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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
General
In New Mexico I take:
• Aetna
• Cigna
• Quest Behavioral Health
• Carelon Behavioral Health
In process for NM: United Healthcare, BCBS of New Mexico, Oscar, Oxford, Optum
In Kansas I take:
• United Healthcare
• Aetna
• Ambetter Kansas
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City
• Cigna
• Ascension (SmartHealth)
• Oscar (Optum)
• Oxford (Optum)
• Carelon Behavioral Health
• Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey
• Quest Behavioral Health
• Independence Blue Cross Pennsylvania
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Yes. Insurance companies have perfected the art of turning mental healthcare into an elaborate obstacle course, complete with prior authorizations, denials, and that special joy of explaining your symptoms to someone whose main qualification is “works for the insurance company.” If you’d rather skip that particular circus and just pay directly, self-pay is refreshingly straightforward.
For self-pay patients:
• Initial psychiatric assessment (60–90 minutes): $240
• Integrative follow-up sessions (therapy, lifestyle changes, meds, etc. 60 minutes): $160
• Basic follow-up visits (30 minutes of efficient med management + therapy): $100
• Brief medication checks (15 minutes): $75
The 30-minute follow-ups tend to be the sweet spot for most people—long enough to actually get something done, short enough that you’re not paying for extra time while staring at the ceiling wondering if we’ve already solved your problems.
If you’re self-paying but still clinging to the faint hope that your insurance might reimburse you someday, I can provide a superbill. Just mention it ahead of time. (I’m a psychiatric provider not a psychic.)
Payment is done through my billing service which makes it simple to switch to insurance should that become available to you. Sometimes the simplest way to protect your mental health is to keep the insurance company as far away from it as possible.
Integrative psychiatry? Well, it's probably easiest to grasp by stacking it up against the old standby: traditional psychiatric treatment. That's the one rooted in the classic Western "sick-care" setup, where we humbly pretend your mental health exists in its own little vacuum—cut off from your body, spirit, emotions, or whatever else might be quietly sabotaging your day. We zero in on those symptoms like they're the only game in town, tossing meds at them and crossing our fingers that nothing else unravels. It's served us well enough, I suppose, if "well enough" means muddling through.
But here at my practice, I'm trying something a bit less... shortsighted. Instead of just babysitting your mental health issues, integrative psychiatry aims for the lofty goal of actual long-term growth and, dare I say, transformation—because who doesn't love a good personal reboot?
We swap the quick-fix symptom chase for a broader life tune-up, blending meds with lifestyle tweaks that might just make you more resilient, marginally yet consistently happier overall, and on a mental health track that doesn't feel like it's built on quicksand. It's not revolutionary genius on my part; it's just treating you like a whole, messy human. What a concept!
No. I’m not here to hand you the same generic wellness prescription you’ve already seen on seventeen Instagram accounts. “Just do yoga and eat more salads” is about as helpful as telling someone in the middle of a panic attack to “just relax, bro” while they feel like they are actually dying.
Instead, we’ll start exactly where you are—a messy, excuses, zero motivation, and all. We’ll talk about what actually feels doable in your real life (not the idealized version where you magically wake up at 5 a.m., do 90 minutes of burpees and Romanian dead lifts, 10 minutes of cold plunge, and then meditate like a monk).
If tiny, non-overwhelming steps happen to involve moving your body or eating something green, great. If they don’t, that’s fine too. The goal is a plan that doesn’t sound like complete nonsense and won’t make you roll your eyes into next week. It's about taking baby steps towards building a life you can feel proud of living.
I’m a psychiatric provider, not a lifestyle influencer. My job is to help you to make things slightly less terrible, not to turn you into a kale-eating yoga warrior overnight.
Yes I can but there are extra fees associated with these kinds of things. Writing a letter for you for whatever reason is $35, filling out any forms including FMLA is $25 +8 dollars per page, a phone conversation on your behalf is billed at the same rate as self-pay, $75 per 15 minutes.
If you need me to go to court for any reason it is $500 per hour with a four hour minimum, and this includes travel time. If I am required to leave my local area for this, the rate is $4000 per day plus all travel expenses.
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