Complete Intake

Our Intake Team is dedicated to helping identify your main concerns, mental health goals, and counseling preferences to help match you with your best-fitting service and counselor.

Start Counseling

We will take into account any preferences you may have related to counselor type, counseling approach, fees, and other factors to match you with a counselor.

Step 1

Submit Schedule Appointment Webform

Fill out our Schedule Appointment Webform to let us know that you are interested in receiving counseling at Seoul Counseling Center.

Please be advised that Seoul Counseling Center is not a crisis center or hotline service provider, and is therefore unable to assist in more urgent situations.

If you feel you may be a danger to yourself or others, please refer to the Emergency Resources list.

Step 2

Our Services and Intake Forms

Connect with our Intake Team

Once we receive your Schedule Appointment form, our Intake Team will reach out to you to obtain additional information we need from you to match you with your best-fitting counselor and help get you set up for counseling.

TRICARE Registration Steps:

  1. Verify Eligibility

    Send your DoD Benefits Number (or Sponsor’s SSN), sponsor’s rank, and duty start date to our Intake Team for eligibility confirmation.

  2. Obtain Authorization or Referral

    ✔️ TRICARE Prime:

    • Active-Duty Service Members: Authorization required from your PCM.
    • Active-Duty Family Members: Authorization needed only for SMHC providers.

    ✔️ TRICARE Select: Referrals needed for SMHC providers.

  3. Update Address on File

    Our Intake team verifies TRICARE clients’ addresses during the intake process and will notify clients if updates are needed. To update your TRICARE address, please contact the Beneficiary Support Center Claims Team.

Learn More About Our Services

You can find detailed information about our services and rates here.

Coverage Verification: If you have international insurance, we can reach out to your insurance company to verify your coverage details for you once we have your insurance policy details.

Seoul Counseling Center accepts insurance plans from and offers direct billing for several international insurance companies.

Our Intake Team is available to assist should you have any questions about our service types and fees.


Join the Client Portal and Submit Intake Forms

You will be asked to join our secure Client Portal, TheraNest, to complete required intake forms prior to scheduling. The Portal can also be used to schedule future sessions, as well as communicate with your matched counselor via the direct messaging/Inbox feature.

Consent and Background Form

Our Intake Team will create an account for you on the TheraNest portal using the email provided in your Schedule Appointment Form. Consent and Background forms will be sent to you through your portal account.

Assignment of Benefits [Insured Clients Only]

Our Assignment of Benefits (AOB) Form will authorize us to directly bill your insurance company for sessions rendered.


Step 3

Matching and Scheduling

✔ Choose Your Session Format

  • In-Person – Visit us at our Seoul or Pyeongtaek offices.
  • Online – Join from anywhere in Korea via our secure, user-friendly platform, Doxy.
    • Watch this video to see how easy it is to connect online—whether you’re in Seoul, Pyeongtaek, Busan, Jeju, or beyond!

✔ Get Matched with a Counselor

Our Intake Team will recommend counselors based on your concerns, availability, and preferences.

✔ Receive Your First Session Details

Once matched, we’ll propose a date and time for your first session.

Step 4

Start Counseling 

Once you are matched with one of our counselors, you are ready to start counseling!

People begin counseling with us for many reasons, such as to:

  • Reduce Life Stress
  • Reduce Depression or Anxiety
  • Overcome Trauma & PTSD
  • Manage ADHD and Inattention
  • Overcome other difficulties, and have a safe space to talk

Many people also come to our Center to get help with improving their relationships, such as with their family members, spouse, significant other, colleagues, and friends.

Many people also work with our Counselors to increase their sense of life purpose, identity, values, and goals. 

Common services are:

  • Individual Counseling
  • Group Counseling 
  • Couples Counseling
  • Family Counseling
  • Online Counseling

Our team of US-trained therapists, counselors, and psychologists are here to listen and understand you, clarify your goals, help you aim up, learn what you need to let go of, and discover how to do so—so that you can experience the peace you need and the life you deserve. 

Every great journey begins by taking that first step! 

 

Counseling Fees
(Choose Your Provider Type)

Non-Licensed Interns/
Resident Counselors

  • Interns (Pre-MA Degree): ₩60,000
  • Resident (Post-MA): ₩90,000
  • Supervised by Psychologist
Wellbeing & Couples
Counseling Fee

₩60,000 – 90,000/hr

Psychotherapy

Not Offered

MA Licensed Therapists

  • Completed MA Program
    (Clinical/Counseling)
  • Completed Supervised Training
  • MA-level Therapist License Obtained
Wellbeing & Couples
Counseling Fee

₩140,000/hr

Psychotherapy

₩330,000/hr

 

PhD-Level Psychologists

  • Completed MA & PhD Program
    (Clinical/Counseling)
  • Completed Psychologist Internship
  • Doctoral Level Psychologist Status
Wellbeing & Couples
Counseling Fee

₩200,000/hr

Psychotherapy

₩330,000/hr

 

Have a Question?

If you have any questions, contact us!