The nonprofit Women's Center has functioned as a safety net for people who are struggling to get back on their feet. Our financially-accessible counseling, education, and advocacy are uniquely situated to help women in transition who are often without friends, family, or other supports. The Center's programs promote self-determination by building confidence, strengthening connections, and creating positive change.
Services Offered
We take a collaborative, women-friendly approach to counseling, which means that we believe you are the expert of your own life. Your therapist will work with you to identify what you want to accomplish. Our expertise includes: - Personal Counseling - Mom Share - Divorce - Job Coaching - Financial Counseling
Fees and Payment
In the case of personal counseling, our intake worker will suggest an hourly fee consistent with your income and talk to you about health insurance options. Our goal is to offer the best services, with dignity and respect, regardless of ability to pay.
Insurance & Sliding Fee Scale
The Women's Center space, accepts a variety of insurances. Room to Talk is continually adding mental health insurances and therapists. In the initial 15- to 20-minute interview, our intake specialist will ask for your insurance information. After contacting the health insurance representative in your behalf, we will call you back with an estimate of what it would cost you to use your insurance compared with our sliding-fee scale. This gives you an opportunity to weigh the costs and benefits of each.
Services Offered To: Adults Couples Teens Children
A community counseling agency is a group therapy practice that offers affordable mental health services. Most are independent non-profit agencies, state agencies, or publicly-funded agencies. A few may restrict who is eligible for services, so it is a good idea to check when you call.
Community counseling agencies are generally more affordable than other therapy providers, but how much more affordable they are will depend on whether you qualify for a discount or sliding scale fee (or if they accept your insurance). Many, but not all, have a policy that they won't turn away anyone due to inability to pay. You should ask about their fees when you first call.
Expect to talk to kind people who want to help you find the care you need. Most community agencies strive to connect you with a live person within 24 hours, if not immediately. If you're asked to hold or leave a message, don't give up; just leave a message and wait. You should hear back pretty quickly.
Most agencies try to set up an initial assessment appointment within a week (some do within 24 hours), though the waitlist to start therapy is usually longer—about a few weeks on average. If you're not eligible or if the agency is not right for you, it's usually still worth it to call or drop in, because staff are knowledgeable about local options and can often refer you to one.
