Fees for Counselling

How much does counselling cost?

Counselling costs $125 per 50-minute session. Counselling fees may be covered for you depending on your situation. Please read below for your options for paying for counselling. Please book a free 15-minute phone call with me before your first appointment if you have questions or worries about paying.

How can I pay for counselling?

Insurance/health benefits
If you have a group insurance/health benefits plan, they likely provide you with some coverage for counselling. Coverage varies and you are responsible for determining with your human resources or insurance/health benefits provider whether you are covered and for how much. Coverage also varies depending on the professional qualifications and license of the counsellor. I am a Canadian Certified Counsellor (license #11243688). This designation may or may not be covered under your plan. You can find this out by looking at your plan’s app/website under counselling coverage or by talking directly with your human resources or plan provider. It is your responsibility to determine this and should there be any amount remaining following coverage, it is also your responsibility to pay the remaining balance. I offer direct billing for most insurers, however should your insurer not allow for direct billing, you are responsible for paying and submitting to your insurer manually. I will provide you with a receipt for reimbursement.

Subsidized counselling
FCSS offers subsidized counselling available to eligible residents of Barnwell, Barons, Coaldale, Coalhurst, Lethbridge County, County of Warner, Coutts, Milk River, M.D. of Taber, Nobleford, Picture Butte, Raymond, Stirling, Taber, Vauxhall, Warner. For more information about the counselling subsidy and eligibility requirements, please visit Counselling Subsidy — Lethbridge ICA.

Open Path Collective subsidized counselling
I am an Open Path counsellor and offer an affordable counselling rate for individuals and families that ranges between $50 and $75 per 50-minute session to Open Path members. To access this rate, please visit Open Path Collective and click get started with therapy.

Other third-party payers
A third party payer is any other organization/company that is paying for your counselling other than you. Examples are your work, Children and Family Services, and Family Support for Children with Disabilities (FSCD). It is your responsibility to ensure that your third-party payer will cover my professional designation, Canadian Certified Counsellor (license #11243688) and for the rate of $125 per 50-minute session.

Self-paying
If you do not have access to any of the above listed ways to pay for counselling, you can pay for counselling yourself. I accept e-transfer, credit card, and cash, and will provide you with a receipt upon payment.

Every person’s situation is different and if fees for counselling are the reason you can’t access support for your mental health, please contact me at brittany.anderson@turnofthetidecounselling.ca or (403) 917-9437. Please note, neither of these communication methods are monitored 24/7 and should you require emergency or crisis support please click here for resources.