Many analysts are willing to cooperate with insurance companies, but even though you pay premiums year after year, you might be surprised to find that your policy strictly limits benefits for psychotherapy. Consumers found that their company expected a detailed written report about confidential information, that they are only covered for a few sessions, that the company wanted them to take pills, or that they could not choose the best therapist because the company required them to see someone who had a financial agreement on the side that they are not allowed to know about. When your own life and future is at stake, beware of choosing the path that looks cheapest at first glance. Most people worried about losing creativity in therapy are inwardly aware that they long for more productive ways to harness their creativity and bring it to light. In psychoanalytic therapy a person's creativity is likely to expand as inner wishes to be more creative have a chance to come to fruition in the person's actions.
Creativity actually increases.
Because managed care makes a profit by paying out as little money as possible for treatment. Managed care limits the number of sessions, interferes with confidentiality and restricts the therapists who work for the company. Psychoanalysts insist that only the patient has the right to set the agenda for therapy, and that only the patient should have the freedom to shorten or expand this agenda according to personal needs. Most psychoanalysts have a sliding fee scale, or set aside part of their time for patients who can only afford a lower fee. Many analysts also have a network of colleagues who can help find the right analyst for someone in financial need.