• supersonicstork@sopuli.xyz
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    1年前

    Funny meme but genuine question: is it not typical to pay for therapy before the session?

    I’m charged as I book the session here in Malaysia, but I’m curious as to peoples’ experiences geographically and in the private & public sector.

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      In Germany it’s common consensus that payment is done once the work is finished and billed accordingly. Of course for prolonged projects you agree on several installments.

      Just recently I learned that according to law your monthly utility payments (for flats) are still your money until you get a proper bill.

    • In the US, I think it’s more common to charge after. I worked at an agency whose paperwork stated they would charge before the session, but they never actually did.

      Personally, I’m not gonna cancel a session just because the card declines anyway- I can be paid another time; so it’s much less awkward to just charge after imo

      • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip
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        US checking in, of the 5 or 6 therapists I’ve had and the similar number my ex spouse has had, I think only one charged before a session. There’s a couple I’m not sure on because it was covered entirely by insurance and we were never directly billed so can’t say the timing

    • chop@discuss.tchncs.de
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      I don’t get it on an even more basic level; patient can’t pay and doc suddenly wants additional sessions… why?

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      In Canada, we have a few scenarios available but generally, even if you have to pay after your session, it is reimbursed by our health insurance.

      We don’t pay up front, though.

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      In Denmark you pay after the session - I’ve been one place where it’s monthly invoicing, and another where it was payment after each session (by credit card I think)

    • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyz
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      In the NL there is only private health insurance, so it’s technically private sector. I pay my 120 EUR premium, and this was included so I never needed to pay at the time of care.

  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    “You mother hung herself in the national theater when she was

    four months pregnant with your sister who wold’ve been

    thirteen years old todaaaaay~

    Does that make you feel any less alone in the world?”

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    This is great since

    [AOT spoilers]

    That’s actually what happens to Grisha’s sister