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- 5y ago
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I pay $60 per session. Either once a week or every other.
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- 5y ago
Call the therapist you intend on seeing and ask if they offer a sliding scale. It’s essentially where even though they have a certain price, they will work with you to accommodate you so that money isn’t a barrier to treatment. As far as I know (with no personal experience with sliding scales), this is only a thing without insurance. With insurance, whatever your copay usually is for dr appointments will be what you pay (for me, $30). The amount of sessions varies depending on the therapist and your individual needs, but if you can only afford an appointment once in a while than I would still say that’s much better than nothing, as most of recovery happens outside of the therapist’s office anyways. Good luck and I hope you find someone who can help you feel better
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- 5y ago
Depends on your severity too. But I think seeing someone once a week is on the low scale if it is severe and you just start out so if you can afford it and have found someone you click with and who gives you the tough love you need to do ERP, to do it intensely in the beginning. I don't know what that means for you, but I'd say 3 times a week to get started maybe? Just to start because the beginning is the hardest for everyone and you are gonna need the sessions then probably. I'd make it less after a few weeks or so and also if you do not see results over 2 weeks make sure to give your therapist feedback and figure it out together. Going on with something that doesn't work is something many of us have done (talk therapy is something I had done for years when it is not effective) and it only gets you more hopeless and frustrated. So don't let things like that go on for months okay? Take care of yourself!
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- 5y ago
My experiences in NC USA are the ones I saw that were super helpful didn’t take any insurance so they were around 100 dollars a session
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- 5y ago
I’ve mostly lived in cities with a high cost of living so the fees have ranged from $100-200/hr. Sessions are usually once a week for one hour. And they’re usually out of network for me, so my insurance doesn’t kick in until I’ve met a really high deductible. It sucks, but I prioritize treatment as much as possible with my budget. Sometimes you have to save up, sometimes you have to put it on a credit card, sometimes they’ll work with you on a sliding scale or offer a payment plan.
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I tried contacting NOCD, but they said that they didn't accept my insurance, and even if they did, I'd have to provide co-payment. I felt devastated because I'm afraid of going to a therapist who will misunderstand me. I can't afford therapy at the moment but I might be able to in a few months. Are there any alternatives for self therapy?
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I feel really scared and worried that the therapist I find on NOCD might not be effective, and instead of getting better, I might end up feeling worse. I’m afraid that if I don’t feel any progress, I’ll want to switch therapists, but my mom might get impatient with me. I worry that she’ll lose faith in therapy, stop paying for it, and think it’s a waste of time and money. I know therapy takes time and it’s not a quick fix, but I’m scared that things won’t go the way I hope. What if I don’t connect with the therapist? What if they don’t understand my OCD as well as I need them to? I’ve already been struggling so much, and the thought of going through another disappointment is exhausting. I’m only 14, and I feel stuck because I can’t manage this on my own. I need help, but I also need my mom to stay patient and supportive through this process. I’m scared that if things don’t improve fast enough, she’ll give up on paying for therapy. I don’t know what to do, and it’s making me feel really anxious. I just want to get better, but what if nothing works out?
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- 8w ago
OCD is so much more than just being 'neat' or 'organized'—it’s relentless, exhausting, and often deeply misunderstood. The intrusive thoughts, the compulsions, the anxiety—it can feel like a never-ending cycle that others just don’t seem to get. Many of us have had experiences where even therapists didn’t fully grasp the depth of our struggles. I myself faced difficulty being misdiagnosed and my talk therapist not understanding the full extent of what I was going through until I found NOCD. So many prior therapists wrote off my symptoms as general anxiety, not realizing it was actually OCD all along. If you could sit down with a therapist who truly wanted to understand, what do you wish they knew about OCD?
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