Commonly Asked Questions
This page is to serve as additional information for commonly asked questions you may have about our practice. Feel free to contact us for your free consultation to see if we are equipped to help you!
How long will I be in therapy?
This is a great and natural question that comes up frequently. The short and simple answer, truly is, it depends. It depends on a multitude of factors, with several reasons. First and foremost, Reclamation and Recovery Counseling is completely voluntary as a treatment option. There are no expectations that you need to meet “X” of sessions or hours of therapy to be considered “successful”. Standard courses of treatment may recommended anywhere between 10 to 15 sessions on a weekly basis before results become evident. We don’t subscribe to that opinion in our work with you. If you want to meet weekly for 5 weeks and you are done, that is great. If you want to meet every other week for 6 months, that is just as great. Without the constraints of insurance, sessions can be whatever you decide is best for you.
With all of that said, we also recognize that some individuals have preferences for timelines and structure; we have you covered on that as well. Your clinician will be ready to help you create a game plan with realistic dates of achievements for milestones in treatment.
What can I expect from my counselor in session?
Reclamation and Recovery Counseling makes it a mission to ensure that each person coming through the doors is treated as unique and important. No two clients will ever be treated as the same. With that being said, Reclamation and Recovery Counseling Clinicians are typically described as eclectic. What this means, is that we seek to use the very best of all resources and available tools at our disposal, put them together, and give you the result as an approach that borrows from multiple theories. Some common theories that are used in our practice include Solution Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Positive Psychology, Couple Power Therapy, Gottman Therapy, Bowenian Therapy, Strategic Therapy, and Experiential Therapy. If you have questions of what common strategies that these theories use, check out our Blogs Page to get a better explanation.
I started out getting therapy for myself, but I want to involve my partner(s) or family now.
First off, it is wonderful to hear that you are deciding to make the choice to help heal the other relationships in your life. However, there is a process in which a transition from individual to relationships or family therapy occurs. Ethically and morally, if you are receiving individual services from one of our clinicians, it is not recommended that you also see the same therapist for relationship or family therapy.
Explained briefly, is that it can create conflicts of interests, issues with trust, and could place our therapists in compromising positions. An example is as follows:
Jack comes to therapy for depression and falling behind at work. In his time with the clinician, he discloses that he has had an affair at work, behind his partner’s back. Jack likes the clinician so much, he wants to work on his relationship will Jill, but also continue to work on himself. Legally speaking, without expressed and written permission, the therapist cannot disclose the history of infidelity to Jack’s partner. In the course of treatment, Jack continues individual sessions and continues to disclose other information that could harm Jill. However, when it comes to the relationship sessions, he reports nothing is happening and everything is great. With the therapist now holding secrets, unintentional harm may happen on Jill’s behalf. This has the potential to breed distrust in the therapy process for her and ultimately ruins the potential of healing.
Our therapists will still be able to meet with you individually, and we can happily refer you to a trusted partner of our practice that can provide those relationship and family services in tandem with your own service. Check out our Relationship Therapy Page or Family Therapy Page if you are more interested in receiving that support instead of individually.
I want to get Family Therapy or Relationship Therapy, but my Family Member(s) or Partner(s) don't want to.
Reclamation and Recovery Counseling offers a completely voluntary service, meaning no one is required to participate in services that they do not want to. Unfortunately, if your family members(s) is/are unwilling to engage on their own accord in Relationship or Family Therapy, we as a program would not be a good fit for you. Our clinicians are not required, responsible, nor legally able to make anyone engage in treatment that they do not want.
Feel free to check out our trusted referrals in the community here!
Are there any reasons why we couldn't get Family or Relationship Therapy?
Yes, there are a few specific reasons as to why you, your partners, or your family would not be eligible for Family or Relationship Therapy here at Reclamation and Recovery Counseling, LLC.:
Current and/or On-Going Domestic Violence
Current, On-Going, or Undisclosed Infidelity
Current, Undisclosed, and/or On-Going Child Abuse
Receiving Family or Relationship Therapy while ongoing/current Domestic Violence or Child Abuse is occuring, places the victim at a higher risk of violence and danger. Additionally, if there is an on-going or undisclosed case of infidelity in the relationship, this would cause significant barriers to progress in treatment.
To note, Mental Health Professionals are mandated reporters in the state of Florida. If there are suspicions of Child Abuse in the family unit, our professionals are required by law to report this to the Department of Children and Families of Florida.
If you or someone you know are currently a victim or survivor of Domestic Violence or Child Abuse and are in need of resources, please see below for additional information to get support for yourself.
Florida Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-500-1119
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
Florida Domestic Violence Website: https://www.myflfamilies.com/service-programs/domestic-violence/need-help.shtml
Florida Abuse Hotline: 1-800-962-2873
Florida Abuse Website: https://reportabuse.dcf.state.fl.us/
What are your rates? Do you take insurance?
For all questions regarding rates for sessions and insurance, please check out the linked page here.