Open Door Scholarship
Providing low-cost therapy services in Nevada and Washington State
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For individuals living in Nevada or Washington State, who want therapy but are facing barriers such as financial hardship, lack of adequate insurance coverage, employment difficulties, social stigma, or other systemic challenges.
Sessions are available virtually or in-person
A commitment to weekly or biweekly schedule is expected to support consistent progress
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Why was this created?
Are there situations you can’t support?
Social workers have an ethical responsibility to ensure that essential resources and services are accessible to individuals facing systemic and social barriers.
Financial hardship, health inequities, insurance limitations, provider shortages, and social stigma are just some of the obstacles that can prevent people from accessing mental health care. Working in this field, it becomes impossible to ignore how prevalent these barriers are, and the harm they cause.
People want to get better. They want to feel happier, understand themselves more deeply, and live out their full potential. Yet we have built a society where systems and deeply held beliefs actively work against that- where the people who most want and need support are often the least able to access it.
I chose social work over other mental health disciplines because its values and ethical standards reflect my own. This field has always understood that healing does not happen in a vacuum- that who you are, where you come from, and what you have access to shapes everything.
This scholarship exists because I cannot single-handedly change a broken system, but I can make sure that my own practice does not reinforce it. It is my commitment that the work I do, and the business I build, never becomes something only a few can access
Individuals whose needs require a higher level of care — including eating disorders, substance use, psychotic or personality disorders, or active suicidal ideation.
These conditions are best supported by a multidisciplinary team, and I want to make sure you get that level of care.