Kristina Peary Counseling

Begin A More Peaceful, Powerful and Effective Relationship With Yourself & Others.
How you take on Challenges Matters.

 

 

“Your task is not to seek love but to find all the barriers you have built against it” – Rumi

       

Do you ever feel a longing to do things differently, to have a more satisfying human experience, but find yourself repeating the same painful things? 

Maybe you live within a body that is or has been depressed, anxious, traumatized, addicted or ill?

       The kindest and most powerful thing you can do is become the person you want to spend the rest of your life with.

In counseling you will learn how to bring calm awareness into moments that self-protection, scattering, crisis and dysregulation have been the norm. A new road map of change and growth is created as YOU ACTUALLY FEEL and THINK DIFFERENT while in session. With supported practice, those new trails can become well-used superhighways fostering new ways of relating to yourself and others, self-esteem, increased commitment & attention and CHOICE.

“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says ‘I’m Possible.’                           Audrey Hepburn

 

In counseling together:

  • Experience strong emotions without losing your way, and learn to allow others to as well.
  • Learn to respond rather than react with behaviors and thinking that flame upset, justification, defensiveness, isolation and blame.
  • Understand the impact your childhood and other influences on your current beliefs.
  • Gain the necessary positive relationship with yourself to shed old limits.
  • Move away from chronic stress and conflict to more confidence, choice and joy.
  • Be more fully you, comfortable in your own skin and committed to your experiences.

Live more fully within yourself, your reality and your relationships.

I can help you grow a peaceful and strong relationship with yourself so you can take on the most difficult challenges and enjoy life more.

Let’s do the kindest and most powerful thing possible, which is to help you become a person you want to spend the rest of your life with. 

Let’s start today.

Be well. Be safe. Be kind, inside and out!

                     Kristina

 

 

 

 

 

“Your task is not to seek love but to find all the barriers you have built against it” – Rumi

       

Do you ever feel a longing to do things differently, to have a more satisfying human experience, but find yourself repeating the same painful things?

Maybe you live in a body that is depressed, anxious, traumatized, addicted or ill?

      

        The kindest and most powerful thing you 

       can do is become the person you want to 

       spend the rest of your life with.

 

In counseling you will learn how to bring calm awareness into moments that self-protection, scattering, crisis and dysregulation have been the norm. A new road map of change and growth is created as YOU ACTUALLY FEEL and THINK DIFFERENT while in session.

With supported practice, those new trails can become well-used superhighways fostering new ways of relating to yourself and others, self-esteem, increased commitment & attention and CHOICE.

       

     “Nothing is impossible.

     The word itself says  I’M  POSSIBLE  ”  

                                                   Audrey Hepburn

In counseling together:

  • Experience strong emotions without losing your way, and learn to allow others to as well.
  • Learn to respond rather than react with behaviors and thinking that flame upset, justification, defensiveness, isolation and blame.
  • Understand the impact your childhood and other influences on your current beliefs.
  • Gain the necessary positive relationship with yourself to shed old limits.
  • Move away from chronic stress and conflict to more confidence, choice and joy.
  • Be more fully you, comfortable in your own skin and committed to your experiences.
  • Live more fully within yourself, your reality and your relationships.

I can help you grow a peaceful and strong relationship with yourself so you can take on the          most difficult challenges and enjoy life more.

Let’s do the kindest and most powerful thing possible, which is to help you become a person you want to spend the rest of your life with. 

Let’s start today.

Be well. Be safe. Be kind, inside and out!

