Private pay therapy for military and veterans in Colorado Springs
I work with active duty service members, veterans, contractors, and military spouses who have decided to pay for therapy themselves instead of going through TRICARE or the VA.
I'm Sarah Post Massey, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Colorado Springs. PostScript is private pay, so there are no authorization limits on how much work we do, and nothing is billed through a benefits system.
Why some people pay out of pocket
Colorado Springs has plenty of therapists who take TRICARE, and for a lot of people that is the right call.
Others want something different. They want to start this month instead of waiting, and they want their therapy in a private pay relationship with no insurance claim attached. Ordinary confidentiality applies, along with its standard legal limits, which I walk through with you in our first session.
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This form does not start a therapy relationship. If you are in crisis, call or text 988.
EMDR intensives built around a training cycle
Weekly therapy assumes you'll be in town every week for months. If you're working around a training cycle or a PCS, that may not be realistic.
My EMDR intensive runs two 90-minute sessions a week for four weeks, eight sessions total, scheduled around your job.
How you'll know it's working
You complete a trauma assessment before we start, again around the four to six week mark, and again at the end.
You see every score. If the numbers aren't moving, we change the plan instead of hoping next month is different.
For military spouses
Spouses often carry the household through a deployment and then hear that their partner is the one who needs help. You can come in on your own, for your own reasons.
If you both want to work on the relationship after a homecoming, couples therapy is available too.
Questions from service members and veterans
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No. PostScript is private pay. Sessions are $150 for individuals and $200 for couples, and you'll receive a Good Faith Estimate before your first session.
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No. I don't bill TRICARE, the VA, or any insurer, so there is no claim. Your records stay with my practice under ordinary confidentiality rules, which have some legal limits. I explain those limits plainly in our first session.
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Yes. I'm trained in EMDR, one of the most researched treatments for PTSD, and I use it for combat-related trauma and for moral injury, the weight of something you did or couldn't stop.
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Yes, anywhere in Colorado. Telehealth is for people located in Colorado at the time of the session. In person sessions are at my office on North Weber Street downtown.