Areas of Experience & Specialty
I provide therapy to individuals dealing with a wide-range of issues, lifestyles, lines of work, and identities, including but not limited to the following:
Fees & Insurance
Individual Psychotherapy Sessions:
My fee for a 50-minute individual session is standard for New York City — please contact me to discuss rates. While I do offer a sliding scale, at this time my sliding scale appointments are full. I update this page when openings are available. In lieu of sliding scale, I do have openings for clients with Aetna health insurance.
Relationship & Couples Sessions:
My fee for a couples/relationship therapy session depends on the length of the session; I offer both 60 min sessions and 90 min sessions for couples therapy. Please contact me to discuss fees for relationship therapy.
Clinical Consultation (Clinical Supervision) for LCSW’s (and LMSW’s seeking external/additional practice supervision):
I provide clinical case consultation to other licensed therapists within New York State. It is important practice to seek a range of perspectives and expertise as a therapist and I have many years of experience offering supervision to therapists working privately, at group practices, and within agency/non-profit environments. Please contact me to discuss fees for supervision. At this time I do not provide employment to LMSW’s seeking hours toward clinical licensure, or to MSW candidates seeking field work placements.
Gender-Affirming Surgery Letter Appointments: Please contact me to discuss scheduling an appointment for surgery assessment and letters; sliding scale is always available for this service.
No Surprises Act Statement:
Under the No Surprises Act, when you do not use insurance to pay a provider for services you are protected from surprise billing. You are entitled to a Good Faith Estimate at the time of services to help you project the cost of services. For more information visit https://www.cms.gov/nosurprises or call 1-800-985-3059.
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At this time my practice participates with Aetna (I am an in-network provider with Aetna) in both New York and Oregon, beginning March 2026. If you do not have health insurance coverage through Aetna, I am an out of network provider and I am happy to provide you with a receipt of services provided (“superbill”) and assist you with submitting reimbursement claims for out-of-network services. Generally at least a percentage of my full fee is reimbursed by insurance plans with out of network coverage; my fee is standard for therapists within NYC.
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You can find out if you have out of network mental health coverage by calling the number on your insurance ID card, and inquiring about psychotherapy coverage. I understand this can be somewhat confusing, so checking your coverage with an online calculator such as Nirvana may be helpful. Please let me know if you need help navigating your out of network benefits, I am happy to help you get the information you need!
Appointments & Office
At this time I am able to provide on-going in-person and/or virtual appointments in Portland, Oregon, and with my New York clients I am continuing to provide most sessions via encrypted, HIPAA-compliant version of Zoom, or via telephone. Occasional in-person appointments for NYC clients are available on select dates as well.
To inquire about appointments, please email me at leannebazzettalcsw@gmail.com, use the "Contact" page in the navigation bar above and send me a message through the form provided, or call my practice at 917-383-1586. I am generally available during my office hours, which are Monday through Thursday. I will be in touch with you soon!
Paperwork:
Before our initial intake appointment I will ask that you fill out some paperwork through my practice's secure client portal. This is to best ensure that you get the most from your intake appointment.
Secure Client Portal:
I am pleased to offer a completely paperless experience through an electronic health record (EHR) in my practice. All client-related information is processed and recorded through the EHR. This is both more convenient for my clients and more secure than having hard copies of documents on paper. This secure portal is also where you will be able to find and download copies of your billing statements, invoices, records of payment, upcoming appointments, and securely message me directly. If you have any questions about the use of this electronic health record, please do not hesitate to ask. If you are a current patient looking for the portal link, it can be found in the navigation bar.
In-Person, Video, and Phone sessions:
There are significant differences, as well as pros and cons, to meeting virtually versus in-person. I can provide telehealth sessions via video and phone to individuals throughout New York State and Oregon on a case by case basis. It can often be difficult to find a provider in certain parts of the state — please contact me if you are interested in meeting via telehealth primarily, and we can discuss if this is a good therapy option for you. In-person sessions are available for weekly appointments in Portland, Oregon at my office, as well as occasionally throughout the year in NYC.
Hours and locations:
I provide therapy and supervision/consultation appointments Monday-Thursday, and my hours vary by the day. In-person appointments occur on Wednesdays in SW Portland, OR. Please contact me to discuss my availability for NYC in-person sessions.