Dr. Aisha is a female Muslim therapist & Aalimah who provides therapy and coaching to Muslim women. She is licensed in Florida, Texas, Michigan, Virginia, and Vermont.
Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOPs) are popular choices for clients desiring and needing improvements to their mental health in a shorter time span. Some of the issues with IOPs is that typically they come with a se team of professionals who might not be a good fit for the client. Additionally, sometimes clients need an intensive program, but they are not interested in the group components or would like to arrange their psychiatric care separately.
For these reasons and more, Manara Counseling, LLC offers the most important elements of an intensive program with more flexibility. Clients needing psychiatric care, can select and arrangement appointments at more flexible times, thus allowing more of regular, daily life to continue.
Additionally, clients often wonder why they should engage in an intensive program compared with weekly treatment. There can be a lot of reasons such as ensuring daily engagement and accountability, which prevents prolonging progress which can create sometimes create fatigue, hoplessness, and more debilitation. Many would prefer an intensive program rather than taking much longer to see progress.
Intensive therapy is designed to provide longer and more frequent therapy sessions over a shorter time span to accelerate your recovery. It is one-on-one, not group therapy, and is tailored to your individual needs.
Common concerns that are a good fit for Intensive Therapy include trauma, OCD, social anxiety, phobias, panic attacks, generalized anxiety or worries, depression, low self-esteem, procrastination, and concerning habits.
Unfortunately, our Intensive Therapy Program is not set-up to replace crisis services or hospitalization; Persons who are a good fit for our Intensive Therapy program are eager for help, but are stable, and desire new skills and further symptom relief. Also, we are not a medical facility, thus we are not able to provide detox services or accept patients who are actively dependent on substances.
The format for our Intensive Therapy Program is designed to meet your specific needs and address your treatment goals. Our most common model for video-based therapy is 100 minutes each session x 4 sessions each week for approximately 3-6 weeks, depending on treatment needs which are determined during the initial intake session.
Intensive therapy through Manara Counseling, LLC is delivered through Google Meet, a HIPAA compliant teletherapy platform.
Manara Counseling, LLC treats children and adults from the ages of 14 years old and older.
It is essential for clients to want to improve and are willing to be present in the video platform and complete homework practices.
Schedule a free 15 minute meet and greet with Dr. Aisha. This meeting will start the process of learning about your goals and determining if any intensive may meet your unique needs. If both parties agree that Intensive Therapy may be a good fit, then the next stop would be to schedule the initial intake appointment and week of care. The initial intake appointment fee is $374 and lasts 100 minutes, and during this time a complete evaluation will be completed. Additionally, Dr. Aisha will collaborate with you regarding your unique treatment goals.
Under the Affordable Care Act, all insurance plans must cover mental health care. So, if you have health insurance, it should provide some coverage for mental health treatment.
We will be considered an “out-of-network” provider, which means that your insurance company may reimburse you directly for a portion of the fees paid. And we have opted out of Medicare. Dr. Aisha can provide you with documentation of the care received that you can submit to your insurance company through what is called a “superbill” after your treatment has concluded.
Please inquire with your insurance company to find out whether they will reimburse multiple hours per day of treatment in an outpatient Therapy setting.
No. The entire course of Intensive Therapy is tailored to your needs, and you meet with your provider without other clients involved.
1. Schedule a Meet & Greet to get answers to your questions about the program.
2. Schedule two appoinments: Initial Intake Appointment (schedule this appointment to take place on a Wednesday before the Sunday you’d like to start the intensive therapy. The second appointment should take place the following Sunday. Dr. Aisha will schedule the remaining (Mon, Tues, and Wed).
3. Follow-up weeks should be scheduled no later than Tuesday because Dr. Aisha reserves the appointment blocks ahead of time for intensives. If the appointment isn’t scheduled by Tuesday, the reserved slots will be opened for general scheduling. Gaps of care should be avoided to ensure smooth delivery and gaining skills and practices.
