Emily Taylor MA, ATR-BC, LPCC
Clinical Art Therapy & Supervision
Financial Wayfinding
As part of our activism, we offer a discounted rate
for art therapy.
This is based on a conversation/questionnaire
using a community health model.
Learn more below about how to find the appropriate amount you should be paying for therapy.
You have two options here, note: the second -- the "bucket" method -- is the fastest.
We recommend a "Full" or "Redistribution" level of investment for people with "medium to high" access to resources in the global context. What we mean by this can be answered in the questionnaire below crafted with the Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance (AORTA).
We do have a limited number of sliding-scale or "Discounted, Basic, or Solidarity" spots. This is a firm commitment to weekly or bi-monthly (every other week) sessions and will change when you have a financial change and experience fiscal growth and success.
How to find your "number".
Sources / Acknowledgement:
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) determiners of socioeconomic status (SES)
Questions sourced from the good work of the Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance (AORTA). @aaortacoop
"Buckets" model augmented from the good work of local art therapist Noelle Wolf, MA at MN Art Therapy.
Option 1: Self- Questionnaire
Please take this short questionnaire to help determine your rate with therapy, you can write your tally on a sheet of paper or in your phone:
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Are you and/or your family homeowners or landowners? (Family includes who you life with, and family of origin if they have helped you financially.)
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Have you attended private education institutions or do you have an advanced degree?
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Are your bills or credit cards on autopay?
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Have you not had difficulty accessing and affording healthcare or health insurance for you or your family members?
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Aside from student loans, do you have zero to no debt and/or do you have disposable income (i.e. income remaining after deduction of taxes and other mandatory payments, available to be spent or saved as one wishes.)
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Do you have a safety net composed of “financially stable” or wealthy family and friends? Could you call someone if you couldn't make rent/mortgage?
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Do you have U.S. Citizenship?
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Does your income only support you, and not other loved ones in need?
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Have you or do you expect to inherit money or property?
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Have you (or could you) have attended college and/or graduate school?
# of No___
# of Yes___
Determine Individual Sliding Scale / Community Share
Individual Sliding Scale Rates based on your answers to the questions.
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If you answered all yes = Redistribution* $200/hour
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If you answered more yes than no = Regular Cost* $165/hour
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If you answered half no, half yes = Discounted Cost $135/ hour
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If you answered more no than yes = Cover Basic costs $90/hour
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If you answered all no = Solidarity, supported by your community and our personal household's expense at $40/hour**
*I recommend the Full or Redistribution level of investment for people with medium to high access to resources in the global context.
**No-show sessions or last-minute cancels are called "misses" and are always $50 to be respectful of our mutual time.
If I have to cancel from an unforeseen circumstance, I will find a time that works for us both asap. Note: If you miss three sessions and are in our sliding scale spots, we will have to offer that spot to someone else on our wait list.
Option 2: Which 'bucket' are you in?
Definitions:*Basic needs = food, housing, meds, transportation.
**Expendable income = buying a coffee out, able to dine out/order in, see shows/concert tickets, buy clothes, books, online shop, get delivery, etc., each month. Annual vacations.
