Question 1

Q: Are you currently accepting new patients, and how soon can I schedule an appointment?

Accepted Answer

A: Yes, my practice is currently accepting new patients. Typically, new patients can be scheduled for an appointment within one to two weeks.

Question 2

What are your fees?

Accepted Answer

Initial Psychiatric Evaluation (60-75 minutes): $350Follow-up Sessions / Therapy + Meds (45 - 50 minutes): $300Medication Management Only (15-25 minutes): $250

Question 3

Do you take insurance?

Accepted Answer

I am non-participating (non-par) with Medicare.  Being non-par with Medicare means that I do not accept Medicare’s allowed amount as payment in full, so I may bill you for the difference between my fee and what Medicare allows (subject to Medicare’s applicable rules and limits).  Medicare would need to be your 'primary' insurance.  The only company I am fully in-network with at this time is Mines & Associates.For all other insurance plans, I am considered out-of-network, but I can provide you with a "superbill" that you can submit to your insurance company for possible reimbursement. Coverage and reimbursement rates vary by plan, so I recommend checking with your insurance provider regarding your out-of-network benefits.

Question 4

What is your cancellation and late policy?

Accepted Answer

If you cancel your appointment with at least 48 hours’ notice, you will not be charged. Cancellations made with less than 48 hours’ notice will be subject to the full appointment fee.If you arrive late for your appointment, you will be seen for the amount of time remaining in your scheduled appointment slot. The appointment will not be extended to make up for time missed due to late arrival.Please note that insurance companies generally do not reimburse for missed appointments or late-cancellation fees. Patients are therefore responsible for these charges.

Question 5

Do you treat children and adolescents?

Accepted Answer

I am not a child and adolescent trained psychiatrist.  I usually treat adults and seniors.

Question 6

Do you offer a sliding scale?

Accepted Answer

I do not offer a sliding scale but I do reduce my fee slightly for patients seen 2 or more times per week.

Question 7

What is psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy?

Accepted Answer

Psychoanalysis is a treatment based on the idea that people are frequently motivated by unrecognized wishes and desires that originate in one’s unconscious.
These can be identified through the relationship between patient and analyst. By listening to patients’ stories, fantasies, and dreams, as well as discerning how patients interact with others, psychoanalysts offer a unique perspective that friends and relatives might be unable to see. The analyst also listens for the ways in which these patterns occur between patient and analyst. What is out of the patient’s awareness is called “transference” and what is out of the analyst’s awareness is called “countertransference.”
Talking with a trained psychoanalyst helps identify underlying patterns and behaviors. By analyzing the transference and countertransference, analyst and patient can discover paths toward the emotional freedom necessary to make substantive, lasting changes, and heal from past traumas.
Typically, psychoanalysis involves the patient coming several times a week and communicating as openly and freely as possible. While more frequent sessions deepen and intensify the treatment, frequency of sessions is worked out between the patient and analyst.

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy, sometimes also called psychodynamic psychotherapy, is a treatment method based on the theory and technique of psychoanalysis. The primary difference is that the patient and analyst meet less frequently, sometimes only once a week. As with psychoanalysis, the frequency of sessions can be customized to the needs of the patient. Another difference is that the patient usually sits upright and opposite the therapist, rather than reclining on a couch with the therapist out of view.
Other than these differences, psychoanalytic psychotherapy is very much like analysis in its use of free association, the importance placed on the unconscious, and the centrality of the patient-therapist relationship.

https://apsa.org/about-psychoanalysis/

Question 8

What is a D.O.?

Accepted Answer

https://osteopathic.org/what-is-osteopathic-medicine/what-is-a-do/

Heath D. Canfield, D.O.
Psychiatrist & Psychoanalyst

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