All of our therapists are skilled in many areas and stages of human development, ranging from children, adolescents, and adults.  Some of our therapists are specilized in career development, eating disorders, marriage and couples therapy, ADHD and ADD, family and individual counseling.

Delta Center staff will ask you if you have been referred to a certain therapist, what concerns you wish to address in counseling, what days and times you are available for appointments, and if you have health insurance that will cover the visits.  Your name, address, and phone number will also be obtained.

Delta Center staff will need your name, address, date of birth, and phone number where we may reach you.  We will also need your insurance information such as: Insurance company name, the employer that this insurance is through, subscribers’s name, date of birth of subscriber, member ID number as listed on the insurance card, group number, and a phone number of the insurance company.  We will also need your verbal consent to contact your insurance company on your behalf.

For insurance, the initial counseling session is billed at $480.  Subsequent sessions are billed at $250-$435 per hour.  Late fees and cancellation notices are billed to your account at$150. 

For private pay, the initial counseling session is billed at $180.00.  Subsequent sessions are billed at $150.00 per hour to be paid in full at the time of service.

In January, 2020, Delta Center partnered with Sherman Counseling. All of our services, office staff, and therapists remain the same.  Statements or appointment reminders may come from Sherman Counseling because we use the same billing and scheduling system. Please call our office if you have any questions about your appointments or billing.

For increased success in working with adolescents, therapists’ initial meeting is with the parents.  The rules and boundaries of confidentiality and expectations of what parents hope for their son or daughter are discussed.  The need to establish rapport with the adolescent, build trust in the therapeutic relationship, and build a bridge of communication between the adolescent and the parents is also discussed. 

The second meeting is with the adolescent without the parents present.  The parameters of confidentiality are discussed and the therapist shares the concerns of the parents as described in the initial session.  In the first few sessions, the therapist focuses on developing a therapeutic relationship with the adoescent as this process takes time.  Parents are encouraged to be patient with the process and avoid pressuring adolescents to disclose what they have shared with the therapist or to expect immediate changes.

Initially, parents may feel left out of the process and adolescents may fear the therapist will side with the parents.  The risk of the therapist becomming triangulated between the parent and the adolescent is minimized by explaining confidentiality and it’s limits, which include threats of suicide or self-harm, disclourse of sexual or physical abuse, or if the adolescent presents to be a danger to themselves or others.

Parents, to be supportive to your adolescent, be patient, open, repect their privacy related to the content of sessions as well as being encouraging and non-judgemental.  If you have any questions about satements your adolescent makes regarding therapy or the therapist, call the therapist.  The therapist will not break confidentiality of the adolescent but will clarify any  misinformation or misunderstandings the adolescent may have perceived.  The therapist can share information about what the therapist said without violating the confidentiality of the adolescent.  Remember, the goal of therapy is to assist both the adolescent and the family.