Just like concierge medicine, concierge therapy provides more flexibility and individualized service than traditional therapy. If your lifestyle or career does not allow for traditional therapy, then concierge therapy may be the right fit for you.

With concierge therapy, you can use your monthly concierge therapy package as you see fit without any additional fees as long as it is within the allotted time of the concierge therapy package. An example, if you needed an additional session or a longer session due to an unexpected crisis, or you needed a phone call for additional support.

Traditional Therapy vs. Concierge Therapy

With traditional therapy, a therapist caseload is much larger which limits the amount of quality time a therapist can devote to their clients.

With concierge therapy, therapists have a smaller caseload, which allows the therapist to devote more time and individualized care to their clients.

With traditional therapy, sessions are 45 to 50-minutes in length, which does not allow much time for processing painful topics.

With concierge therapy, scheduled sessions are 75-minutes in length, allowing clients to have time to work through painful topics.

With traditional therapy, a therapist may return calls and emails within 2 business days.

With concierge therapy, sessions can be scheduled either the same day or the next business day if an extra session is needed.

With traditional therapy, additional fees are charged for every 15-minutes the session goes over the scheduled time. Not very convenient if you are in a crisis.

With concierge therapy, there are no worries about having to pay additional fees if the session goes over.

With traditional therapy, clients can wait anywhere from 3 days or longer for an opening if an extra session is needed.

With concierge therapy, your therapist will return your calls or email within a 12 hour period. Even on the weekend.

With traditional therapy, a client will be charged for every 15-minute over whenever phone calls are returned by a therapist.

With concierge therapy, there is no extra fee if you need a return call from your therapist and the call takes longer than 15-minutes.

With traditional therapy, sessions are done in the therapist’s office, which is not always convenient.

With concierge therapy, a client gets to choose if the sessions are in the client’s home or in the client’s office (within a 60-mile radius of the therapist’s office). The client can always meet in their therapist’s office if it is more convenient. It’s always the client’s choice.

With traditional therapy, clients have to spend additional money for fuel to come to sessions.

With concierge therapy, clients don’t have to spend extra money on fuel since their therapist will come to the client’s home or office.

With traditional therapy, clients have to wait for their appointments in a busy waiting room which doesn’t always guarantee privacy.

With concierge therapy, clients can avoid a busy waiting room, which allows for more privacy especially during vulnerable times.

With traditional therapy, clients who use their insurance are limited by the length of their sessions and/or how many sessions they are allowed within a calendar year.

With concierge therapy, insurance companies do not dictate the length of sessions or how many sessions a client receives. The client gets to decide.

With traditional therapy, in order for a therapist to get paid by the insurance companies, a therapist is required to diagnose a client. Sometimes insurance companies take weeks or even months before paying a therapist.

With concierge therapy, a diagnosis isn’t required so the therapist can get paid by the insurance company.  There are no delays in your therapist getting reimbursed by the insurance company since concierge therapy is paid in advance.

With traditional therapy, clients who use their insurance do not have complete privacy. Insurance companies require access to therapy records so a therapist can be paid.

With concierge therapy, insurance companies do not have access to your therapeutic record.