Posted by onceupon on December 15, 2008, at 20:55:03
In reply to No money = No therapy, posted by JayMac on December 14, 2008, at 17:27:31
I don't have quite the same situation, but my insurance is changing in January, meaning my therapist will be out of network. I do have out of network benefits, but not until I meet my deductible. I still haven't figured out how I'm going to swing therapy in the new year - or if I'll be able to. There's a big difference in my therapist's fee and the co-pay I've been paying.
Is your therapist good at talking with you about this? I brought it up in October, but have admittedly been ignoring the issue for awhile. Last week, she asked me if I was thinking about seeing someone new after my insurance changes (this is after 18 months of seeing her). I wasn't quite sure how to respond. She said this at the beginning of the session, knowing that we had last week and this week as our last two sessions of the year. And no, I hadn't been thinking about seeing someone else.
Argh, I feel so incompetent at talking about the financial side of this relationship. Or maybe it's just uncomfortable, I'm not sure.
I'd be curious too as to whether the economy has been affecting my therapist. Not sure I'd have the cojones to ask, though. And I'm pretty sure she wouldn't share the answer with me anyways.
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