What does a virtual or phone session with one of our counsellors look like?
Will my employee benefits cover counselling?
Please check with your insurance benefits provider to determine if the therapist you are seeing qualifies under your specific policy. Not all insurance benefits policies cover services with all counselors. Many plans are quite specific to a therapist’s credentials. Here are some insurance providers that our clients have had coverage under; these are specific to their plans.
Sun Life
Blue Cross
Great-West Life
Manulife
Treaty Mental Health Benefits— Health Canada (Non-insured Health Benefits)
Victim Services (Provide file # confirmation letter; Approved counselors are: Dawnali Riemer, & Sarah Sand)
SGI for Grief Counseling (Provide SGI claim coverage information)
Am I covered for counseling under my employee benefits plan?
1. You need to know the designation of the counsellor in order to see if it is covered.
All of our counsellors have a social work designation:
Dawnali Riemer BSW, RSW (social work)
Kali Grainger BSW, RSW (social work)
Sarah Sand MSW, RSW (social work)
Nicole Naughton RSW, BSW (social work)
2. Confirm the benefits with your insurance benefits provider.
a. Call your insurance benefits provider directly and ask the types of counseling coverage you have with your policy, and the dollar value of coverage per year. OR
b. Log into your insurance benefits provider account to determine the specific coverages you have for counselors’ specific designations, and the dollar value of coverage per year. (It may be located under “Health”, “Mental Health”
What are the fees per session?
— The cost of a counselling session is $156 per 50-minute session.
Professional Association we are governed by:
www.sasw.ca (Saskatchewan Association of Social Workers)