questions & answers
What types of therapy do you provide?
We specialize in providing creative approaches to therapy and healing. These modalities include Art Therapy, Play Therapy, Sand Tray Therapy, Synergetic Play Therapy, Expressive Arts Therapy, EMDR, Enneagram informed therapy, parent coaching and more!
We are currently not offering group therapy at this time.
Do you only see kids?
No! We see teens, college students, parents and adults. We truly enjoy working with all ages and a wide range of struggles, symptoms, and life challenges .
Do you work with separated or divorced parents?
Yes! We do require both parents consent for therapy and joint participation in parent sessions, especially if parents share custody. We also require a parenting agreement or active participation with a co-parenting counselor. We are a great option for your child once the custody agreement is finalized and parents can participate in parent meetings together. We do not offer separate phone calls or parent sessions if separated/divorced.
What is an Intake session and is it required?
Intake Session: $200
Ongoing session rates vary by Clinician.
Rates ares based on education, credentials
and years of experience.
The intake process is a session to gather as much information possible about the client's life, emotions, experiences and perspective up until this point. This session is required for all clients and ages but can be in-person or virtual. Children under 15 generally do not participate as the intake session is the parent's opportunity to connect and get to know the therapist. This step is extremely important for the therapist to step into the client's world as well as formally introduce the therapeutic space and their approach.
Can I use my insurance?
We are private-pay only and do not submit any information or speak with any insurance companies. We can offer a super-bill with a diagnosis for you to submit to your insurance for potential reimbursement. Please take a moment to read more on this topic below!
How do I get started? Can I take a tour?
You can submit a message to us above, call us to leave a voicemail or email us directly at info@peachtreecreativecounseling.com.
For confidentiality purposes, we are unable to provide tours. There are exceptions so please give us a call if this feels necessary to your process!
So how do we help make therapy affordable?
Why we do not accept insurance...
We believe clients deserve transparency, autonomy, and the highest level of clarity and privacy when it comes to their therapy needs. While insurance can make therapy more affordable for some, it comes with some concerning costs towards informed treatment and maintaining truly private records. Our practice operates on a private-pay model and does not utilize insurance, here are some reasons why:
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Your Insurance funded therapy record is not held private! Therapists are required to provide your diagnosis, treatment justifications and frequency to a third party. Records can be requested for legal proceedings, life or disability insurance applications, employment reviews and so on without the consent of the therapist or the client for that matter!
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Insurance requires a diagnosis to consider covering your therapy — even when someone is experiencing situational stress, grief, burnout, relationship challenges, or life transitions. Not all reasons for therapy should require a label to be a covered benefit. Sometimes life is just hard.
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​Insurance will dictate the number sessions, length of treatment down to whether you deserve a 45 or 60 minute session as well as decide whether your therapy is medically necessary. The individuals making these decisions are not trained or educated in the mental health or psychological field.
The risks for children...
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A diagnosis is still required. So many children are dealing with life transitions, divorce, grief and just learning the world. This diagnosis does become a part of their permanent medical record and it can follow them into their adulthood even if no longer relevant. This can impact future desires for the military, insurance applications and employment.
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Their record is not held private! It can be shared and requested by third parties utilized in ways they never intended for it to be used and are too young to understand (for example high conflict divorce scenarios).
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Due to the stringent requirements of pace and progress, insurance funded therapy for children can shift to behavior modification instead of focusing on the root of the issues, emotional development and processing, attachment, parent support and identity development. ​
So how do we help make therapy affordable?
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We do offer a Super-bill document. A Super-bill is proof of therapy sessions, frequency, cost, CPT codes & ICD-10 diagnosis codes. There is opportunity through some insurance providers and plans for potential reimbursement of a percentage or in totality of your submitted sessions. While this does still require a diagnosis, the medical record is able to be kept private by the therapist.
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Always inquire if there is a sliding scale option or lower cost therapy spots. Therapists offer a range of opportunities to provide accessible and affordable therapy as they know it can be expensive!
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We accept HSA or FSA accounts! This can be a great way to help care for any medical or mental health care needs through the year.
