Clear numbers, and no surprises attached to them.

• Free 30-minute consultation, no charge and nothing owed either way
• Individual session, $180
• Couples and family session, $250
• Consultation and letters, $180 at a flat rate
• Reduced-fee spots from $130, a limited number, ask on the free call

There is a 24-hour cancellation policy, and the full fee applies inside 24 hours.

I do not bill insurance

Ubuntu Counseling is private pay only. I do not bill insurance and I do not accept the Oregon Health Plan. I would rather say that plainly here than have you find out on a phone call.

What a superbill is

A superbill is an itemized receipt for the sessions you have already paid for. You send it to your insurer, and if your plan includes out-of-network mental health benefits, the insurer may reimburse part of the fee directly to you. Whether a plan reimburses, and how much, is between you and your insurer. I cannot promise an outcome there, and I would be suspicious of anyone who did.

If you want to know before you start, the question to ask your plan is whether you have out-of-network outpatient mental health benefits, what the deductible is, and what percentage they reimburse once it is met.

What paying privately buys you

No diagnosis is required for billing. No session limit is set by a plan. What happens in the room stays between you and me, rather than being summarized for a third party who is deciding whether to keep paying.

That is a real trade. You are paying more directly for something the insurance route makes cheaper and more supervised. Which of those matters more is genuinely your call, and it is a reasonable thing to think out loud about on the first call.

Cost is a fair thing to raise early

Bring your schedule, your distance and your budget to the free consultation. Those three things determine whether this can be sustainable for you, and it is better to be honest about them at the beginning than to have cost quietly become the reason you stop coming.

Reduced-fee spots are limited and they do fill. Ask anyway. The worst outcome is that I tell you when one is likely to open.