Fees & Frequently Asked Questions

Traditional 50-minute sessions: 50-Minute Couples Session: $160 50-Minute Individual Session: $160 90-Day "Hold Me Tight®" Program: Payment Option 1: Pay in full at the time of registration & receive a 12% discount off of the total cost: $1,300.00 Payment Option 2: Three payments of $485.33, with the first payment due at the time of registration, the second payment due at the time of your second session, and the final payment due at the time of your 5th session. *If payments are not paid in the time they are due, services provided for your 90-Day 'Hold Me Tight®' program will be discontinued until the payment has been received. With anything that we want to maintain the health of in longevity, most of the time it requires investment. Fortunately, couples counseling is often a temporary financial investment since the goal is to be able to help the both of you get to a place where you can maintain healthy connection independently, and only recruit help from your counselor as needed once the foundation has be built. Investing in your marriage or relationship can be one the greatest pay offs in that the health of your relationship not only improves the relationship, but can also significantly improve your mental health, work life, personal healing, physical health, family dynamics, and if kids are in the picture you are leaving a legacy for your children and supporting their mental and physical health. The cost of investing in your relationship, is often much less expensive overall, than the cost of a divorce if you had to go through an attorney. A year's worth of weekly therapy (you might not even need couples counseling for that long and at that high of frequency) would cost $8,320 as compared to the average cost in Connecticut for a divorce which is between $12,900-$15,000+. This does not include expenses post divorce such as spousal support and child support. Reduced rate slots are available on a limited basis. I would love to discuss the possibility of an available reduced rate slot to help you restore connection and gain healing in your life.

We do not take insurance. We are an out-of-network provider, meaning that we are not in-network with any insurance providers. However, if your insurance participates in out-of-network benefits we can provide you with a superbill (only if one of you meet the criteria for a DSM-V diagnosis) that you would provide to your insurance company for them to reimburse you directly (reimbursement and amount of reimbursement is dependent upon each insurance policy). Here are the main reasons why we remain out-of-network with insurance companies: 1. We can not insure confidentiality: Insurance companies require diagnosis information and other treatment information in order to authorize treatment. Once that is provided by a therapist, the therapist can no longer insure that the information will remain confidential. We allow the relationship and exchange of information to stay between you and your insurance company by remaining out-of-network. 2. Difficulty getting treatment authorized: Sometimes there is a lengthy process involved in getting authorization for treatment. This can cause your treatment to be inconsistent, broken up, and can cause further delays in getting the help you need. 3. Misdiagnosing or over diagnosing in order to get treatment authorized: most insurance companies will not cover treatment unless it is “medically necessary”. This may mean the client has to “pretend” to have a diagnosis in order to receive benefits. 4. Most insurance companies do not cover marriage or family counseling unless it is part of a treatment plan for a more serious mental disorder: If there is a diagnosable partner, this can place the diagnosed partner in a position of feeling like they are the 'problem' in the relationship, since the focus for the insurance company providing coverage is that the symptoms of the diagnosed partner are treated, and not necessarily on the improvement of the relationship as a whole. 5. Insurance eliminates the ability to tailor length of sessions to the couples needs: Progress for couples doesn't always fit in the traditional 45 minute time frame that insurance traditionally only covers. If sessions are longer, insurance will not cover the session time, which can lead to sessions feeling abruptly cut off. Being out-of-network provides the ability to tailor length of session times to what your relationship needs to make progress. Insurance also does not cover for couples intensives, which are sessions that last for several hours that can help couples do a deeper dive and make more progress in a shorter span of time than what traditional weekly 45 minute sessions might allow for. Being out-of-network allows the ability to freely apply emotionally focused couples therapy to couples without the stipulations insurance can impose. Insurance stipulations and expectations that they want to see in order for sessions to be covered is often inconsistent with what makes the research-backed therapeutic approach of emotionally focused couples therapy so effective. This is because emotionally focused therapy views the work as a partnership, rather than 'fixing' only one person in the couple pair.

We are located within the Acclaim Behavioral Services office in the Evergreen Walk area at: 2400 Tamarack Avenue Suite 201 South Windsor, CT 06074

Plumeria Counseling PLLC office hours are: Tuesdays: 2PM-8PM Wednesdays: 7AM-6PM Thursdays: 8AM-8PM Fridays: 7AM-2PM Please fill out the contact form to ask about session time availability

Length of time in therapy is dependent upon many factors such as, but not limited to, client goals, client’s life/relational experiences leading up to starting therapy, and client’s consistency in session attendance at the onset of therapy. For some, a few sessions of therapy may feel successful and help them meet their goals, whereas for others several months of consistent therapy may be necessary to produce lasting and sustainable change. Ultimately the goal of therapy is to assist you in achieving your personal goals, which can be a different timeline for each person in order to reach and sustain those goals.

Yes! Just because maybe one of you, or both of you don't talk as much, doesn't mean we can't make progress in sessions together. What I often experience with couples is that the power of your attachment with each other and the drive to repair connection, can often bring even the quietest of people to begin to open up in new ways and try new things in a therapy setting. Even to just show up for couples therapy is a huge step and a risk when being expressive and talkative doesn't feel like you're strength. Just you showing up holds incredible meaning about how much you value your relationship. In emotionally focused couples therapy we are trained specifically on how to engage individuals who maybe don't feel like they are really expressive and verbal. The silence in sessions is something that can be an incredibly powerful and meaningful place for couples to journey in together as we unpack the meaning behind those moments.

Yes! Being a certified emotionally focused couples therapist means I have received extensive training in knowing how to handle these moments with couples in session to help the both of you begin to have new experiences in even your most heated moments. Couples experiencing high conflict will often find that I keep sessions more structured in the beginning of our work so we can get to the roots of what's happening when these arguments break out. The structure is there to also help the both of you not repeat in session what you can do without a therapist being present. I am here to help you both begin to experience change. I appreciate when couples let me in to see these most distressing places as it helps me understand and fully see what your negative cycle entails and just how hard it can be. When I get to see these hard moments with couples it helps me know where to plant us in sessions to start being able to share, hear and receive what is really trying to be said in those heated moments in a new way that helps repair bonds.