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Sliding Scale Fee Program

Therapy priced to what your household can actually carry.

The people who most need counseling are often the ones who can least afford it. Our fees are set by household income — you tell us where you are, and we set the rate from there. No pay stubs. No tax returns. No means test to sit through at the worst moment of your year.

The tiers

What you pay

Per clinical hour, by annual household income.

Annual household incomeYou pay, per hour
$100,000 and above$200
$70,000 – $100,000$160
$50,000 – $70,000$120
$35,000 – $50,000$90
Under $35,000$60
Documented crisis — job loss, medical emergency, sudden loss of a household income$30 – $40

Household size counts

The income bands shift upward for each dependent, so a family of five is not measured against the same line as a single person earning the same salary.

Your tier can change

We revisit it every 6–12 months, and immediately whenever your circumstances change. If something happens mid-course, tell us — do not quietly drop out of care over money.

How it works

Four steps, and none of them involve proving you are poor

Start intake

The ordinary intake form, the same one everyone completes.

Tell us your household income and size

A short question on the form. You state it yourself — we take you at your word, and we do not ask for documentation.

We confirm your tier before your first session

So you know what you are paying before you are sitting in the room, not after.

You are billed at your tier rate

That is the fee. There is no separate paperwork, no second conversation, and nothing on your invoice that marks you out as a reduced-fee client.

Two things we would rather say plainly

What the sliding scale is not

There is always a fee

The scale goes down a long way, but it does not reach zero. A minimum fee is part of the work — care you have invested something in is care you tend to show up for, and that is not a small clinical point.

It is not charity, and you are not a case

Your tier is a number on a form. It does not change who you see, how long you get, or how you are treated, and nothing on your invoice marks you as a reduced-fee client.

If money is the reason you have not called

Then it is the first thing to say when you do. Start the intake and put your household income on the form — the number you are worried about is the one that decides your tier, not the one that decides whether you are welcome.