Psych eval question...is my doc a quack?

Seriously...I went to my first psych eval appointment last week where I was told that this particular therapist told me that she required three or more appointments before she would write the letter to my doc. Tonight, at a support group meeting, I learned from a few other patients who received evals from her that before she would write the letter, she demanded a $125 payment that was "not covered by insurance" before she would do it. IS THIS NORMAL??? Surely it isn't. I keep thinking that my records are MINE, and if my insurance company is paying her to see me the required number of times, then she is getting her money. Anyone else think this is strange, or is this par for the course???

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