Miami, Florida
Respite is a therapy practice in Miami for Cuban and Caribbean families. Three therapists who see clients in Spanish and in English; the family decides together who comes to the first conversation.
Therapy
Every kind of family starts from a different place. You choose yours.
Mothers, fathers, children and grandparents in the same room, or in turns. You decide who comes.
See family therapyFor adults who prefer to talk about what they feel in the language of their home.
See individual therapyBefore you come
A short video in which Odalys describes what the first conversations are like, so you know what to expect and who can be in the room.
Deciding together
Nobody has to agree first to write to us. We talk with whoever takes the first step and, if you like, with the rest of the family before the first session.
By WhatsApp, by phone or through the form. You tell us who lives at home and who you would like at the table.
Whoever prefers not to come can talk by phone or wait. Your therapist helps you decide who attends each session.
Adults decide for themselves. With minors, we talk first with a parent or guardian.
50
minutesan individual session
80
minutesa couple or family session
2
languagesSpanish and English, or both at once
3
therapistslicensed in Florida
How to begin
We answer within one business day, in Spanish or English, by the means and at the time you choose.
A short conversation lets us set up the first session with whoever you like.
At the office or by video. At the end, everyone decides whether to continue.
Licenses
Each therapist holds a Florida state license. Each number is at the foot of this page, so you can check it with the state board.
Odalys Quintana, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
FL Lic. # 000000 · Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling
Required to practice therapy in Florida
Reinaldo Portela, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
FL Lic. # 000000 · Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling
Required to practice therapy in Florida
Yamilet Machado, Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)
FL Lic. # 000000 · Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling
Required to practice therapy in Florida
Odalys Quintana
Spanish and English
Reinaldo Portela
Spanish and English
Yamilet Machado
Spanish, English or both in the same session
The team
All three therapists see clients in Spanish and in English. Each one holds a Florida license.
Family therapist and founder
She sees families of several generations, couples and adults. She starts every first conversation by asking who lives in the house and who might like to be in the room. She sees clients in Spanish and in English.
He sees adults and couples, and works with men and older adults who have never talked with a therapist before. He sees clients in Spanish and in English.
She sees young adults and couples. She grew up in Miami and talks in Spanish, in English or in both in the same session, the way many homes in the city speak.
The answers to what almost everyone asks before the first session.
Respite takes some commercial PPO plans; we do not take Medicare or Medicaid. If your plan is not one of them, you can pay yourself and ask for a receipt for reimbursement. If you are looking for someone who bills your plan, we are glad to give you colleagues' names.
Some commercial PPO plans
No Medicare or Medicaid
Payment is taken at the end of each session, by card, including HSA and FSA cards. There is no contract and nothing to pay in advance. The fee depends on the kind of session and its length: 60 minutes for the first, 50 for an individual session and 80 for a couple or family session. We give it to you in writing before you start. A limited number of reduced-fee spots are open; ask how to request one. We ask for 24 hours' notice to change an appointment.
Each month we give you an itemized receipt (a superbill) with the dates and the kind of session, to send to your plan, which may reimburse part of out-of-network care. It carries a diagnosis code that your insurer can see. Your plan decides whether it reimburses anything; ask it before you start.
If you pay without insurance, you have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate in writing before care starts. We give you one before the first session. If your final bill is $400 or more above the estimate, you can dispute it. The estimate is not a contract.
Before the first session we check your mental health benefits with your plan and tell you in writing what it covers and what you would pay. You give us your plan details by phone, not through this site.
The office
Questions
We take some commercial PPO plans; we do not take Medicare or Medicaid. If your plan is not one of them, you can pay yourself and we give you an itemized receipt in case your plan reimburses. Before the first session we check your benefits.
If you pay without insurance, you have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate in writing before care starts. We give you one before the first session. If your final bill is $400 or more above the estimate, you can dispute it. The estimate is not a contract.
Whoever you like. One person can come, a couple or several generations. If someone in the family prefers not to come, you can start without them and decide later. The Deciding together page explains how we do it.
It lasts 60 minutes. Your therapist explains how they work, the limits of confidentiality and the possible risks and benefits of therapy, and listens. At the end, the two of you decide whether to continue.
Our licenses are from Florida. By video we see people who are in Florida during the session. If you are in another state, we help you find someone licensed there.
Call or text 988, any time; for Spanish, press 2. In an emergency, call 911. This site and our messages are not monitored around the clock.
Write to us
We answer within one business day, in Spanish or English. We reply by the means and at the time you choose.