Harborside Counseling Policies
Late Cancellation & Missed Appointment Policy
The full fee will be charged for any session missed or canceled without 24 hour notice.
At Harborside Counseling Services, each clinician sees a fixed number of clients each week. Once you schedule an appointment with a Harborside therapist, that time is reserved exclusively for you. In order to successfully operate our clinical practice, we need to be able to rely on these therapy appointments. Therefore, we have established the following policy for missed and canceled appointments.
For any appointment that is missed or canceled with less than the required 24 hour notice, no matter what the reason, clients will be charged the fee that Harborside Counseling would have billed for that session, as shown below. Also, keep in mind that missed or late canceled appointments are not covered by your health plan and cannot be billed to your insurance company.
Initial Evaluation $200
Individual Therapy $130
Couple or Family Therapy $175
Psychopharmacology only $85
Psychopharmacology and 1/2 hour therapy $110
Psychopharmacology and 1 hour therapy $150
Phone calls 10 minutes of more $130/hour prorated
Legal reports $200/hour
Court appearances $250/ hour plus expenses, 4 hour minimum paid in advance
Group Therapy $50
We realize that on infrequent or rare occasions an event may occur in your life that requires the canceling of your scheduled appointment with less than the required 24 hours. Such cancellations may be the result of a sudden illness in yourself or family member, the untimely breakdown of your automobile or an employer requiring you to stay late at the office. We will do our best to offer you a timely rescheduling of your appointment. Nevertheless, keep in mind that regardless of the understandable reason for cancellation, you will still be charged for the time we have reserved for you.
The only exception to this policy is for cancellation in severe weather. If the driving conditions are such that you do not feel safe driving to our office, please call us as soon as possible. If you call us and we confirm your cancellation due to inclement weather, the cancellation fee will be waived. If you do not call, regardless of weather conditions, you will still be charged.
We have tried to make this information clear and understandable. Should you have any additional questions, please discuss them with your individual therapist.