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Midtown Counselor's Sacramento Office Location

Fees & Appointment Policies for Therapy

Frequency of sessions Typically, psychotherapy involves weekly, 50-minute sessions. After the first month or so, therapeutic reasons may dictate more or less frequent appointments. But, initially, and for the most part, Midtown Counselor provides therapy in 50-minute sessions on a weekly basis.

Fees For Sharon Skelton, LMFT: The fee for a 50-minute session with Sharon Skelton, LMFT, available in-person or through telehealth, is $190. EMDR therapy is often done in 80-minute sessions. The fee for an 80-minute EMDR therapy session is $285. It is possible to do EMDR therapy in 50-minute sessions, and the fee for those is $190.

Fees For Lara Long, AMFT, APCC:  The fee for a 50-minute individual or EMDR Therapy session with Lara Long AMFT, APCC, available in-person or through telehealth, is $165. The fee for an 80-minute EMDR therapy session with Lara Long, AMFT, APCC is $245.

Professional Consultation:  Sharon Skelton, LMFT is approved by the EMDR International Association to provided professional counseling to EMDR therapists all over the world. The fee for a 50-minute professional EMDR consultation is $185. Fee packages are available for therapists seeking 5 or more individual or group case consultations.

Forms of Payment: Payments may be made with cash, check, Mastercard, Visa, American Express, and  most health savings cards, or with prior agreement, through Venmo or Zelle. Payment is due at the beginning of each session.

Insurance? Midtown Counselor is “out of network” for most insurance plans. In some cases, insurance companies will reimburse most a session fee, even though I we are not plan providers. In that event, we can provide you with the right paperwork to submit to your insurance company for reimbursement.

In select cases, Sharon Skelton, LMFT also accepts Victims of Crime Compensation from the State of California, for people seeking EMDR therapy to reduce the negative effects of witnessing or experiencing loss from a recent traumatic death.

Questions? We welcome any questions you have about other office policies by text, phone call, or email.

Personal Therapy

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This moment of change is important because you are. Therapy can help you find new perspectives, new skills, and next steps.

Grief Counseling

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Walking the road through grief with a professional who understands it can help you regroup faster, and heal in a deeper way.

EMDR Therapy for Trauma

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I use effective treatments like EMDR Therapy and Brainspotting to help your body and mind repair from traumatic experiences.