Anti-Oppressive & Community Care Pricing Model

I believe healing spaces should be accessible, sustainable, and rooted in justice. Our current economic system has created profound inequities in access to mental health care — particularly impacting Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color, LGBTQIA+ communities, disabled folks, immigrants, and people impacted by generational poverty.

In alignment with an anti-oppressive framework, I use a community care pricing model that redistributes resources and expands access while sustaining the longevity of this practice.

Four-Tier Pricing Structure

Reparations Tier – $50 per session
This rate is reserved for individuals who are economically marginalized and/or impacted by systemic oppression, generational wealth gaps, and limited access to financial resources. This tier exists as a small act of repair in response to historical and ongoing inequities.

Sustained Tier – $120 per session

This tier is for individuals who have income but not consistently, or whose financial situation fluctuates. You may be employed part-time, working contract or gig-based jobs, self-employed with variable earnings, supporting dependents, paying off debt, or living paycheck to paycheck without significant savings.

This rate acknowledges that financial stability is not the same as financial security. It allows access to therapy while recognizing real economic strain.

Full-Cost Tier – $185 per session
This is the standard fee that reflects the true cost of services and supports the sustainability of the practice. Clients who select this rate are paying the full fee for services.

Redistribution Tier – $250 per session
This rate is for individuals with financial privilege and access to generational wealth, stable housing, disposable income, and financial security. Choosing this tier helps subsidize lower-cost sessions and increases access for clients who might not otherwise be able to afford therapy.

Why This Matters

Traditional therapy pricing often assumes equal access to financial resources — but we do not live in an equitable society. Wealth in the United States has been shaped by systems such as redlining, colonization, enslavement, wage gaps, ableism, and discrimination in education and employment. These systemic inequities continue to impact who can afford care.

This pricing structure is a small but intentional disruption of that model. It centers collective care rather than individual profit, and it acknowledges that healing happens in community.

By offering a redistribution-based fee structure, I aim to:

  • Increase access to therapy for historically excluded communities

  • Honor lived realities shaped by systemic oppression

  • Sustain ethical, high-quality clinical care

  • Invite clients with privilege into active solidarity

    This model supports both access and sustainability — allowing the practice to thrive while expanding opportunity for those most impacted by structural inequities.

Choosing Your Tier

This model is built on trust, integrity, and self-reflection.

You are invited to self-select the tier that aligns with your current financial reality, without providing proof or justification. I trust clients to assess their income, access to wealth, debt, savings, housing stability, and overall financial flexibility when making this decision.

You might consider:

  • Do I worry about meeting my basic needs each month?

  • Do I have disposable income for travel, dining out, or luxury purchases?

  • Do I have access to generational wealth or financial safety nets?

  • Can I comfortably absorb unexpected expenses?

Your tier can change over time. If your financial circumstances shift, we can revisit your rate together.

A Practice Rooted in Liberation

My service work is grounded in anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, and liberation-centered frameworks. Health at all levels is shaped by social conditions — racism, capitalism, patriarchy, ableism, xenophobia, and other intersecting systems of harm.

Aligning my business practices with my values is essential. This four-tier structure is one way I commit to economic justice, accessibility, and collective well-being.

Thank you for participating in a model of care that centers equity, accountability, and shared investment in collective healing.