Texas Telehealth Therapist! Online Counseling Appointment within 48 hours provided.
Texas Telehealth Therapist! Online Counseling Appointment within 48 hours provided.
San Antonio Texas Online Therapist
As a Licensed professional counselor in the state of Texas. I truly believe in the benefits of having an emotional support animal. If you are in need of an ESA Letter, please feel free to contact me for an appointment.
What are the benefits of an ESA Housing letter?
To complete an assessment to determine if you are eligible for a ESA Letter for your pet. Please complete the form and submit your request by email. You must be able to provide verifiable document for your disability.
An emotional support animal ( ESA) is a type of assistance animal that alleviates a symptom or effect of a person's disability. An emotional support animal is not a pet and is generally not restricted by species. An emotional support animal differs from a service animal.
What is required? A free assessment is required in order to determine if you meet the qualifications under the American Disability Act (ADA). Once eligibility is determined, your counselor will set up an appointment to discuss the requirements.
Primary care doctors are allowed to prescribe medicines for certain mental disorders, but they are not able to write a valid ESA letter. Generally, ESA letter are obtained by Licensed Mental Health Professional Practitioner, such as, a counselor, or therapists, clinical psychologists, or your psychiatrists.
ESA Letter are valid for one year. ESA letters will need to be renewed on an annual basis. Meaning, if your rent lease is longer than one year. Your landlord legally has the right to ask and see your renewed ESA letter every year. It also means that airlines can deny passage if your ESA letter is not up-to-date, as well.
Under Texas’s service animal law, people with disabilities who have service animals are entitled to full and equal access to housing. You may not be required to pay extra to have a service animal, or to pay a special deposit. However, you are liable for any damages your service animal causes to the property or to another person.
The federal Fair Housing Act requires housing facilities to allow service dogs and emotional support animals, if necessary for a person with a disability to have an equal opportunity to use and enjoy the home. To fall under this provision, you must have a disability and you must have a disability-related need for the animal. In other words, the animal must work, perform tasks or services, or alleviate the emotional effects of your disability in order to qualify.
If you are currently a client with counselor Jennifer L. Hillier M.A. LPC and your last appointment was less than 3 months. An ESA Letter will be provided free of charge, pending eligibility and qualifications. An assessment will still be required.
To acquire assessment to determine if you qualify for an ESA letter is free. However, the cost of obtaining an ESA Letter is $150.00. The cost will cover 3 online consultation sessions with your pet.
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