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You Got This! Counseling Services
  • Welcome
    • AMJ in the HOT SEAT
  • Offerings
    • 1:1 Therapy
    • Groups
    • ADHD & Autism Assessments
  • Payment & Booking
    • Why I Don't Take Insurance
You Got This! Counseling Services
  • Welcome
    • AMJ in the HOT SEAT
  • Offerings
    • 1:1 Therapy
    • Groups
    • ADHD & Autism Assessments
  • Payment & Booking
    • Why I Don't Take Insurance
  • More
    • Welcome
      • AMJ in the HOT SEAT
    • Offerings
      • 1:1 Therapy
      • Groups
      • ADHD & Autism Assessments
    • Payment & Booking
      • Why I Don't Take Insurance

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Payment & Booking

My therapy rates are based on my education, experience, & training/certifications, with added considerations for the average cost of therapy in each state where I operate, my effort to make services accessible, and my need to eat food, live in a suitable home, and receive decent healthcare. Here is the list of full fees (self-pay) for my offerings:

  • Exploratory consultations (20 mins): Free ($0)

  • Intakes (90 mins): $225

  • Follow-ups (60 mins): $200 

  • Follow-ups (30 mins): $100

  • Group therapy (60 mins): $25-$55

  • Group therapy (90 mins): $40-$70

Though I do not accept insurance*, the following sliding scale options are available on a limited basis (reach out to me to get on the wait list):

  • 25%-50% discount, based on the guidelines in the 1st dropdown below 

  • Therapy funds & grants (see 2nd dropdown below)

  • Sliding scale will be revisited on a quarterly basis to reassess clients' financial situation & my caseload


I also offer superbills for those with out of network benefits. Check your benefits via the widget below. And don't forget that you can use your FSA & HSA benefits to pay for medical expenses while reducing your tax burden! 

  • Be mindful that using out-of-network benefits will require submitting a diagnosis & possibly session info. 

  • Unfortunately, this option is not available for sliding scale or Medicare clients due to policy limitations.

*Why I don't accept insurance

If you need assistance determining the best payment option, use these sliding scale guidelines. Click here to display (transcription provided via alt text). Click the graphic for its creation story. Please keep in mind:

Those who pay the full cash fee make it possible for others to access services at lower rates.

Many thanks to @chiara.acu for this graphic!

SLIDING SCALE GUIDELINES  FULL PRICE OR HIGHER END OF SLIDING SCALE (MULTIPLE OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY TO ME) - I can comfortably meet all my basic needs like food, housing, and transportation - I own my home or rent a high-end apartment - I am employed or don't need to work to meet my needs - I have regular access to healthcare - I have regular access to financial savings - I have an expendable income for eating out, coffee to go, movies, books, and new technology - I might have some debt, but it does not prevent meeting my needs - I can take time off for vacation - I can travel for fun - I have family wealth and have benefitted from family support throughout my life (my family/parents pay or have paid for part of rent, phone, healthcare, etc) - I benefit from institutional support and social privilege because of aspects of my identity (multiple of the following identities describe me: white, male, cis, straight, able-bodied, neuro-normative, US-born)  MIDDLE OF SLIDING SCALE (MULTIPLE OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY TO ME) - I may stress about basic needs like food, housing, and transportation at times, but I am still able to meet them - I am employed - I have access to healthcare - I have access to adequate housing - I might have access to financial savings - I have some expendable income for eating out, coffee to go, movies, books, and new technology - I can take a vacation every year without significant financial burden - I have some family support or have benefitted from family support throughout my life (my family/parents pay for part of rent/phone/healthcare etc} - I fall somewhere in the middle of the social matrix - For example, I may be white and trans, or a middle-class able-bodied person of color  LOW END OF SLIDING SCALE (MULTIPLE OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY TO ME) - I frequently stress about my basic needs like food, housing, and transportation and don't always meet them - I have debt, and it sometimes prevents me from meeting my basic needs - I rent lower-end apt or have unstable housing - I am unemployed or underemployed - I qualify for government assistance like food stamps and medicaid - I have no access to savings - I have no or very limited expendable income, and I cannot afford eating out, coffee to go, movies, books, and new technology - I cannot afford a vacation or have the ability to take time off without significant financial burden - I do not have family wealth - I sometimes have to support family members or other dependents - I do not benefit from institutional support and social privilege because of multiple aspects of my identity (multiple of the following identities describe me: Person of color, female, trans, queer, disabled, neurodivergent, immigrant, undocumented or refugee  @CHIARA.ACU

Click here for a list of
therapy funding resources:

  • The Loveland Foundation

  • Mental Health Liberation BIPOC Therapy Fund

  • Lotus Therapy Fund

  • Scholarship Application – TWLOHA

  • Therapy Funds — My Destanation

  • WA/CA Therapy Fund Foundation

  • This list is not exhaustive. If you have funding via another program, please let me know & we will make the appropriate arrangements.

⚠️Do not use this site for life threatening situations⚠️
Go to your nearest emergency room (with an advocate/support person, if possible) or click here for a list of anti-carceral community support lines.

  • Blackline – Call or text: 1-800-604-5841

  • Trans Lifeline – US: 877-565-8860/Canada: 877-330-6366

  • Wildflower Alliance Peer Support Line – 1-888-407-4515

  • StrongHearts Native Helpline – Call 24/7: 1-844-762-8483 or chat online 

  • Thrive Lifeline – Text 24/7: 1-313-662-8209

  • LGBT National Help Center – National Hotline: 1-888-843-4564

  • Additional resources available at Don't Call The Police. 

Check out these questions to guide our convo and...
schedule a 20 minute consultation to see if we are a good fit! 

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