Some conditions which would disqualify a person from being in the group would include severe depression, drug abuse, or active psychotic symptomatology. Group Charges and Fees. It is sometimes difficult or embarrassing for people to discuss payments and fees for mental health services. The goal here is to try to inform you about charges and all relevant details of payment, so that you can make an informed decision about using our services, and so that misunderstandings of any kind are minimized. We hope this section does the same for you.
Group therapy allows for lower fees.
However, in order to keep fees as low as possible, we are trying to streamline the paperwork involved in processing the larger number individuals serviced over a given period of time. It is also very important that fees be payed by their due dates, so that committment to group attendance is established. All groups require a minimum number of people in order to work well, and so it essential that we know who and how many persons are committed to a attending a group. For this reason, payment guidelines need to be strictly enforced. We believe that the organization of reimbursement described below is the best way to ensure that a group that is set up to run will run on time, and to its completion.