these are our practice policies.
General Information
Beingg, LLC (“Good Human Work”) provides psychotherapy, relational health consultation, emotional health consultation, and educational services. Our role is to provide you with highly skilled, empathetic, therapists that help you identify your goals and meet them. Beingg provides teletherapy services in licensed states and in-person services in select cities, making therapy more adaptable for your schedule. If after our work together we decide that other treatment options may be more suitable for your needs, such as in-patient crisis management, we will provide you with quality referrals and insure a warm handoff between Beingg, LLC and your new provider.
The following policies are an abbreviated adaptation of our Informed Consent to Psychotherapy Services. If you would like a copy of the Practice Policies or the Informed Consent to Psychotherapy Services, you may reach out to support@goodhumanwork.com and we will gladly send over your request.
Our Promise
The therapeutic process is designed to help you identify and address your existing concerns and fears, develop a better understanding of yourself and your feelings and create personal and interpersonal coping strategies. The basis of the process is a close personal relationship between you and us as trained therapists. The outcome of your treatment depends largely on your willingness to engage in this process, which may, at times, result in considerable discomfort. Participation in psychotherapy can produce benefits but also can result in unpleasant experiences. The risks involved include discussing unpleasant aspects of your life and remembering unpleasant events that can bring on strong feelings of anger, depression, anxiety, etc. There are no miracle cures. We cannot promise that your behavior or circumstances will change. We can promise to support you and do our very best to understand you and your repeating patterns, as well as to help you clarify what it is that you want for yourself.
Client Rights
As a therapy client, you have the following rights:
To Expect the Qualifications of the Therapists to be Consistent with the Regulation of Health Professionals.
To report complaints to the Board of Marriage and Family Therapy.
To Be Informed of Privacy Policies.
To Be Informed of Methodology. To be informed of the methods of therapy, the techniques used, and the duration of therapy, if known.
To See and Get Copies of Your Record. Other than “psychotherapy notes,” you have the right to get an electronic or paper copy of your medical record and other information that we have about you.
To Correct Your Record. If you believe that there is a mistake in your health information, or that a piece of important information is missing from your PHI, you have the right to request that we correct the existing information or add the missing information. We may say “no” to your request, but we will tell you why in writing within 60 days of receiving your request.
The Right to Ask Us To Limit What We Use Or Share. You have the right to ask us not to use or disclose certain health information for treatment, payment, or health care operations purposes. We are not required to agree to your request, and we may say “no” if we believe it would affect your health care.
The Right to Request Restrictions for Out-of-Pocket Expenses Paid for In Full. You have the right to request restrictions on disclosures of your PHI to health plans for payment or health care operations purposes if the PHI pertains solely to a health care item or a health care service that you have paid for out-of-pocket in full.
The Right to Choose How We Send Information to You. You have the right to ask us to contact you in a specific way (for example, home or office phone) or to send mail to a different address, and we will agree to all reasonable requests.
The Right to Get a List of the Disclosures We Have Made. You have the right to request a list of instances in which we have disclosed your health information for purposes other than treatment, payment, or health care operations, or for which you provided us with an Authorization.
The Right to Get a Paper or Electronic Copy of this Notice.
To be free from being the object of unlawful discrimination while receiving services.
To be free from exploitation for the benefit or advantage of a therapist.
To seek a second opinion from another therapist or may terminate therapy at any time.
Client Attendance Policy
A full session fee will be charged for appointments that are not cancelled at least 24 hours in advance. No-show appointments will be charged a full fee. I understand that if I miss, reschedule, or cancel appointments to the point of not being seen for 30 days or longer, my case will be considered inactive and will be terminated. I understand that I may resume therapy by scheduling at: www.goodhumanwork.com.
Timeliness
To the best of your ability, please be on time to your scheduled appointment to make the most of your time with your therapist. If you are running late, please contact your therapist via their [therapistname]@goodhumanwork.com email. If you arrive more than 15 minutes late for your appointment, there may not be sufficient time for a productive session and the appointment may be cancelled and charged at our full rate. Please note, we will always bill for full sessions and your session will end at the scheduled time, even if you are late.
Teletherapy
Telemental health is the delivery of behavioral health services using interactive technologies (use of audio, video, or other electronic communications) between a practitioner and a client who are not in the same physical location. The interactive technologies used in telemental health incorporate network and software security protocols to protect the confidentiality of client information transmitted via any electronic channel. These measures include measures to safeguard the data and to aid in protecting against intentional or unintentional corruption. Any decision to use telemental health services to provide access to therapeutic services will be carefully considered on a case-by-case basis.
Independently contracted therapists of Beingg have over 15 hours of education and training related to telemental health practice. I acknowledge that Beingg and my therapist have informed me of the nature of telemental health services and their credentials for administering services via technology.
Payment
The standard fee for services is $175 per 50-minute session. In addition to appointment charges, we will also charge you for additional services at this rate on a prorated basis if we work on the matter for less than 50 minutes. Other such services include, but are not limited to, report writing, telephone conversations lasting longer than fifteen (15) minutes, attendance at meetings or consultations with other professionals at your request, and other services that you may request. Payment for other services will be agreed to by both of us. You are responsible for paying for each session at the time it is conducted, unless we agree otherwise. Payment may be made in the form of credit or debit card.
Insurance Reimbursement
You may have a health insurance policy or program that provides some form of coverage for mental health treatment. It is your sole responsibility to determine what, if any, such coverage is available to you and work with your insurance provider to qualify for and receive these benefits. We will not coordinate with your insurance provider and will not receive payments directly from your insurance provider for our services. Since we do not receive payments directly from your insurance provider, you are responsible for the payment of all fees for our services. Nevertheless, we will provide you with a billing statement that you can use to make a claim for the benefits that are or may be available to you from your insurance provider.
Confidentiality
We make every effort to keep your information confidential. You take full responsibility for the security of treatment records on your own computer and in your own physical location. We will not be held liable for any breach of confidentiality regarding electronic or paper records taking place on your end. We suggest that you determine who has access to your computer and electronic information from your location. We also encourage you to be aware of who may overhear or see your conversations and messages. During online counseling sessions, there should be no one in the same room unless discussed with your therapist and their consent is secured. You are responsible for making sure the connection and confidentiality is secure on your end. Be sure to always exit fully all online counseling sessions and emails.
Due to the importance of your confidentiality and the importance of minimizing dual relationships, we do not accept personal friend or contact requests from current or former clients on any social networking site (Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, etc). We believe that adding clients as friends or contacts on these sites can compromise your confidentiality and our respective privacy. It may also blur the boundaries of our therapeutic relationship. You take responsibility for your own confidentiality regarding any interaction you have with Beingg, LLC social media accounts. If you have questions about this, please bring them up when we meet, and we can talk more about it.
Digital Communication
Communication with your therapist or the Beingg client support specialist through use of text messaging is not recommended due to the insecure nature of these forms of communication. Beingg utilizes the HIPAA-compliant Google Workspace platform that offers more secure communication between you and your therapist. When contacting your therapist we ask that you please utilize their [therapistname]@goodhumanwork.com email address. The internet, however, does not provide a totally secure method of communication and the computer that you are accessing the internet with may weaken the security measures in place. To keep your information most secure, please only utilize e-mail for scheduling or cancelling appointments and refrain from including case-specific information (including identifying personal information).