General Rates

• Individual Therapy: $175 (Licensed), $135 (Pre-licensed)

• Couples therapy: $235 (Licensed), $185 (Pre-licensed)

• Family: $275 (Licensed), $225 (Pre-licensed)

• Groups: $35-50/session in the series typically, though some are uniquely priced

• Workshops & Trainings: Independently priced

• Individualized payment plans with reduced rates can be created.

Insurance: We currently accept United Healthcare (Optum) and Highmark. For others, you can use your HSA cards and submit your monthly AiC superbill to their insurance for reimbursement.

Arts in Counseling is committed to increasing access to care while sustaining the labor of our clinicians. We recognize that access to high-quality mental health services is shaped by systemic inequities—not personal worth or effort.

These inequities include the ongoing impacts of racism and racialized economic exclusion, such as wage gaps, employment discrimination, housing segregation and redlining, unequal access to healthcare and insurance, and historic exclusion from wealth-building opportunities. Alongside these forces, factors such as income instability, caregiving responsibilities, medical or student debt, disability or chronic illness, immigration-related barriers, housing insecurity, and limited access to generational wealth or financial safety nets can further limit access to care. These barriers often overlap and change over time.

The Access Contribution Program supports reduced-rate services through multiple sources, including organizational partnerships, grants, donors, and optional client contributions. Reduced-rate access is supported collectively and structurally.

How Contributions Work
Contributions to the Access Contribution Program may be made in several ways:

• Organizations or partners may contribute through sponsorships or partnerships
  

• Grants or donors may support access initiatives aligned with our mission
  

• Clients, if they independently choose and have the capacity, may contribute by paying above the standard rate
  

Client participation is entirely optional. Clients who wish to contribute may choose to increase their service fee by 10–40%, based on what feels aligned with their current financial reality. Client contributions may be adjusted or discontinued at any time.

Why This Exists
Access to care is shaped by systemic inequities, not personal worth or effort. This program exists to acknowledge those realities while supporting access to services and ensuring fair compensation for staff.

A Note on Trust & Boundaries
There is no expectation or obligation for clients to contribute. Choosing not to participate does not affect care, access, or the client–clinician relationship in any way. This program is grounded in trust, dignity, and collective responsibility.

Our Ongoing Commitment
This program reflects our ongoing commitment to anti-racist and anti-oppressive practice. It is one step within our sphere of influence and will continue to evolve as we learn, grow, and respond to community needs.

Because you should not go into debt trying to heal from a crime that happened to you, we work with the Commonwealth to cover your cost of therapy through the VCAP program if you qualify. This program is designed to support individuals who have suffered physical, emotional, or financial harm due to a crime. Read to see if you qualify here: Apply for Victims' Compensation | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Cancellations
We understand that life can be unpredictable and that schedules sometimes need to change. If you need to cancel or reschedule a session, please provide at least 24 hours’ notice. Cancellations made with less than 24 hours’ notice will incur a fee equal to 50% of your session rate, except in cases of illness or emergency.

This policy helps us hold consistent space for clients and ensures that time reserved for you can be offered to someone else in need of care. Thank you for your understanding and respect for this shared commitment.

Refunds
No refunds are offered for services, but a credit can be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Intake & Consent Forms: A link to intake and consent electronic forms will be emailed to the address that a client provides. Forms must be completed in our HIPPA compliant, confidential health portal before or during the first appointment.

Good Faith Estimates are issued to new clients. Rates are evaluated annually and subject to change with a minimum of 30 days’ notice along with the issue of annually updated GFE (Good Faith Estimate).