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• You must be 18 or older.

• I usually respond to e-mail within 48 hours. If you haven't heard from me in 48 hours, please re-send your letter. Weekend e-mail is OK, but allow 72 hours.

• If you have a history of violence or are on anti-psychotic medication, I can only work with you in person (in Milwaukee). If you have been diagnosed as manic-depressive I can work with you only with written permission from a therapist you are currently seeing.
  
  

• Confidentiality is the same as in face-to-face therapy (only current child abuse and preventable serious violence against yourself or others must be reported).

• Success through e-mail depends to a great degree on whether you can be completely honest in what you write.

• Ask me any questions you have. I will always answer them directly and honestly.

• Layers of protection guard the data on my computer. But no security system is entirely safe from a truly dedicated hacker. If you have secrets which must be perfectly protected, don't send them to me. (Consider in-person therapy locally, or telephone consultation with me.)

ABOUT FEES:

This is how fees work AFTER the first letter:

• I charge $1 for each minute that I spend on your letter. The average charge is $15 per letter. I indicate the charge at the end of each letter.

• After the first letter, you pay $50 in advance by credit card. I will, of course, refund any unused portion.

When telephone counseling is available the charge is EITHER $85 per hour OR $220 per month for WEEKLY meetings (in advance, no refunds for cancellations). If you are interested in this, let me know.

Telephone and e-mail fees are seldom covered by insurance. Even when they are, it's your responsibility to collect from the insurance company. I only provide receipts for your payments and a one-time statement of my qualifications.

WHAT I NEED TO KNOW FROM YOU

I need this information along with, or in advance of, your second letter.

This is the same information I'd need if we met in person.

Give me this information in an e-mail or e-mail to arrange a time when you can give it to me by telephone.

• Your name.

• Age.

• Date of birth.

• Sex.

• Marital status.

• E-mail address.

• Postal mailing address.

• Phone numbers (day and evening).

• Describe any health problems which could influence our work together.

• Degree to which you use alcohol or other drugs.

• Are you considering violence against yourself or anyone else?

• Have you ever attempted suicide?

• Are you currently in therapy?

• Have you ever been in therapy? (Total length of all therapy in years and months.)

• Emergency contact. (Name, address, day and evening phone numbers.)

• Any other information I need to know in order to be able to help you.

• Credit card information:

  • Name as shown on the card.

  • Credit card issuer (VISA, MasterCard, or Discover)

  • 16-digit credit card number.

  • Expiration date (month/year)
    

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Tony Schirtzinger, Therapist (Milwaukee, WI) 

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