TriWest/VA Referral

Will you take my referral?

We are glad to take your TriWest/VA Referral. Your referral covers mental health services and does have limits with both time and the amount of sessions during a timeframe (i.e., 26 sessions over 6 months or unlimited sessions over 12 months). Their primary focus is that you are able to return to healthy levels of functioning in your life. 

How many sessions do I have?

You likely have limited sessions or a timeframe with each referral. We recommend you think of a referral as a round of treatment since we are unable to guarantee a transition from one referral to the next despite exhaustive efforts. TriWest may or may not authorize an additional referral for the same provider even in the most well justified and documented cases in our experience. This means that a round of treatment will have a pre-determined start and end date with treatment winding down over the last few sessions for a pause or discharge. 

Sessions are recommended to occur weekly, but some clients require twice weekly for severe challenges or every other week once significant changes have happened and therapeutic gains are being solidified. It is worth noting that a referral with a select number of sessions over a timeframe can be exhausted if twice weekly sessions are conducted. Example: While the 26 session referral over a 6 month period is still within the 6 months, the session cap could come more quickly. 

Graduation comes from finishing the treatment in a referral or when your therapist works themselves out of a job as shown by your independent and socially supported ability to maintain mental health in your life.

How much does it cost?

Unless you choose to see a therapist with your own insurance or cash pay following a referral expiration, there is no cost for TriWest clients (note TriWest is not TriCare West).

Who takes my insurance at Talk Therapy Center?

Since mental health treatment is booming, many of our therapists have minimal openings. Before settling on exactly who you’d like to see, please call in to our front desk at (951)387-4040 to check to see if anyone’s availability matches yours. Our therapists are professional healthcare providers and typically work between 730am and 630pm. While we do have part time staff that work nights and weekends, you may have to be placed on a wait list to access those appointments as they are in the highest demand.

Allison England, LMFT

Annie Arevalo, AMFT

Ashley Hutchinson, LCSW

Brittany Alva, LMFT

Ashley Pitts, AMFT

Cassandra Dexter, AMFT

Christina Lopez, LMFT

Cindy Avelar, LCSW

Ellen Davis, ACSW

Guadalupe Del Campo, LMFT

Jason Darr, LMFT

Jason Temple, LMFT

Karla Elizondo, AMFT

Kathryn Christensen, AMFT

Kellie Hynds, LMFT

Marina Zaky, AMFT, DMFT

Marissa Guerrero, LMFT

Melissa Kotzin, LMFT

Ofelia Zavala, LMFT

Patrick Mishler, LMFT