Posted by DAisym on July 20, 2008, at 15:39:29
In reply to Re: Therapists who do not negotiate fees?, posted by no_rose_garden on July 20, 2008, at 13:09:43
Perhaps...
but I think you might reach a point in your career where you are so in demand that you don't have to reduce your fee to keep a full caseload. And we shouldn't assume that folks who pay the fee are less in need of a good mental health professional than someone who can't pay the fee.
More and more I think it is about the paperwork. Insurance companies create a mountain of it and then they want to decide what your treatment strategy should be, how often you should see the client, whether they need to continue, etc. It is a royal pain. So if you don't have to, why would you?
Remember, I work for a nonprofit, so my world is really different. I just don't want to assume money-hungry motives for therapists who don't.
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