Individual or couples therapy: $190-200 per 50 minute session
We may be able to offer new clients a lowered or "sliding scale" rate, though availability depends on each therapist's current capacity. Below, we offer a social justice-based guide for those who seek a reduced-rate spot, based on Wendy R. William’s exercise on class privilege and greatly inspired by Nat Vikitsreth's tiered-pricing model for her signature decolonizing parenting program (as Nat says: “These tiers are simply a suggestion, not a hard-n’-fast rule.")
If the following factors apply to (but don't define) you...
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You own your home, hold a college degree or higher, have access to healthcare and employment
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You have citizenship or documentation of your permanent residence in your country
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You can meet your and your family’s basic needs comfortably and can take time off work without much financial burden
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You have access to disposable income, savings, investment, and retirement accounts
... we suggest you might offer to pay 85-100% of the full rate
If the following factors apply to (but don't define) you...
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You rent your home, have completed high school and some high education, have access to healthcare and employment
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You have citizenship or documentation of your permanent residence in your country
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You have debt or financial stress but it often doesn’t prevent you from meeting your and your family’s basic needs
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You have some access to disposable income and savings
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You are financially responsible for multiple generations of family members/relatives (e.g., aging parents as well as child/children and yourself)
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You are faced with unemployment/underemployment, your family has enough of a buffer so that you would not need to rush to find employment
... we suggest you might offer to pay 70-85% of the full rate
If the following factors apply to (but don't define) you...
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You have faced housing instability, immigration & incarceration barriers, unemployment, underemployment, or challenges towards gaining a high school diploma
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You have debt or financial stress that frequently prevents you from meeting your and your family’s basic needs
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You receive public assistance benefits (i.e., CalFresh, CalWorks)
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You have very limited access to disposable income and savings
... we suggest you might offer to pay 50-70% of the full rate
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Peer Support Group
FREE by default and donation-based optionally.
Group therapy
Varies by group and what each individual determines is the right cost for them.
As of May 2024, Kate Viernes has openings for new Kaiser Northern California clients through Grow Therapy only. If you are a prospective client wanting to work with Kate utilizing your Kaiser Northern California benefits, please contact your local Kaiser Psychiatry Department to see if you qualify for a referral to Grow Therapy (you may need to speak to your Primary Care Physician first). Once you are referred to Grow, please inquire about setting an intake appointment with Kate.
Otherwise, Space for Kapwa therapists only accept private (out-of-pocket) payments and do not accept insurance.
However, many insurance plans provide full or partial reimbursement for out-of-network mental health services. You may verify this benefit by contacting your insurance company and asking if they reimburse at all for seeing an out-of-network mental health provider. If they do, we will provide you with a monthly statement called a "superbill," which contains the necessary information your insurance company needs to process an out-of-network claim. Clients are responsible for submitting claims to their insurance companies. Please feel free to ask us for help in figuring this part out--we are happy to support you in navigating this tricky system.
You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical and mental health care will cost.
Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the expected charges for medical services, including psychotherapy services (available upon request).
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You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency item or service.
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You can ask your health care provider, and any other provider you choose, for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule a service.
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If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill.
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Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate.
The Good Faith Estimate is not a contract and does not require you to obtain the items or services from this provider.
For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises or call 1-800-985-3059.-
Our peer support groups are by default free and accessible to all. However, contributions of any dollar amount are welcome and deeply appreciated. Thank you for supporting our facilitators and Mom Village community!
*PLEASE NOTE: we are NOT a non-profit organization. Donations, while appreciated, are optional and NOT eligible to be used for tax purposes.