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We take many different insurance plans in Washington, including Aetna, Optum/United HealthCare, Premera Blue Cross, Regence Blue Shield, Horizon BCBS of New Jersey, BCBS of Massachusetts, First Choice Health, Carelon, Ambetter Washington, Quest Behavioral Health, and Cigna. In Oregon, we take Aetna, Quest Behavioral Health, Carelon, Optum/UHC, Cigna, and Regence BCBS. In Massachusetts, we take Quest Behavioral Health and Aetna. We offer a sliding scale for private pay, and we can provide a superbill to submit to your insurance for out-of-network reimbursement.
If you have any BCBS plan, including Premera Blue Cross or Regence Blue Shield, please book a consultation on our Headway profile. If you have Quest Behavioral Health or Ambetter Washington, please also book a consultation on our Headway profile: https://headway.co/providers/barbara-woodworth
If you have Aetna, Optum/UHC, Carelon, Oscar, Oxford, UMR, or Cigna insurance, or if you are out of network/private pay, please book a consultation on our Alma profile: https://secure.helloalma.com/providers/barbara-woodworth
If you have First Choice Health insurance please email us to schedule. In addition, if you are not sure if your insurance plan is one that we take, email us and we can check.
In addition to our regular sliding scale fee for those paying out of pocket, we also offer a significantly reduced sliding scale fee through Open Path Psychotherapy Collective for those who are uninsured or underinsured and are unable to pay the full fee or the regular sliding scale rate. Barbara has no current Open Path openings as of January 2026. However, associate clinical social worker Rachel Werth is taking new Washington clients through Open Path. Please reach out to Rachel to inquire:
https://openpathcollective.org/clinicians/rachel-werth
Email: rwerth@blacksheepcounseling.info
Individual, Couple or Family Therapy Session: $180.00 (ask about sliding scale, including special rates through Open Path Collective)
Supervision: inquire with Barbara at bwoodworth@blacksheepcounseling.info
Training/Consulting: rates vary depending on needs
Sliding Scale Guidelines
Sliding Scale Guidelines
Choosing a therapist is a significant investment in your well-being, and we believe financial barriers shouldn't stand in the way of mental health support. To foster economic justice and accessibility, we use a sliding scale fee structure based on the "Green Bottle" model shown here. This framework acknowledges that our financial lived experiences are different; it asks you to look at your access to resources, debt, and expendable income to determine which "tier" best reflects your current reality.
How to use this scale:
Tier 3 (Full Bottle): If you are comfortably able to meet all your basic needs and have expendable income, please pay the top end of the scale.
Tier 2 (Half-Full Bottle): If you meet your basic needs but have some debt or less flexibility with savings, the middle of the scale is for you.
Tier 1 (Mostly Empty Bottle): If you struggle to meet basic needs or have very limited expendable income, please select the lower end of the scale.
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