The practical chapter
Sessions & Fees
Therapy at Novel Wellness is unhurried by design. Sessions are sized to the work — with extended formats where depth needs room — and every fee is stated plainly, before you begin.
Individual Therapy — Standard
$200 per session
Initial session $220
A 60-minute appointment with 50 minutes of therapy time. The steady, weekly rhythm most individual work is built on.
Individual Therapy — Extended
$310 per session
Initial session $330
A 90-minute appointment with 75 minutes of therapy time. Room for depth: complex histories, layered decisions, work that shouldn't be rushed at minute forty.
Couples & Family Therapy — Extended
$350 per session
Initial session $375
A 90-minute appointment with 75 minutes of therapy time, built for relational work — enough time for every voice in the room.
Therapy Intensives
$360 per therapy hour
Quoted by the half-day block after a scoping consultation
When weekly pacing isn't enough — or a season calls for concentrated work — intensives offer focused half-day blocks (four hours), scheduled flexibly: spread across weeks or stacked into full days. Every intensive begins with a scoping consultation so the format fits the need.
On purpose
Private pay, explained
Novel Wellness Counseling is a private-pay practice; we do not bill insurance. This is a deliberate choice: it keeps your records private, your diagnosis out of insurance databases, your session length and frequency between you and your therapist — and the practice's attention on care rather than claims.
• Payment by card the morning of a session, handled securely through our client portal.
• As required by the No Surprises Act, you'll receive a Good Faith Estimate of expected costs before beginning care.
• Monthly superbills for out-of-network reimbursement are provided upon request.
Cancellation
Your appointment time is reserved for you alone. Our cancellation policy is provided in full before your first session.
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Ready when you are
Questions about fit or fees? Call or text (919) 823-5389 — we're glad to talk it through before you book anything.
You'll never be rushed into booking.