                       Kristina

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  Free 20 min. consult

Treating

  • COVID-19 Impact
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Social Anxiety
  • ADHD-adults and kids
  • Climate Crisis Impact
  • Corona Virus Impact
  • LGBTQ Support
  • Loss and Bereavement
  • Chronic Pain
  • Insomnia
  • Parenting
  • PTSD
  • Relationships
  • Transitions
  • Trauma

Please ask me if something you are looking for is not listed

Ages & Stages

  • Children school age
  • Teens 
  • Adults of all ages

Methods Include

  • CBT- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 
  • Internal Family Systems 
  • Self Leadership Work
  • Mindfulness
  • Tapping for Emotional Freedom-EFT
  • Polyvagal Intervention-Regulating your Central Nervous System
  • LENS Neurofeedback
  • Mind-body Stress Reductions
  • Sandtray & other expressive means

Treating

  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Social Anxiety
  • OCD
  • ADHD-adults and kids
  • Relationships
  • LGBTQ Support
  • Loss and Bereavement
  • Chronic Pain
  • Insomnia
  • Parenting
  • Transitions
  • Trauma

Please ask me if something you are looking for is not listed

Ages & Stages

  • Children school age
  • Teens 
  • Adults of all ages

Methods Include

  • CBT- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 
  • Internal Family Systems 
  • Self Leadership Work
  • Mindfulness
  • Tapping for Emotional Freedom-EFT
  • Polyvagal Intervention-Regulating your Central Nervous System
  • Mind-body Stress Reductions
  • Sandtray & other expressive means

Lens Neuro Feedback

Counseling-Online

COVID 19 – Services

Testimonials

Privacy & Confidentiality

All aspects of your treatment are confidential within the practice.

Important exceptions include if there is risk that you might do harm to yourself or someone else that is not resolved adequately in session. All counselors are mandated reporters. 

Online counseling uses Simple Practice, a HIPA compliant & encrypted platform.

Fees

 $75, $35-$125  

    

Kristina’s standard fee is $75 but varies from $35-$125 depending on the service provided.

An application for reduced fee services due to financial hardship is available and awarded on a limited basis.

Currently, Kristina is an in-network provider with most Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans. Call your plan to verify.

For out-of network plans Kristina will give you a receipt of paid fees to submit for your reimbursement.

PAYMENT

Credit cards, HSA or Flex Spending cards, personal check and most Blue Cross & Blue Shield Insurances are accepted at time of session. Fees not covered by insurance, including copays and deductibles, are due at time of service.

See “Fees & No Surprise Billing Law”  below

INSURANCE

If you want to use your health insurance to help pay for your sessions, I recommend that you call the health insurance company and ask:

1. Have they waived co-pays and deductibles during the COVID-19 and for how long? Is this for COVID-19 related issues only?

2. What are the fees for telehealth (also called virtual visits) and for how long?

3. Ask if  Kristina Peary, LPC, NPI#1083072532  is in-network as a provider. If not, do you have out- of network coverage and learn about your reimbursement amounts and how you will submit receipts for services you paid for.

4. What will your co-pays will be? Any other limits to the policies coverage?

Kristina will submit directly to insurance companies for reimbursement when she is in network. 

She also provides a receipt for services paid that you can submit to your insurance company, FlexSpending and HSA accounts for reimbursement. 

 

FREE 20 Minute Consult

SCHEDULING

Weekday, evening and some weekend appointments are available.

Fee Schedule

Psychotherapy Session Standard

 $75 for 50-55 minutes

LENS NEUROFEEDBACK 
HEARTMATH BIOFEEDBACK

$35 for 30 minutes

$75 for 55 minutes

Psychotherapy,  16-40 minutes

$35-65

Family Psychotherapy

50 minutes $85

 

 

               

Contact Me

Contact me to receive a free 20 minute consultation so you may begin your journey. 

I respond to inquiries during regular business days and times.

kristina@kristinapeary.com | 570-352-9577

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Treating 
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Social Anxiety
  • OCD
  • ADHD-kids & adults 
  • Relationship Issues
  • LGBTQ Support
  • Loss & Bereavement
  • Chronic Pain
  • Insomnia
  • Parenting
  • Self-harming
  • Transitions
  • Trauma
Please ask me if something not listed 

Ages & Stages

  • Children school age
  • Teens 
  • Adults of all ages

Methods Include

  • CBT- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 
  • Internal Family Systems 
  • Self Leadership Work
  • Mindfulness
  • Tapping for Emotional Freedom-EFT
  • Polyvagal Interventions-Regulating your Central Nervous System
  • LENS Neurofeedback
  • Mind-body stress reduction skills
  • Sandtray & other expressive means

YOUR RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS AGAINST SURPRISE

MEDICAL BILLS

(OMB Control Number: 0938-1401)

When you get emergency care or get treated by an out-of-network provider at an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgical center, you are protected from surprise billing or balance billing.

