Online Therapy in CA & NY
Dr. Anna Yam is based in San Diego and provides psychotherapy services to individuals and couples living in California and New York.
If you live in another state or country, please get in touch and indicate your state or country of residence to see if working together is an option.
Evidence-Based Psychotherapies, Tailored to You
Therapy works best when it's fitted to you. I draw on several evidence-based approaches (meaning they've been tested and proven effective), and we'll blend the ones that fit your goals, your pace, and what's going on in your life. You don't need to know these acronyms ahead of time. That's my job. Here's what's in my toolkit:
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) - learning to make room for difficult thoughts and emotions instead of battling them, so your energy goes towards what matters to you, what you value
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) - spotting thoughts and behavior patterns that don't serve you and keep anxiety, pain and distress going strong and practice changing them to be more helpful
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTi) - a structured approach that helps to retrain sleep habits, and tackle unhelpful worry thoughts about sleep, without relying on sleep medication
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Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) - a trauma-focused approach that helps you examine and update beliefs that prevent you from moving on from trauma
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Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT) - helps you and your partner see the negative cycle that keeps pulling you in and keeping you stuck and rebuilds emotional closeness so you're on the same team again
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Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) - gradually approaching the things your OCD and anxiety tells you to avoid, so the cycle loses it's grip
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Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) - focuses on the relationships and life changes (like a new baby) that affect your mood, and builds skills to handle them
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Empowered Relief® for pain management - learn practical skills that calm your body's pain alarm system and reduce the distress that piles on top of pain
Each individual and each relationship is unique. Therapy approaches are always tailored and adjusted to fit your needs, strengths and circumstances. Learn more about my therapeutic style and areas of specialty.
Therapy Fees
Therapy is a meaningful investment of your time, energy, and financial resources. My practice is intentionally structured to provide thoughtful, individualized care tailored to your needs and goals.
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Initial consultation (20 mins): free of charge
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$250 - 50 minutes individual therapy
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$300 - 50 minutes couples therapy
Insurance
I'm an out-of-network provider for all commercial health insurance plans and do not bill insurance directly. I am not paneled with Medicare and will not bill Medicare for services rendered to Medicare recipients. Learn more about the benefits of working with an out-of-network provider.
You can use your insurance benefits.
Most PPO/POS insurance plans provide reimbursement for out-of-network therapy services, often 60% - 90% of charges after meeting a deductible.
To learn about your out-of-network benefits, contact your insurance company to learn the following:
A) what is the rate of reimbursement for outpatient mental health appointments
B) what is the out-of-network deductible
Bloom Psychology provides a detailed description of charges called a Superbill that you can submit to your insurance company to receive reimbursement. For your convenience, Bloom Psychology is registered with Reimbursify to make insurance claims submissions fast and easy.
For some types of specialty care, such as therapy for pelvic pain, you may be able to receive a Network Gap Exception and have therapy services paid for by your insurance company.
Learn more about obtaining a Network Gap Exception in California
Learn more about obtaining a Network Gap Exception in New York
Disclaimer for "Good Faith Estimate"
Under Section 2799B-6 of the Public Health Service Act, healthcare providers and healthcare facilities are required to inform individuals who are not enrolled in a plan or coverage or a Federal healthcare program, or not seeking to a claim with their plan or coverage both orally and in writing of their ability, upon request or at the time of scheduling health care items and services, to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” (GFE) of expected charges. The GFE shows the costs of items and services that are reasonably expected for services provided by TTC. The estimate is based on information known at the time the estimate was created. It does not take into account any reimbursement that you may receive as a result of out-of-network benefits.
The Good Faith Estimate does not include any unknown or unexpected costs that may arise during treatment. You could be charged more if complications or special circumstances occur.
If you are billed for more than this Good Faith Estimate, you have the right to dispute the bill.