partner’s perspective on what is happening. The Therapist will  also pay attention to the patterns and dynamics that develop between you during our conversations.

Some of the questions asked may be difficult or uncomfortable. That is intentional. The goal is to understand what is happening beneath the conflict and to explore each partner’s emotional needs, fears, experiences, and hopes for the relationship.

As the couple moves forward, the therapist will serve as a guide and facilitator—not a judge or referee. Through your work together, you will have opportunities to experience and practice new ways of communicating and responding to one another. We will work to identify old patterns that may be creating distance and begin developing healthier patterns that promote emotional safety, vulnerability, understanding, and connection.

Couples therapy is not simply about talking about your problems. It is about creating opportunities to experience your relationship differently and develop new ways of relating to one another.

The goals of couples therapy is to help each partner to understand the relationship on a deeper level, recognize the patterns that keep you stuck, and create a relationship where both partners feel heard, valued, understood, and safe enough to be vulnerable.

Student coaching is a supportive, goal-oriented service that helps students navigate academic, personal, and professional challenges while developing the skills and confidence they need to succeed. When offered alongside therapy, coaching can complement the therapeutic process by focusing on present and future goals, accountability, decision-making, and practical strategies for success.

Today’s couples therapy looks a little different than it did even 30 years ago. Back then, most marital counseling approaches had less than a 50% success rate. Therapists helped couples improve their friendship and romantic relationships, but the improvements tended to be short-lived. New approaches to marriage counseling, including Emotion-Focused Therapy, or EFT, and the Gottman Approach, are achieving much better results. EFT, for example, has a 75% success rate. The American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists reports an overall success rate of 98%. The success of couples therapy and other factors contribute to a decreasing divorce rate in the United States. Today, counseling can indeed save and strengthen a marriage.

Originally Published by:

W, l. (2020, May 26). What to Expect From Couples Counseling. Therapy Group of NYC. https://nyctherapy.com/therapists-nyc-blog/what-to-expect-from-couples-counseling/

At the CFRH most clients qualify for couples therapy unless the following is present in the relationship:

• Domestic violence -within the last year
• Restraining order issued
• Current addiction
• Active affair

Our services are not limited to couples. The Center for Relational Health, PLLC works with individuals, children, families, and adults navigating a variety of personal and relational concerns. Depending on your needs, we may provide individual, family, or relational therapy, with the focus tailored to your goals and circumstances

Emotionally focused therapy (EFT) is a short-term (8-20 sessions) therapy that is used to improve attachment and bonding in adult relationships. This approach to couples therapy was developed by doctors Sue Johnson and Les Greenberg in the 1980s and is rooted in research on love as an attachment bond (Benson, Sevier, & Christensen, 2013).

While often used for couples, it has also been adapted for use with families. This treatment can help couples and family members form a more secure emotional bond, resulting in a stronger relationship and improved communication.

Originally Published by:

F, M. (2021, May 10). What is Emotionally Focused Therapy. Verywell Mind. https://www.verywellmind.com/emotionally-focused-therapy-for-distressed-couples-2303813

Additional articles used in this information:

Benson, L. A., Sevier, M., & Christensen, A. (2013). The Impact of Behavioral Couple Therapy on Attachment in Distressed Couples. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 39(4), 407–420. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12020

Attachment theory is focused on the relationships and bonds between people, particularly long-term relationships, including those between a parent and child and between romantic partners.

According to Hazan and Shaver, the emotional bond that develops between adult romantic partners is partly a function of the same motivational system--the attachment behavioral system--that gives rise to the emotional bond between infants and their caregivers. Hazan and Shaver noted that the relationship between infants and caregivers and the relationship between adult romantic partners share the following features:

• both feel safe when the other is nearby and responsive
• both engage in close, intimate, bodily contact
• both feel insecure when the other is inaccessible
• both share discoveries with one another
• both play with one another's facial features and exhibit a mutual fascination and preoccupation with one another
• both engage in "baby talk"

On the basis of these parallels, Hazan and Shaver argued that adult romantic relationships, like infant-caregiver relationships, are attachments, and that romantic love is a property of the attachment behavioral system, as well as the motivational systems that give rise to caregiving and sexuality.

Originally Published by:

F, C. (2018). Adult Attachment Theory and Research: A Brief Overview. R. Chris Farley. http://labs.psychology.illinois.edu/~rcfraley/attachment.htm#:~:text=Research%20on%20adult%20attachment%20is,adults%20in%20emotionally%20intimate%20relationships.