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Low-barrier therapy

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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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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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Reduced-fee therapy student therapist Laith Eskandar by trees at sunset | Blog | CSP
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Reduced-Fee Counselling Online in English and Arabic with Laith Eskandar

Laith Eskandar offers reduced-fee counselling at $75 per session in English and Arabic, with a sliding scale at $75, $50, or $25, online across Canada. Sessions are open now, supervised by Laura Hoge, RSW.