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Accessibility

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Nonbinary person sitting at the edge of a BC meadow, looking out at the water | Blog | CSP
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When Therapy Has Felt Out of Reach: What Becomes Possible at a Lower Fee

For people who have wanted therapy for years and not been able to reach it, what arrives in the first session is rarely simple. Often it is both apology and relief. What can shift, quietly, when the fee comes down enough that beginning becomes possible.
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West Asian woman walking past serviceberry blossoms on a BC coastal trail | Blog | CSP
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What We Mean by Low-Barrier Therapy: How Cost Is One Threshold of Many

Cost is the most visible threshold to therapy, not the only one. Pacing, language, diagnosis, and the tax of translating yourself before doing the work are also thresholds. What "low-barrier care" means at our practice, beyond the fee.
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Adult seated on a weathered porch step at sunset, turned toward a garden | Blog | CSP
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What Accessible, Affirming Care Actually Looks Like at Our Practice

Accessibility is not a claim we make once. It is something we keep working at, visibly and imperfectly. Here's what that looks like in practice, from the first email through the room itself, named in plain terms with what we offer and what we are still working on.
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Adult pauses while rolling along a BC trail | Therapy Blog | CSP
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How Disability Justice Shapes Our Therapy Practice: A Place to Start

How disability justice has shaped how we practise as therapists. A starting place for new readers with specifics on who leads, how we build access, how we pace the body's work, and how we hold intersecting identities. Links to deeper reading throughout.