Shalini Singh, LMHC-D, NCC, C-DBT

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1. What is Mental Health Counseling or Psychotherapy?

Mental Health Counseling, Psychotherapy, Therapy are words on this website describing Talk Therapy, which involves a therapist and you working together to help with your mental health related needs.

2. What is a free consultation call?

A therapist calls you to introduce her/himself and learns a little about your needs. The therapist may then schedule an initial assessment (Intake) session with you, depending if the therapist can serve your needs.

3. What is an Initial (Intake) Assessment?

This is your first meeting with a therapist. The therapist asks you a series of questions to get to know you better along with identifying what specific concerns and areas you want to work on in therapy.

4. How long will therapy last?

Therapy can either be short-term or long-term, depending on your needs and therapy goal accomplishment. Nevertheless, you may stop therapy services at any time.

5. What are the therapy session fee?

We provide superbills for you to submit to your insurance company for rendered services.

6. What if I need cash assistance in NY?

You may contact ACCESS HRA for more information. Here is the link to the website (https://a069-access.nyc.gov/accesshra/) from where you may gather more information. A variety of benefits are also listed on the provided website.

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