PRICING
15 Minute Consultation: Free
During our discovery call, we’ll discuss your goals and what frequency of services feels most helpful for you.
55 Minute Session (Individual & Couples): $100
30 Minute Session (Available only for Coaching): $45
*I want therapy and coaching to be accessible to all and provide some sliding-scale/low-cost spots. Inquire about the availability of a sliding scale/low cost during the discovery call if needed.*
*Currently not taking insurance
*Good Faith Estimate of Expected Charges*
Understanding Your Mental Health Care Costs
We are committed to providing transparent pricing information to help you make informed decisions about your mental health care. Below, you will find an estimate of the charges you can expect for our services. Please note that these are estimates, and actual charges may vary based on your specific needs and circumstances.
What is a Good Faith Estimate?
Beginning January 1, 2022, federal laws regulating client care have been updated to include the “No Surprises” Act. This Act requires healthcare practitioners to provide current and potential clients with a “Good Faith Estimate” (GFE) on the cost of treatment. A GFE provides a detailed overview of the expected costs for mental health services you may receive. This estimate helps you understand the potential financial commitment before you begin treatment. While this estimate covers many scenarios, additional services or extended treatment may incur additional costs.
When we first make contact, either via email or phone, I will verbally provide you with GFE. In addition, this estimate will be available to you in writing, and you can access it through the Sessions Health portal. If you are a current client, I will be providing you with a GFE as well.
Estimated Costs for Services:
Initial Consultation
Service Description: Comprehensive assessment and initial consultation
Estimated Cost: $100
Individual Therapy Sessions
Service Description:One-on-one therapy sessions with a licensed associate therapist
Estimated Cost per Session:$100
Session Duration: Typically 45-60 minutes
Couples Therapy
Service Description: Therapy sessions for couples with a licensed associate therapist
Estimated Cost per Session: $100
Session Duration: Typically 60-90 minutes
Family Therapy
Service Description: Therapy sessions for families with a licensed associate therapist
Estimated Cost per Session: $100
Session Duration: Typically 60 minutes
Additional Fees
Missed Appointment Fee: Full session fee (if not canceled within 24 hours)
Late Cancellation Fee: $50 (if canceled less than 24 hours before the appointment)
Documentation Fee: Varies based on the complexity (e.g., letters, forms, reports)
Insurance and Payment Information
- I am not able to accept insurance at this time
Financial Assistance
We understand that cost can be a barrier to receiving care. Please speak with our office staff about available financial assistance programs or sliding scale fees based on your income and financial situation.
Disclaimer
The Good Faith Estimate provided is an approximation of charges based on the information available at the time of scheduling services. Actual charges may vary based on individual circumstances and specific treatment plans developed during your care. For a more detailed and personalized estimate, please contact our office directly.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or need further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us:
Phone:(210) 239-2353
Email: cecilia@hastalaraizneurodiversityaffirming.com
About our Services
Services Offered
In-Person & Virtual Psychotherapy & Coaching Sessions are available.
A variety of mental health services are offered for Individuals (Teens and Adults), Couples, and Families Therapy, as well as Coaching, with a focus on working with Autistic, ADHD individuals and other neurodivergent neurotypes.
Focus
My focus is on supporting teens, adults, and familias, who are Neurodivergent (ND), which includes a focus on Autistics, ADHDers, 2e (Twice Exceptional= Gifted + Disabled), diagnosed, self-diagnosed, or newly discovered. I firmly believe in embracing intersecting identities such as race, culture, neurotypes, sexuality, and gender.
My work and approach to therapy and coaching are not behavioral-focused but focused on our unique internal experiences and processing, and are always trauma-informed, with the nervous system in mind, which honors our needs as neurodivergent people. Distressing behaviors are due to our unique underlying experiences, and having an understanding of these experiences will naturally ease them.
Together, we will figure out how experiences such as masking, unmasking, sensory differences, alexithymia, burnout, meltdowns, the double empathy problem, PDA, RSD, Anxiety (related to Autistic/ADHD experiences), and other neurodivergencies manifest in your life and how to empower and advocate for yourself. I will be your guide in understanding your unique brain chemistry while considering intersecting identities and environmental factors.
Lived Experiences I Bring
I bring lived experience, such as experience as a parent of an AuDHDer, experience working with ND individuals and families as a psychotherapist, my own life experiences, acquired knowledge and research, education, and over 10 years working in social, educational, and mental health settings. As an AFAB and mother, I also bring my experiences of how being Autistic and ADHD affects how we experience pregnancy, hormones, and being a parent. Also, as a person with chronic illnesses, I bring my experience with how my neurodivergence affects how I experience them. As an AFAB, cisgender, Mexican-American with Mexican Indigenous ancestry (I grew up on the border of Mexico, south Texas area), I am also aware of how being ND and female is experienced within culture.
My Approaches and Influences
My work is influenced by the neurodiversity-affirming movement, which means that I view Autistic and ADHD neurotypes as natural variations of the human mind and not as a disease or disorder. What that means is that you are not viewed as having deficits and needing to be fixed, cured, or treated. While taking on a strength-based approach, I will also affirm all the experiences and challenges of being neurodivergent in a world not made for us. I work through a lens of social justice and the disability model and with cultural humility.
My approach and work are collaborative, holistic, person-centered, trauma-informed, and influenced by attachment theory, expressive arts, experiential therapies, somatic processing, and mindfulness. You are seen as the expert in your life and always with competence.
I am dedicated to creating accessible, anti-oppressive, decolonized spaces and supporting marginalized communities who have not been included in traditional evidence-based practices. These practices have limitations and have caused harm that has led to long-term effects and PTSD. NDs have been harmed due to the deficit-based, pathologizing, and ableist systems.
*Feel free to fidget, stim, bring your comfort item, turn off the camera, use the chat box, or do whatever makes you comfortable being yourself. Your body naturally knows what it needs to do to self-regulate and focus!
