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Fees & Insurance Info

See below for information about my current fee structure and insurance limitations.

Fees

Initial Consultation

I offer a free 20-minute consultation to help us both assess our fit.

Supervision & Consultation

Please contact me to discuss supervision or consultation arrangements.

50-minute psychotherapy or coaching session

Jesse:  $260

Heather: $120-$180 (or insurance)

Katie: $120-$180 (or insurance)

Sliding Scale

Outside of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy, Jesse reserves any reduced-fee slots for current clients experiencing financial hardship. Contact other clinicians directly with questions about their sliding scale availability.

Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy

$200-$260 per hour

Insurance & Payments Accepted

    Insurance Accepted:

  • Aetna

  • Aetna EAP

  • Optum EAP 

  • United Healthcare/Optum

  • Kaiser/Carealon

  • Kaiser Northern CA Health Plan

  • Medi-Cal Partnership Health Plan

  • Telus Health EAP

  • Care Connect EAP

  • California (FFS) Medi-Cal

All clients, regardless of whether they use insurance, are required to keep a credit card on file. 

Insurance

All Clinicians except Jesse and Jaron accept the above-listed insurance panels and EAPs.

 

If you have a Flexible Health Spending Plan, Health Savings Account, or PPO plan, Jesse and Jaron can provide an itemized bill that you may submit for reimbursement.

 

Instructions for how to ask your insurance company about coverage:

 

If you are unsure of what kind of mental health coverage your insurance plan offers, and would like to find out whether it will reimburse you for therapy sessions with me, do the following:

 

1. Ask if you need a referral from your doctor to work with an MFT, AMFT or ASW. If you do, make sure to obtain this referral.

 

2. Ask your insurance company if it requires the therapist to be part of a preferred provider network, or if there are otherwise any limitations on which therapy services you can be reimbursed for.

 

3. Ask about the amounts of your deductible and co-pay, and if there is a limit to how many sessions are covered.


 

For any questions you have, you can reach me here, by phone or by email. I offer a free 20-minute phone consultation:

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Jesse Whittle-Utter, MA, LMFT

1600 Shattuck Ave, Ste. 200
Berkeley, CA 94608

 

510-740-8024

jes.rwu@gmail.com

Thanks for reaching out!

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www.eastbaytherapy.org

jes.rwu@gmail.com | Phone (text ok): 510-740-8024 | Fax: 651-855-5287 

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