Heidi Halsey MA LMFT

As a Therapist

 I am not going to listen and say

 "uh huh", "uh-huh", and then,

"I'll see you next week".

I ask questions to get to the root of what you want to understand or change. I make suggestions of things to think about, read or do differently to assist you in making progress on what you'd like to accomplish between sessions.

Therapy, mediation and coaching are all partnerships with my clients. Together we can determine and accomplish your goals,  - with or without the cooperation of those around you.

*** People ask and re-ask and call their insurance and ask about "marriage" or "couples" therapy. Your insurance will say you aren't covered. Using the term "marriage" is an event or situation that isn't an insurance billable medical health term for the people at your insurance company answering the phone. You have medical insurance and your stress, anxiety, sleep disruption, depression, worry, fear etc... caused by marital or couple difficulties ARE COVERED. Your symptoms qualify you to have your therapy billed to insurance as we are doing therapy to reduce your symptoms by solving the issues causing the symptoms and by helping you to learn to decrease or re-route the symptoms. You can have anyone I agree to - your partner, spouse etc... attend your sessions. Please - just ask the insurance what your copay and deductible for counseling - that is all - do not elaborate about the causing situation - if anything list your symptoms or you will get told "no" by the insurance company and then you will call me and text me and ask me and I want to avoid this. I have been doing this and successfully billing insurance and not billing under fraudulent terms for decades. I am a billing expert in the mental health field. If you want even more information, look on my insurance tab. 

If you are seeking couples therapy, I do not work with couples where both people already have individual therapists / counselors. I am not willing to be the 3rd therapist / counselor involved with 2 people. 

I do not believe that if you have relationship difficulties that it is necessary or better to get individual therapy for each of you before couples therapy 'so you are ready for couples work'. I actually see this impair the situation further because the individuals are getting individual support with a therapist / counselor who doesn't know the other person in the relationship. If you want to save or improve your relationship, do couples work first. A licensed marriage & family therapist (me) will treat you as  an individual and a couple however you need treatment to benefit you two as individuals and within your relationship.

When I work with couples, I also do the individual work with one or both people simultaneously to the couples work if needed. This way, I can coreograph the couples to have couple support where they need it immediately and assist individual and couple growth without losing the support of the individuals or the couple. Seeing both of you helps me with any needed individual work and the individual work if needed, supports and improves my work with you as a couple.

I greatly caution people from having individual therapy from a separate therapist / counselor, when they are having couple's issues as all studies show the break up rate increases without attention to the couple. With couples therapy, each person can get support, learn skills, resolve areas, learn to reach functional and beneficial relationship and family dynamics. My exception to this of course, is when one person refuses to join their mate in therapy or when a person has a specific issue or situation that they are working on in therapy. Often, when a partner refuses to join in, one willing person can make progress for the couple with individual therapy with a licensed marriage and family therapist because they will be looking at your whole relationship and each of the people involved and their dynamics and history to be of most assistance.

My combined experience as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Life Coach and Relationship Trainer, Co-Parent & Parenting Plan Mediator and former Guardian ad Litem / Parenting Investigator and College Professor, help me - help you.

I am a preferred insurance provider for:

Premera

Regence

Regence Group

Bluecross / Blue shield 

Aetna

Anthum

Catholic Health Initiatives / CHI

Federal Employees BCBS

First Choice Health Network

NW Sheet Metal Workers

OPTUM

State Employees Regence BCBS / Uniform 

Most City & County Employees

Sound Health & Wellness Trust

Most Unions

Others - please call or confirm your coverage with me before you register

NOT MEDICARE OF ANY KIND

NOT Tricare Prime / Triwest / Tricare for life

Not Veteran's Choice

NOT APPLE HEALTH

NOT Molina

NOT KAISER

NOT Cigna

I DO NOT BILL 2ndaries but can give you a superbill for reimbursement.



I am also covered for most unions and many EAP companies, i.e.

Mutual of Omaha EAP & Claremont.

You should ALWAYS call your insurance to verify I am on your plan to be certain.

Each insurance company has MANY plans. I am not guaranteeing that your plan with your insurance company coveres me or covers me at the preferred provider rate.

ONLY your insurance can guarantee the coverage for your plan.

YOU will be billed if your insurance company doesn't pay for your services.

M.A. in Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling, Chapman University 1994

Parenting plan and Divorce Mediation Training:

The Pacific Family Mediation Institute 1994

B.A. in Psychology, San Diego State University 1984

Guardian Ad Litem/Parenting Investigator 10 years


Mediation 27 years

Therapist / Counselor  37 years

Marriage & Family Therapist

I am a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

I am a Life / Relationship / Family / Parenting & CoParent Coach & Trainer

I am a trained Family Mediator