How much does marriage counseling in Gilbert Arizona cost?
In Gilbert Arizona, the cost of marriage counseling has a significant range.
There are active marriage counselors in Gilbert who will meet with couples and charge anywhere from $100-$300 dollars or more per session.
At Hope Relentless, we offer affordable rates around $100-$150 per session. Call today to schedule a free intake and discuss in more details affordable marriage counseling options.
Keep in mind that some counselors operate on a session by session basis, while other counselors may operate within packages. It is important to ask the counselor you are working with what they recommend. Obviously, at Hope Relentless, we would love the opportunity to work with you and help you marriage, but we also recognize there are times where we may not be the best fit for your relationships and your areas of concern. That is ok, the important thing is that you find some one you can work with. With that said, we typically encourage couples to plan for at least four sessions at a time. Our most common recommendation is 12 sessions.
The reason we recommend 12 sessions is to allow for our marriage counselor to best understand the underlying issue that is hurting a relationship. The counselor helps each couple identify negative patterns. This increases awareness. But this is just the beginning of the real transformative work to be done.
We recommend 12 sessions, because it allows the couple and the counselor to work on replacing the old negative patterns with new positive patterns. It is Hope Relentless mission to equip marriages to thrive in the short term, but also in the long term. The best way to do this is to move beyond awareness of the problems and actually into transformation. Transformation means we have actually replaced the old negative patterns with new positive patterns. The reality is this transformation takes time, but it is worth it.
For current marriage counseling rates it is important to connect directly with your marriage counselor. Here are some current pricing ranges of other marriage counselors in the Gilbert area.
Affinity Family Counseling Cost
Initial intake 75 minute session which cost between $165-$250.
Additional 50 minute couples session $140-$200 per session.
Arizona Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic
Up to $150/ hr depending on the experience and licensing of the counselor or therapist you see.
Call them directly for more info.
Gateway Marriage & Family Therapy
Fee's range from $150-$185 per session. Please call to get a good faith estimate.
Just Be Counseling Services
Prices range from $150-$300 per couples session depending of counselor and session duration.
Call them directly for more info.
A Family Works Counseling
Their website shows between $180-$300 per couples session depending on counselor and when in the day the session is completed.
Call directly for more marriage counseling info.
Total Life Counseling Az
Based on current website rates, it appears that sessions will be around $125/session.
They have numerous counselors and therapist with different backgrounds and levels of experience so best to confirm pricing directly with them.
Thrive Counseling Services
They have paid intake sessions ranging from $185-$215. Additional sessions range from $155-$355 per couples session.
Ironwood Counseling and Psychological Services
Website currently shows $150-$200 per session.
Beyond Counseling
Has interns available for couples counseling for as little as $69 per session and then more expensive for experienced counselors.
Gilbert Counselors
Marriage counseling and couples counseling are priced around the $165 per session range.
Does Insurance Cover Marriage or Couples Counseling?
The short answer is no. Medical insurance does not typically cover couples counseling.
Medical insurance does typically cover individual therapy or individual counseling, but it is incredibly rare for health insurance to cover marriage or couples counseling. Depending on health insurance policies individual counseling may have a copay or a per session amount contribution. It is best to call your medical insurance provider and get a better understanding on how your particular health insurance policy works.
Keep in mind when using medical insurance to cover the cost of individual therapy or counseling, the sessions may become a part of your medical record. Often times insurance requires the counselor to diagnose a patient according to the current DSM textbook. Common disorders that may be diagnosed are depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder etc.
Hope Relentless does not diagnose clients and as a result does not currently accept health insurance for couples of individual sessions.
Many clients would like to see a counselor and not have the meetings recorded as part of their medical history. If that is the case you can be a self pay client and not involve your insurance in the therapy process.
Why are individual therapy sessions covered by medical insurance but couples or marriage counseling is not?
Individual counseling is often covered by medical insurance, because individual counseling in considered mental health and therefore "medically necessary". Mental health falls under the health insurance umbrella and is typically covered.
But couples counseling is relational and does not currently fall under medical or mental health because it is not considered medically necessary. That is why health insurance will often cover individual counseling or therapy but not couples or marriage counseling. For couples counseling most counselors are aware of this distinction and can provide affordable counseling options for you.