We value transparency in policies to help you make an informed decision related to your care. You may book a free meet and greet to discuss any questions related to how care is provided to help you make the best decision. Below you will find the most commonly asked questions and policies related to them. Please reach out with any unique circumstances you may have: aisha@manaracounseling.com
Confidentiality means that information about you is never released to others without your written permission. Everything said in therapy is confidential and will not be disclosed except when reporting is required or permitted by the HIPAA Privacy Standard or Florida and Texas laws. Exceptions to confidentiality include the following:
Information may also be disclosed if you sign a written authorization or in the event that you file a complaint against your counselor. Payment by check, bank, or credit card allows bank employees to view names of Manara Counseling, LLC clients. If you have caller identification on your phone, Manara Counseling LLC or Aisha Chaudhry may appear on the monitor or screen.
In keeping with generally accepted standards of practice, supervision and consultation may be made regarding the management of your treatment with other mental health professionals who are all bound by the same rules of confidentiality.
If a client’s husband, family member, parent, friend, or anyone, contacts me asking about a client, there will be no acknowledgment. A release of information to allow information to be discussed can be completed if the client wishes to share information.
Dr. Aisha is on your side and will abide by the rules of confidentiality as outlined. Your privacy will be completely protected per state and federal laws.
A 24-hour notice is required to reschedule. The notice needs to be given during business hours. If a client does not reschedule an appointment on time and also doesn’t show up for your appointment, the session fee will not be rescheduled, and a new appointment must be made.
Clients are given a grace period of 15 minutes to meet for the appointment otherwise the session will be marked as a no-show, and a new appointment will need to be made and paid for. It’s kindly requested to offer the threapist 15 minutes grace as well to meet you for your appointment. Every effort is made to be on time for your appointment, but sometimes clients have crises and emergency needs that have to be managed. Every effort to will be made to work with you.
Cancellations are not accepted. Please use your reschedule link in your email confirmation to reschedule your appointment. Reschedules need to be done at least 24 hours in advance.
Please note we provide superbills upon request for clients in Florida, Texas, Michigan, Virginia, and Vermont for mental health services.
In-network provider insurance is not accepted; however, you may check with your insurance to see if they will pay for our services for out-of-network.
If your insurance company will pay for mental health services out-of-network, please request a superbill from us – typically after every 4 sessions or about once a month. A superbill is a receipt showing where you’ve paid for your mental health services, which you will then submit to your insurance company for reimbursement.
Please note that superbills contain the following information: diagnosis, dates of service, duration of service, and the charge for that service. Insurance companies will not reimburse for mental health services that do not have a diagnosis because in their perspective that is what would warrant treatment.
We cannot guarantee your insurance company will pay for some or any of your services since we are considered out of network. Please call your insurance company before scheduling if you would like to see if they will share the costs of your care.
Questions to ask your insurance company:
For a very large percentage of people across all faiths, spirituality has proven to be an instrumental tool in helping individuals find meaning, heal, and develop strength and resilience. As an Aalimah and therapist, I endeavor to provide comfortable, loving care at the level my clients feel is most optimal for them.
We are all works in progress and reach different stages and levels at various times. My goal is to help my clients reach where they aspire toward.
If you are located outside of Florida, Texas, Michigan, Virginia, or Vermont, you will be a coaching client or I will provide ‘faith-based counseling’ which includes a framework of counseling related to Islamic principles as I am a qualified Aalimah with a six-year degree in Islamic studies. Because I am an experienced therapist, you will greatly benefit because of the high level of training and education therapists undergo.
If I work with you as a coach, however, I will not be able to correspond with teachers or other health professionals from a clinical perspective. As I do not take insurance, payment is still out of pocket, and superbills or supportive documents (letters, notes, and the like cannot be created or issued).
Please call 988, 911, or go to your local emergency room in the event any of the following may apply to you:
After your life or anyone else’s life are not in danger, then please make an appointment to be seen. This practice is not equipped to provide emergency, crisis care.
Chat-based counseling is not provided at this time.
Dr. Aisha does not engage in court appearances for any reason.
I can absolutely appreciate the need for access to healthcare for men; however, this practice focuses exclusively on the needs of women. Male (or anyone else) should not appear in the sessions or in the room while clients are undergoing therapy. This is so that clients can have a safe space to freely speak about their struggles.
Marriage counseling is not provided. Care is provided to women and teens 13 years old and up.