Fees

Paying

You pay after the session, by bank transfer. For home visits, cash and cheques are fine too, if you'd rather.

A euro transfer works from anywhere in the SEPA area, Switzerland and the UK included, and costs neither of us a penny. From further out, write to me and we'll work out the cheapest route for you.

Cancelling

Things come up. Tell me as early as you can and I can give the hour to somebody else — there's usually somebody waiting. More than 24 hours ahead there's nothing to pay. Inside that, the session is charged.

A real emergency is a real emergency. We'll talk about it.

Insurance

French social security won't reimburse sessions with me. It covers psychology through one scheme only, Mon soutien psy, and I'm not registered under it.

Private and international cover is a different story. Expatriate policies often handle this kind of care better than French top-up insurance does, sometimes by a wide margin. Have a look at your policy before writing the idea off.

I issue a named invoice as a matter of course, and a written attestation if you ask. That's what insurers want, and it's enough in nearly every case.

If the fee is the problem

It can be, and it isn't an easy thing to raise. Raise it anyway. Depending on where you are, longer gaps between sessions or the 45-minute format can make it possible to keep going — which is worth a great deal more than a course of therapy that stops after three weeks.