When you pay for therapy yourself, there are a few very important benefits:

No Mental Health Diagnosis goes on your medical record. When using insurance, a mental health diagnosis is required to be recorded in your medical record which may concern patients with certain sensitive jobs, or those buying life insurance or seeking other medical treatment.

Complete Confidentiality. When using insurance, your insurance company has the right to know the details of your therapy, including to see any therapy notes that exist. When you choose to pay yourself, your therapy is completely confidential, and the details of your therapy are only known by you and your therapy, not any third party.

Freedom in treatment. When using insurance, your insurance company can determine how may sessions you can receive, how long they are, what methods are used, which therapist you can see, and sometimes even the time of your session. When you pay yourself, you are in control of your own therapy and your therapist has the complete freedom to treat you as an individual. You get exactly what you need to reach your goals.