Length of Appointments

 We have scheduled 45 minutes* for your appointment. (See below why a 45 minute session with Swank Counseling means more therapy time than with most other counselors who spend longer with you.)

We sometimes are running a bit behind schedule and emergencies do arise. However, we will do our best to give you quality service and not rush you through an appointment. However, we ask you to use the time wisely.

Please, do not wait until the session is almost over to ask important questions or share important information. If you wait until the end, then it may seem that you are cut off, because there is not adequate time to discuss the issue. If you arrive late, this also may mean that you will have less time for your session.

If you have a session longer than 45 minutes from us,  you have received a bonus. If the situation is quite complicated or is an emergency situation, then there may be an additional charge for sessions longer than 55 minutes. Insurance may or may not pay for that additional charge.

*Insurance companies usually demand extensive paper work, and they know that this must be done outside of the counseling session. Thus they allow a 45-50 minute session.

In addition many therapists take 10 minutes or more during the counseling session to:

• schedule the next appointment
• handle financial payments
• deal with insurance matters
• do extensive paperwork during the session while you wait
• Spend time asking you questions that we handle through paperwork or through the initial phone call

This further shortens the actual time spent with counseling.
Rather our staff will take time with you on these matters betore or after the session.