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Steven T. Griggs, Ph.D.

A PSYCHOLOGICAL CORPORATION
PSY 8534

THINKING OF THERAPY?

Psychotherapy is a personal process involving change. Helping others change is what I do. Sometimes this involves one person, sometimes a family, sometimes adults, adolescents or children. It used to be about dynamic understanding of one's experiences, good or bad. These days, therapy focuses more on solutions and is brief. I like to do both. Often parents want simple answers about problems with children's behavior. Sometimes people end up in therapy because their social worker or the courts said they had to come. These situations are more about teaching. Sometimes couples want to make their relationship better. This is also about teaching, usually communication skills, but not always. Sometimes couples want to explore the nature of their relationship, enhancing, improving and refreshing. I help with all of these. Here's some of my information:

BIO AND PRACTICE INFORMATION

Accepted Insurance Plans: I’m a provider on about 100 insurance companies, EAP's or Managed Care Panels. I work with almost all of them because that's the state of mental health care. My rates are set by my contracts with the insurance companies; that is, although I bill at the industry standards for psychologists (higher than insurance rates), I accept insurance rates, minus any co-pays and/or deductibles. EAP's are special plans negotiated by your employer with the insurance companies. These plans have a limited number of visits but do not cost you anything. If you don't have or want to use insurance, my non-insured rate is $100 per 45 minute session for new patients. If you have insurance, I have to charge my usual billing rate of $185 to abide by my legal contracts with the insurance companies. (If they fail to pay I cannot go back to the non-insured rate, per contract with both the insurance companies and the collections company. See the Insurance Information page for more info...) I try to keep my non-insured rates about 30% under market, so I don't offer a sliding scale. For non-insurance and co-pay/deductible payments, I only accept cash, check or Money Order (mailed to the address at the top of the Office page. I've been hacked a few times so no longer use cash transfer apps.) We can talk about your health insurance when you arrange your first visit, but first visit my Insurance Information page for a general overview of what you should know. Click Here.

Member: San Diego Psychological Association

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Children's Behavior

Kids and Divorce

Anger Management