Sliding Scale Therapy
An Ecosystem Model
We offer our sliding scale on an honour-based system, by and for community members at multiple intersections of marginalization. Read more about how we came up with our Ecosystem Tiers here.
What is an ‘ecosystem model’?
Our ‘ecosystem model’ means people book in at a rate that is sustainable for them. Folks who have more means (extended health benefits or resources) book in for a conversation at a higher tier (often the Full Cost or Pay-it-Forward). People who don't have extended benefits book in at a sustainable cost, often at the Access tiers. Sometimes, people gain (or lose) benefits or financial stability. Whatever the change, folks tend to contribute as much as they can when they know their money goes into an ecosystem of dignity.
The following rates are for individual counselling conversations—for relationship counselling, this runs a little higher.
Emerging practitioners
60m Conversation | $60
Pay-it-Forward: $70-$80
Full Cost: $50-$60
Community-Assisted Access: $30-$40
90m Conversation | $80
Pay-it-Forward: $90-$100
Full cost: $70-$80
Community-Assisted Access: $50-$60
115m Conversation | $100
Pay-it-Forward: $110-$120
Full Cost: $90-$100
Access (low): $70-$80
Established practitioners
60m Conversation | $165
Pay-it-Forward: $190-$250
Full Cost: $140-$180
Community-Assisted Access: $80-$130
90m Conversation | $210
Pay-it-Forward: $240-$320
Full Cost: $170-$230
Community Assisted Access: $100-$160
115m Conversation | $250
Pay-it-Forward: $290-$380
Full Cost: $210-$280
Community Assisted Access: $120-$200
Sliding Scale Guidance
This description is borrowed and adapted from Alexis J. Cunningfolk.
The Pay-it-Forward range is price that is a small percentage above the actual operating costs of a session. This supports access for people who are needing to pay lower than running cost.
The Full Cost range represents the operating costs of a session. This includes administrative work, client contact, resource gathering, and more.
The Community-Assisted Access range is intended for those who are able to meet their basic needs but have little-to-no expendable income. For the upper end, paying full price for a session might require the sacrifice of something else, but will not create hardship. The lower end of this scale is intended for those who struggle to meet basic needs and paying full price for a session would create hardship in some way.
What's next?
Here's our best guesses for where you might want to go next:
Look into booking a Free Intro Call with one of our practitioners.
See what 60-minute, 90-minute, and 115-minute conversations can look like on our Therapeutic Offerings page.
Send us a message through our contact page.
Check out our blog to see what kind of stuff we've been pondering.
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