What is “balance billing” (sometimes called “surprise billing”)?

When you see a doctor or other health care provider, you may owe certain out-of-pocket costs, such as a copayment, coinsurance, and/or a deductible. You may have other costs or have to pay the entire bill if you see a provider or visit a health care facility that isn’t in your health plan’s network.

“Out-of-network” describes providers and facilities that haven’t signed a contract with your health plan. Out-of-network providers may be permitted to bill you for the difference between what your plan agreed to pay and the full amount charged for a service. This is called “balance billing.” This amount is likely more than in-network costs for the same service and might not count toward your annual out-of-pocket limit.

“Surprise billing” is an unexpected balance bill. This can happen when you can’t control who is involved in your care – like when you have an emergency or when you schedule a visit at an in-network facility but are unexpectedly treated by an out-of-network provider.

You are protected from balance billing for:

Emergency services

If you have an emergency medical condition and get emergency services from an out-of-network provider or facility, the most the provider or facility may bill you is your plan’s in-network cost-sharing amount (such as copayments and coinsurance). You can’t be balance billed for these emergency services. This includes services you may get after you’re in stable condition, unless you give written consent and give up your protections not to be balanced billed for these post-stabilization services.

Pennsylvania’s Surprise Balance Billing Protection Act, HB 1862, bill passed out of committee unanimously, and is now sitting on the House floor, waiting for second consideration as of January 8, 2021. The bill keeps consumers stay out of the middle of this issue in an emergency situation by allowing them to pay the expected in-network rate.

Certain services at an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgical center

When you get services from an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgical center, certain providers there may be out-of-network. In these cases, the most those providers may bill you is your plan’s in-network cost-sharing amount. This applies to emergency medicine, anesthesia, pathology, radiology, laboratory, neonatology, assistant surgeon, hospitalist, or intensivist services. These providers can’t balance bill you and may not ask you to give up your protections not to be balance billed.

If you get other services at these in-network facilities, out-of-network providers can’t balance bill you unless you give written consent and give up your protections.

You’re never required to give up your protection from balance billing. You alsoaren’t required to get care out-of-network. You can choose a provider or facilityinyourplan’snetwork.

When balance billing isn’t allowed, you also have the followingprotections:

  • You are only responsible for paying your share of the cost (like the copayments, coinsurance, and deductibles that you would pay if the provider or facility was in-network). Your health plan will pay out-of-network providers and facilities directly.
  • Your health plan generally must:
  • Cover emergency services without requiring you to get approval for services in advance (prior authorization).
  • Cover emergency services by out-of-network providers.
  • Base what you owe the provider or facility (cost-sharing) on what it would pay an in-network provider or facility and show that amount in your explanation of benefits.
  • Count any amount you pay for emergency services or out-of-network services toward your deductible and out-of-pocket limit.

If you believe you’ve been wrongly billed, you may contact:

STATE BOARD OF SOCIAL WORKERS, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS AND PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS

P O BOX 2649 HARRISBURG, PA 17105 717-783-1389

st-socialwork@pa.gov Fax 717-787-7769 (www.dos.state.pa.us/socialwork)

Visit https://www.cms.gov/files/document/model-disclosure-notice-patient-protections-against-surprise-billing-providers-facilities-health.pdf for more information about your rights under Federal law.

 

Your Right to Receive a Good Faith Estimate of Expected Charges Under theNo Surprise” Law

You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical care will cost

Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the bill for medical items and services.

You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency items or services. This includes related costs like medical tests, prescription drugs, equipment, and hospital fees. Make sure your health care provider gives you a Good Faith Estimate in writing at least one business day before your medical service or item. You can also ask your health care provider, and any other provider you choose for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule an item or service. If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill. Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate.

For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises or call Kristina Peary Counseling at 570-352-9577

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