Premarital counseling in Allentown
Leslie Tejada, LMFT, meets you both for four 80-minute sessions on money, family, home and closeness. In person in Allentown or by video, in English or Spanish.
Which one
Both are for two people. They start from different places.
| Premarital counseling | Couples therapy | |
|---|---|---|
| Who it fits | Premarital counselingCouples who are engaged, or planning to marry or live together | Couples therapyCouples who are already together and want help with something that keeps coming up |
| What sessions cover | Premarital counselingMoney, family, home life and closeness, one session each | Couples therapyWhatever you bring, at the pace you and your clinician set |
| How long | Premarital counselingFour sessions, planned in advance | Couples therapyNo set number |
| How it is paid | Premarital counselingA package fee, paid session by session | Couples therapyA fee per session |
Services
Every session is 80 minutes, with both of you in the room or on the video call.
Four sessions on the conversations many couples put off: money, family, home and closeness. Each of you fills out a short questionnaire first.
About premarital counselingFor couples who are married or together and want help with a pattern that keeps returning. Your clinician sets the pace with you.
About couples therapyOne 80-minute conversation on one topic, such as money or in-laws. You can add the rest of the package later.
See the feesThe package
Each session is 80 minutes. A short questionnaire, which you each fill out alone before the first, shapes the plan.
You each say what you picture for the marriage, and the two of you read your questionnaire together.
What each of you expects
How you talk when you disagree
Your questionnaire, read together
Income, debt, savings and who pays for what, said out loud, along with how you will share the work at home.
Money habits and shared goals
Debt and savings
Who does what at home
In-laws, holidays, the language you speak at home, faith, traditions and, if you want them, children.
Families on both sides
Traditions and holidays
Faith and children, if they matter to you
Affection, intimacy and time together, then a plan for what you will do when you disagree.
Affection and time together
Repairing after an argument
A one-page plan to keep
Your clinician sets the pace. If you want more time on one topic, you can add sessions at the same fee.
Credentials
The state license Leslie holds, and the languages she sees couples in. You can check any license with the state board.
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
PA Lic. # 000000 · Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors
Required to practice marriage and family therapy in Pennsylvania
English
Leslie Tejada
Spanish
Leslie Tejada
The answers to what nearly everyone asks before a first session.
Threshold is out of network with insurance plans, so you pay for each session yourself. We do not take Medicare or Medicaid. If you would rather see someone who bills your plan, we will gladly give you colleagues' names.
Out of network with insurance plans
No Medicare or Medicaid
You pay at the end of each session by card, including HSA and FSA cards, and nothing is paid in advance. The fee is set by the kind of session: a couples session of 80 minutes, or the premarital package of four 80-minute sessions, one topic each. We give you the fee in writing before the first session. A limited number of reduced-fee spots are open; ask how to request one. Please give 24 hours' notice to change a session.
Each month we give you an itemized receipt (a superbill) with the dates and kind of session, to send to your plan, which may reimburse part of out-of-network care. It carries a diagnosis code your insurer can see. Your plan decides whether it pays anything; ask it before you start.
If you pay without insurance, you have the right to receive a written good faith estimate of what your care will cost before you start. We send you one before the first session. If the final bill is $400 or more above the estimate, you can dispute it. The estimate is not a contract.
Your rights, at cms.gov/nosurprisesWe do not check benefits, because we do not bill your plan. If you want to know whether your plan reimburses, call it before the first session and ask about out-of-network mental health services.
The first session is 80 minutes, with both of you in the room or on the call. Leslie explains how she works and what stays confidential, and the two of you start on the first topic. It is billed at the usual session fee.
Your first sessionVisit us
One office in downtown Allentown, and video sessions for anyone in Pennsylvania.
Leslie is licensed in Pennsylvania, so video sessions are for people in the state during the session.
Get directions to the Threshold office
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
She sees engaged and married couples, in English and in Spanish.
Leslie draws on the Gottman Method, a couples approach from the Gottman Institute, together with a questionnaire you each complete before the first session. Before you decide to start, she explains how she works, what stays confidential and its limits, and what counseling can and cannot do.
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) · PA Lic. # 000000
Questions
If yours is not here, write to us.
No. Threshold is out of network with insurance plans, and we do not take Medicare or Medicaid. You pay for each session yourself, and we can give you a receipt to send to your plan. Your plan decides whether it reimburses any of it.
A couples session is 80 minutes, and the premarital package is four of them. The fee follows the kind of session, and we send it in writing before your first one. You pay at the end of each session. The How fees work page explains the rest.
You both come, in person or by video. Leslie explains how she works, what stays confidential and its limits, and the possible risks and benefits of counseling. Then you talk about what you hope for. Nobody is tested, and nobody has to say more than they want to.
Each session is 80 minutes. They are usually every one to two weeks, and Leslie sets the pace with you. The package is four sessions, and you can add more if you want them.
This site is not monitored around the clock. If you are in crisis, call or text 988, any time, and press 2 for Spanish or text AYUDA. In an emergency, call 911.
What you say is private, and we share records only as the law allows. The exceptions are a risk of serious harm to you or someone else, abuse of a child or an older adult, and a court order. In couples work Leslie does not keep secrets between the two of you, and she explains this at the first session.
Contact
Tell us what times suit you both, and whether you would like to meet in person or by video. We answer by phone, text or email, as you prefer.