Services & Fees
At the Meltzer Center, our fees are based on a sliding fee schedule and are scaled according to your family income and dependents. We do not bill insurance.
Interested in our services? Send inquiries to [email protected]. Please expect a reply within 1-2 business days.
Fees and Insurance
Payment can be made in our electronic payment system. We do not bill insurance, but can provide you a receipt to submit for possible reimbursement.
Alternative payment options can be discussed upon inquiry. If you experience financial difficulties and have trouble paying your balance, please notify your clinician as soon as possible so that we can discuss a payment plan.
Please note that you must pay a non-refundable deposit fee to be added to our waitlist for services ($25 for Assessment/$10 for Therapy). And that the center is not able to provide medications or any form of medical care and does not take insurance.
Assessment and Testing Services
Assessment
We provide assessment services to children, adolescents and adults. We offer intellectual, psycho-educational or comprehensive (psycho-educational and personality) assessments for a variety of client needs, including evaluations for diagnostic purposes.
Admissions Testing
We offer in- person reduced-fee admissions testing services for families in need applying to independent and parochial schools in the DC metro area. We offer WPPSI-IV and WISC-V testing. Interested families should reach out to us at 202-994-9072 or by email at [email protected].
Therapy Services
Therapy can be an effective way to alleviate distress, discover better ways to solve problems, learn new ways of relating to others or to change long-term behavior problems. However, please be aware that therapy may involve the risk of remembering unpleasant events and may arouse other emotions, which may temporarily affect you and how you relate to others.
Child and Adolescent Therapy
We cover depression, anxiety, grief, disruptive behaviors, acting-out behaviors, school and peer-related problems and self-esteem and identity issues. We also serve children and adolescents adjusting to life stressors such as divorce, adoption, single-parent family and remarriage.
Adult Therapy
Services target difficulties such as depression, anxiety, relationship problems, bereavement, social interaction difficulties, ethnic and cultural concerns, self-doubt and poor self-esteem, career problems and sexual identity and orientation concerns. Psychological services are also provided for adjustment problems that arise after divorce, relocation, job loss and other traumatic experiences.
What to Expect from a Therapy Session
Services NOT Offered
While we offer many therapy and assessment resources at the Meltzer Center, there are some services we do not offer, including:
- Couples counseling
- Psychiatric services (i.e., medication management, prescriptions, etc.)
- Treatment for substance abuse
- Treatment for psychosis (i.e., schizophrenia)
- Treatment for severe PTSD
- Treatment for eating disorders
- Vocational testing
- Neurological testing
- Services in languages other than English
Client Confidentiality
At the Meltzer Center, clinical services are strictly confidential. No information is released without the written consent of the client (or the client's parent or guardian, in the case of children), except in cases where the client is an immediate risk to him or herself or others, or is the victim of child abuse or elder abuse, or if requested by court order.
The Meltzer Center conducts session observations in the form of video recordings for training purposes. Video recordings are saved in a secure location, and are archived every 3 months. Video recordings are then completely destroyed after termination. Every client is informed of the video recording practices at the center, and must sign a recording consent in the client contract before video recordings can be conducted.