Fees & Payment Options

Our Ottawa Counselling Fees

Capital Choice Counselling is competitively priced. Our goal is to serve Ottawa with a more effective counselling solution, and part of that is maintaining a fair pricing structure.

Our therapists’ fees are presented in a transparent and accessible way. The regular fee is $ 160.00 per one counselling hour. The fees can vary depending on the therapist.

CCCG intern counsellors provide affordable counselling services to individual, couples and families in the greater Ottawa area. All our intern counsellors are supervised by Registered Psychotherapists and Registered Psychologists. The regular fee of Intern Counsellors is $75.00 per one counselling hour. If needed, contact us for more details regarding sliding scale fees of our intern counsellors.

Contact us for further details regarding our fees.

Capital Choice Intern Counsellors

The CCCG intern counsellors under the supervision of Dr. Laure-Marie Carignan RP:

Neida Santini, a mature student who holds a certificate in Applied Counselling, is completing her Masters degree. She is fluent in English and Spanish and has a special interest in working with clients who are dealing with depression, anxiety, trauma, and mental health issues. She has extensive experience as a mental health advocate and a crisis support worker. Neida is also competent to integrate Christian faith into the therapeutic process upon client request.

Fatima Ibrahim, RP (qualifying), is fluent in English and Arabic. She works with individuals (from mid-teens to older adults) and couples in the areas of depression, anxiety, relationship challenges and trauma. She is particularly interested in the use of CBT and narrative therapy to help clients reframe life experiences.

Jamie McCallum is a mature student completing the couple and family therapy stream of the Master’s program in Counselling and Psychotherapy at Saint-Paul University. She is interested in working with couples presenting with a wide range of issues, and hopes to expand her clinical repertoire to include experiential intervention modes.

Insurance Coverage

Our services are covered by most insurance companies and insurance plans. At the end of each appointment, you will receive a receipt from an Ontario Registered Psychologist for the counselling services provided to you by our Registered Psychotherapists, Registered Social Workers, and counsellors. You’ll be able to present that receipt to your insurance provider for reimbursement.

It’s the client’s responsibility to know if such receipts are acceptable to your insurance company. Be aware that insurance companies generally only cover a portion of the cost of counselling, usually somewhere in the range of 80%.

Counselling services are NOT covered by OHIP.

Before your appointment, contact your insurance company for details on your coverage. Be sure to verify the following:

• What psychological services are covered by your policy.
• Whether or not a receipt from an Ontario Registered Psychologist for services provided by a Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Social Worker, or a Counsellor is accepted by your insurance plan.
• Who is covered, per person and per family.
• If the insurer pays a set amount per visit, a portion of the fee per visit, or a total amount independent of sessions.
• If session length is an issue.
• If you need a physician’s referral.
• The procedure for reimbursement.

Accepted Payment Options

Most of our therapists are able to accept the following payment options:

• Cheque
• Cash
• Credit Card
• E-mail Transfer