Fees & Insurance

Starting therapy can feel overwhelming, especially when you’re trying to understand fees, insurance, and next steps while already feeling stressed. This page is designed to give you clear, honest information so you can move forward with confidence.

Using Insurance

If you plan to use insurance, we’ll help you understand your benefits before you begin.

Once you register, our real human administrative team will:

  • Verify whether your sessions are partially or fully covered

  • Confirm anticipated copays, deductibles, or out-of-network benefits

  • Submit and handle insurance claims on your behalf

New York clients:
Some clinicians accept Aetna and Northwell Direct. All other services are considered out-of-network.

Massachusetts and Oregon clients:
Some clinicians accept Aetna and BCBS, and some regional plans. Contact us to check!

Please note: Insurance coverage and telehealth policies continue to evolve. While we make every effort to verify benefits accurately, final coverage determinations are made by your insurance provider and may change over time. Please remember to obtain reference numbers for all calls.

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Therapy Fees

We offer multiple pricing tiers to meet different needs, goals, and financial circumstances.

Individual Psychotherapy

Advanced Clinical Interns

  • $50-75 per session

  • September - May duration

  • No insurance involvement

Master’s-Level Psychotherapists and Counselors

  • $100–$225 per session

  • Licensed and pre-licensed clinicians with specialized training and experience

Senior Staff Psychotherapists

  • $225–$400 per session

  • Highly experienced clinicians with advanced-level certifications

Pay What You Can Sessions
We offer a limited number of pay-what-you-can sessions, based on availability, as part of our commitment to accessibility and social justice-in-practice.

Couples Therapy

Relationships are complex, and finding skilled, attuned couples therapy in NYC can be difficult. Our couples therapists are EFT-trained, sex-therapy-informed and experienced in working with a wide range of relationship structures and concerns.

Couples therapy may support:

  • Communication breakdowns and recurring conflict

  • Intimacy, desire discrepancy, and sexual concerns

  • Trust repair and infidelity recovery

  • Life transitions, parenting stress, and cultural differences

  • Trauma-informed and neurodivergence-affirming support

  • 60-90 minute sessions

  • $130–$350 per session, depending on clinician

Couples Intensives

For couples seeking meaningful change in a shorter period of time, we offer Couples Intensives. These longer (4-hour) sessions are focused, immersive therapeutic work designed to help couples move through stuck patterns more quickly.

  • You feel stuck in repeated cycles

  • You’re facing an urgent relationship crisis

  • Weekly sessions feel too slow or fragmented

  • Scheduling issues have prevented effective treatment in the past

  • Customized goals with a broad range of objectives

  • Offered by senior, highly advanced clinicians

  • $2,000–$2,200, depending on format and provider

Psychological Evaluation

Single-session diagnostic assessment and clinical recommendations, which may be helpful for clarification, treatment planning, or coordination of care. Sometimes we just want to understand our minds better, which this session intends to provide.

  • 60–90 minute diagnostic interview

  • Self- and direct-report and assessment questionnaires to be completed ahead of time

  • Written diagnostic impressions and recommendations

  • $495

  • Referrals for medication management providers, academic and workplace accommodations evaluations, and immigration evaluations

Specialty Therapy Modalities

Our clinicians are trained in a wide range of evidence-based, trauma-informed, and relational approaches, allowing us to tailor treatment to your specific needs.

Specialty areas include:

  • EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

  • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)

  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

  • Sex Therapy

  • Somatic Therapy

  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

  • CBT-I for insomnia

  • Attachment-based therapy

  • Anxiety and panic disorder treatment

  • Depression and mood disorders

  • Trauma and complex PTSD

  • Relationship and family systems therapy

Professional Consultation & Practice Support

We offer consultation services for psychologists, psychotherapists, counselors, and wellness professionals, particularly those in early career stages or navigating growth and transition.

Consultation services may include:

  • Clinical case consultation

  • Ethical and professional decision-making

  • Private practice development and sustainability

  • Practice structure, boundaries, and scope of care

  • Professional identity development

  • Burnout prevention and work-life balance

  • Transition support (new clinicians, practice expansion, leadership roles)

  • Customized goals depending on your particular needs and circumstances

  • Fees vary by provider

Consultations are collaborative, thoughtful, and tailored to your professional goals.

Important Insurance Information

  • Starting January 1, 2026, most non-commercial insurance plans will reset deductibles, meaning the deductible must be met before coinsurance applies.

  • We are not in-network with Medicaid or Community Plans. These clients may be eligible for low-fee, private pay arrangements.

GOOD FAITH ESTIMATE (NO SURPRISES ACT)

Your Right to a Good Faith Estimate

Under the No Surprises Act (H.R. 133), clients who are uninsured or not using insurance have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate (GFE) outlining expected costs for services.

The estimate:

  • Reflects costs reasonably expected at the time it’s created

  • Includes applicable related services when required

  • Is not a commitment to treatment

If your final bill is $400 or more than your estimate, you have the right to dispute it.

If Charges Are Higher Than Expected

You may:

  • Request a corrected bill

  • Ask about financial assistance

  • Initiate a dispute with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)

  • Dispute fee: $25

  • Deadline: within 120 days of receiving the bill

More information is available at cms.gov/nosurprises or by calling 800-985-3059.

We comply fully with this mandate and appreciate your patience as we prepare your estimate.

Really Real Client Reviews

I had the pleasure of consulting with Dr. Mercado during a professional call, and her expertise was truly invaluable. Her depth of knowledge, clear communication, and willingness to collaborate made a significant impact. She provided insightful recommendations and demonstrated a strong commitment to excellence in her field. A fantastic resource and an exceptional peer—highly recommend!

I have been seeing Shoshanna for two years now for EMDR. She is awesome! She has really helped me work through some past trauma and helped me establish myself as my own internal guide. I highly recommend her!

i’m totally confused why this place only has 3 ratings. this is the best you can possibly get. i’m leaving this review in case anyone else finds this place through google maps. GO HERE. they take my insurance which has never happened in my life. i feel like i’m somehow cheating by getting the best therapist(s) i’ve ever had for the cheapest price i’ve ever paid. to say that colleen changed my life is an understatement. i can’t even describe the profound and meaningful impact she’s had. she’s helped me become a better person in so many ways. i will forever and ever be grateful for her overwhelming amounts of help, understanding, listening, guidance, patience, kindness, and so so much more. i also worked with francesca for couples therapy for a few months. she was great, very warm and understanding. our first session with her i immediately realized how helpful she had been in getting us to start communicating. email them, they respond quickly. literally everything about Brooklyn Integrated is great. i keep telling all my friends—please try this place!!

Meet Us!

Brooklyn Integrative Psychological Services is the best of the best. From a top-tier group of Clinicians to a diverse clientele to multiple treatment delivery modalities - they are dedicated to each of their patients and their work. I am continually impressed by each Clinician in this group and am grateful to be connected with them!

It is a joy to support the mission and vision of Brooklyn Integrative Psychological Services. Their clinicians are both professional and passionate, offering the highest level of care to their patients. Amid a climate of global distrust, Brooklyn Integrative Psychological Services stands out as a group that operates with extreme integrity. We are honored to support this Group, as they daily impact their community for good.