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Frequently Asked Questions About Our Services

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What are your thoughts on “medical” marijuana, ketamine, kratom, hallucinogens, and other mind-altering substances?

At Stuart EMDR, we support sobriety. While our ambient culture embraces mind-altering substances more and more, we at Stuart EMDR are unabashedly sober-minded. We want to do what we can to help you learn the facts and choose sobriety before addiction takes hold. We can help you understand the very real risks of substance use, overcome the trauma behind your urge to use, and develop healthy coping skills so you no longer want or need your drug of choice to cope. If in-residence treatment is necessary, we have contacts at the ready who can help you get the help you require today.

For a more complete discussion of the use of mind-altering substances in mental health therapy, read us on Substack @thevirtuepath.

https://thevirtuepath.substack.com

Does Stuart EMDR accept insurance?

What are your fees?

Standard 55-minute sessions with Melinda are $175. Intensive sessions, which are 2 hours and 15 minutes long, are $425. Melinda's calendar books out, so we recommend making a series of 8 session appointments. You can always change them if necessary through the Client Portal.

Standard 55-minute sessions with Jessica Lepine-Elfus, Mental Health Counseling Intern supervised by Melinda Johnson, LCSW-QS, are $125. With EMDR training and extensive human resources experience and credentials, Jessica specializes in EMDR to help you heal from the past and career counseling to help you grow into the future.

Do you offer scholarships?

At Stuart EMDR, we are committed to helping our neighbors in need and training the next generation of Christian mental health therapists. As such, we offer sessions with our mental health counseling intern at a reduced rate of $125 per session.

In addition to our internship program, Stuart EMDR is proud to partner with the Agape Wellness Collective to provide referrals to Orthodox Christian therapists regardless of ability to pay. Please visit Agape Wellness Collective for more information.

I don't see any session availability on the schedule. Are you accepting new clients? What if I'm a returning client and just want to get in for a session or two?

It is true that our schedule fills up very quickly, and we often have a waitlist of clients waiting for our services. We are happy to talk to all potential new clients with a 15-minute initial client consultation phone call, which you can schedule in the client portal. If we do not have availability to take on new clients at this time, we will offer referrals to trusted colleagues who might have current availability, and/or we may offer to place you on our waitlist to contact when our schedule has sufficient availability for a new client.

If you are a past client and want to come in for a session or two, please text or email Melinda and ask to be put on our list to contact in the event of cancellations. Thank you!

Is EMDR consistent with patristic thought?