Here in the US, if one has insurance coverage... which usually allows a certain number of office visits or sessions per year from a participating therapist... one usually may only have to pay the co-pay. If a patient exceeds that # of sessions I imagine a decent therapist will work some arrangement out with the patient. If one has no one participating in their insurance plan,.. one could make an appeal to the insurance company to go out of "network" to find one. Again.. usually there is a larger percentage to be covered by the patient when they seek treatment "out of network". (In my experience.. 30% is covered by us and the insurance company covers the other 70%.) Therapist's fees are usually in and around the same.. especially if they are in contract with insurance companies. Ballparking it.... in this area... ??? maybe in the neighborhood of 125... give or take.... per hour (which .... can be actually anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour.) (Obviously a therapist on Park Ave in Manhattan will be more than the one an hour out in the burbs..yada yada yada..)How many sessions needed?? Depends on the patient. And to be honest.. how hard the patient is willing to work.Most good therapists try very hard to work with their patients to get them the therapy they need. Even IF that means jumping through some insurance company hoops.Otherwise .. without insurance...there are many Mental Health Clinics that will accept payment on a sliding scale based on income.