FEES & CANCELATION

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Dr. Jim Psychologist Mentor Guide

Dr. Jim Leonidas Ph.D., C. Psych.

http://www.drjimpsychologist.com

Registered Clinical Counselling Psychologist Ontario 1976

Canadian Register Health Service Providers Psychology 3292

416.484.9912

jimleonidas@mac.com

Skype drjimpsychologist.com

10 MCNAIRN Avenue Suite H1 Toronto Ontario Canada M5M 2H5

The day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anais Nin

Summary

Payment and Cancellation Policy

I Inspire You To Establish Our Work Together As Your Top Priority

Extended Health Insurance

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. Steve Jobs

Payment and Cancellation Policy

The current hourly fee is $160. A session lasts for 60 minutes. Clients pay at the beginning of each appointment for each visit.

I provide you the client with a receipt at the beginning of each appointment for the service provided.

The rate for 50 minutes of consultation, effective in December 2011, with a Registered Psychologist in Ontario is $220.

I work with people for the full 60 minute hour. The rate I charge is $60. less than the November 2011 rate.

It is important for me to provide you with the highest value for your money. If you have any questions, I would be pleased to discuss your money concerns with you before beginning our work together.

I do NOT offer a sliding scale for services. I can suggest specific other places and people where helping resources may be available for lower rates. In Toronto and most other major cities in North America there usually are several places where humane helping relationships are provided for little to no cost. Most universities have psychology training programs, where supervised doctoral students are available. Several public agencies, clinics, and other training facilities offer services at a reduced, lower rate, or for free.

Remember you get what you pay for in many aspects of life.

ONLY cash or cheque is accepted.

When payment is made in this manner, your account remains manageable and your counselling becomes a regularly budgeted expense with your other financial commitments.

Expect fees to increase $5 to $10 every one to two years usually in September or January. My current fees are due for an increase. The services of a Registered Psychologist excempt from the provincial harmonized tax HST.

I do NOT accept Interact Direct Payment, Visa, Mastercard or other credit cards.

An ABSOLUTE minimum cancellation or rescheduling period of 48 hours of weekday notice, before a scheduled session, is required to avoid being charged for the entire cost for the missed appointment. I am firm about this. No exceptions.

If you have a scheduled and confirmed appointment for 9am Monday, I require an absolute minimum cancellation or rescheduling period, so that I receive an e-mail or voice mail before 9am Thursday of the previous week, to avoid being charged for the entire cost for the missed appointment.

I need two full business days to fill the missed appointment time. I have a limited number of hours to work with people during a week. I need to fill my weekly schedule to meet my financial commitments.

48 hours of weekday notice is required before canceling or rescheduling an appointment, so that I have sufficient time to schedule another person from the standby waiting list into that time period.

I have found the truth of the unseen world. I have come upon the eternal ecstasy. I have gone beyond the ravages of time. I have become one with You! Now, my heart sings. I am the soul of the world. Rumi

I Inspire You To Establish Our Work Together As Your Top Priority

This will be reflected in your determination to come to sessions, even when it is difficult, and to handle your financial situation with me responsibly.

Coming to sessions even when you are not well is often more important than you may realize. Remember the interconnection between mind body spirit, all these aspects of ourselves are highly interrelated.

There are objectively very few reasons for which an appointment must be canceled. Even if your car breaks down, there are taxis and buses.

If you are too ill to attend a session, you were probably coming down with your illness before your session and should cancel then. With some advance notice, in certain circumstances, it is possible to have your appointment time with me on the phone or Skype instead of in person.

An appointment is a period of time purposefully scheduled, held, and set aside exclusively for you. It is a two-way commitment of your intention to meet, and the availability of my time.

In scheduling an appointment time you have essentially paid for a spot.

Only at my discretion, in rare circumstances, I may make another available appointment time in the week of your scheduled appointment, if and when one is free, for a make up time.

We can talk on the phone or Skype in the case of a snow storm, in the case of some other rare circumstance.

If you cancel a session on short notice or fail to appear for a session, then this represents a financial loss to me, delays those waiting for standby appointments, and interferes with the continuity of the work that we are doing.

Such an understanding is necessary to run a one person business operation in an organized manner, so that my time is used effectively.

Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, grow, grow. The Talmud

Extended Health Insurance

If you have any extended health insurance that reimburses you for your counseling expenses from a Registered Clinical Psychologist, I will sign documentation that you require for submission to your insurance company.

I do not accept cheques from any insurance company. You submit your claim to your insurance company for reimbursement. My agreement is with you, and you are responsible for your financial account with me.

Some clients have extended health insurance through their work that reimburses them for all or part of the fee for psychological services each calendar year.

Psychological services can be claimed on your income tax under medical expenses. It depends on your total of expenses in this category and your level of income whether you will receive a deduction on your income tax.

If you have self-employed income, psychological services are 100% deductible directly from your taxable income under the category of professional services, such as the services of an accountant. For people who are self-employed find this to be beneficial for them.

The Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) does not cover psychological services.

In the unforeseen circumstance, that any written documentation is requested, A MINIMUM OF $600. IS REQUIRED IN ADVANCE, before I begin any written documentation.

You as a client pay me directly for any written documentation. I do not do psychological assessments, evaluations or reports, etc.

I do NOT do written documentation for such groups as Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), Short or Long Term Disability (STD, LTD), Motor Vehicle Accidents (MVA), etc.

I do NOT prepare reports for third parties, such as insurance companies or other third parties and other such groups. I do NOT accept payment from such groups as insurance companies or other third parties for reports after they are completed.

People tend to highly underestimate the amount of time required to complete what may seem to them to be quite a simple request for documentation.

To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour. William Blake