Rates

I use a self select sliding scale model based on guidelines addressing income, earning privilege, debt, and ability. This is only a guide and hopefully provides an opportunity to reflect on your relative abundance/lack of resources and commitment to therapy. While not all circumstances are reflected here, you know your financial situation best, so place yourself as best you can without judgment.

My intention with this scale is to address systemic inequalities and diverse economic realities in a sustainable way. The tiers are so named to express the collective spirit of my scale: those with more financial resources provide opportunities for me to offer services to folx with financial barriers.

*No current openings in this tier*

$30-70/session

Accessible

You may fall in this category if many of the following are true:

  • I am employed and make less than $60K OR I make a low income relative to my household’s income

  • I have non optional healthcare costs

  • I rent lower end properties or have unstable housing

  • I frequently stress about or am unable to afford food/housing/transportation

  • I have chronic illness or disability that impacts my ability to work/earn money

  • I have student loans and was the first in my family to go to college

  • My race, ethnicity, skin color, and/or gender identity impacts my income

  • I am currently struggling to pay the minimums on debt

  • I help my family/household with money

  • My family/household does not have assets

$75-140/session

At Cost

You may fall in this category if many of the following are true:

  • I am employed and make $60-85K OR I make a middle income relative to my household’s income

  • I have access to healthcare

  • I can regularly afford food/housing/transportation/healthcare + some extras

  • I am able bodied

  • I have student loans for the current field that I work in

  • I have a stable career that is moving forward

  • My race, ethnicity, skin color, and/or gender identity does not impact my income

  • I have some debt but it does not limit my attainment of food/housing/transportation/healthcare

  • I choose to go out to eat or buy new things weekly or more

  • My family/household has assets, or I have access to some savings

$145-190/session

Pay It Forward

You may fall in this category if many of the following are true:

  • I am employed and make over $125K OR I make a high income relative to my household’s income

  • I have regular access to healthcare

  • I own a home/property or lease a high end property

  • Someone else paid or pays my rent/mortgage

  • I earned a degree(s) without needing loans

  • I have high earning power even if I’m not exercising it today

  • I have some debt but it does not limit my attainment of food/housing/healthcare

  • My family/household has many assets, or I have access to financial savings

  • I received over $50K and gave/give it away

  • I can choose to work or not or for less pay since I need less money/have external support/have unearned or gifted income

Many thanks for their writing and resources on sliding scale, equity, and class…

Hadassah Damien - https://www.ridefreefearlessmoney.com/blog/2016/05/sliding-scale-1/

Alexis J. Cunningfolk - https://www.wortsandcunning.com/blog/sliding-scale