Alternatives (Or Additions) To Sliding Scale In Private Practice

There are many ways to give back. Offering a sliding scale/reduced fee is only one way.

Here are some other alternatives or additions to give back.

• Pro Bono Therapy 

• In Washington State, the following agencies are always looking for pro bono clinicians:

• A Home Within 

• If you’re a therapist and can offer one free hour of therapy a week to a current or former foster youth, join the A Home Within community!

• Give An Hour

• Project Access Northwest

• Therapy For Therapists

• DMHS Free Therapy

• Emotional PPE

• Seattle Clemency Project

• Seattle Clemency Project increases access to justice by matching people seeking early release from prison and those facing deportation due to old criminal convictions with free, high-quality, legal representation.

• Group Therapy 

• Offering groups is a wonderful way to reach more people and offer an accessible fee

• You can have tiered pricing or pay what you can

• Pro Bono Speaking Engagements 

• There are so many organizations who need speakers. This is also a good way to get your name out in the community/market yourself as an expert.

• Public libraries

• Schools

• Colleges

• Non profits

• Mentoring 

• Offering support and guidance to a current graduate student, new graduate, and/or provisionally licensed associate clinician is a wonderful way to give back

• You’ve accrued lots of experience, knowledge, and wisdom and can impart this to someone in an earlier stage in their professional career

• Accepting Vouchers

• Washington Therapy Fund

• Mental Health Fund (MHF) for Queer and Trans Black, Indigenous, and People of Color

• Tubman Foundation

• Asian Mental Health Lotus Fund

• NQTTCN Fund

• Pro Bono Immigration Evaluations 

• Immigration evaluations can cost upwards of $900-3,000

• These evaluations can help a client immensely

• International Rescue Committee