FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is a therapy session?
- A standard private pay psychotherapy session runs 50 minutes.
- A standard session for insurance clients typically runs 45 minutes.
Tell me about confidentiality and mandated reporting?
- Ethical codes and California law protects information disclosed by you in session and cannot be revealed to anyone without your written permission or permission of the client’s legal guardian if under 18.
- There are legally mandated exceptions for all therapists to disclose information:
- When there is sexual, physical or emotional abuse of a child, elder or dependent adult. Even reasonable suspicion must be reported.
- When a client threatens violence to an identifiable victim.
- When a client presents a danger of violence to themself or others.