Open Door Scholarship
Providing Low-cost, Short-term Therapy
What is it?
Eight low-cost individual therapy sessions
Meeting weekly or bi-weekly
Provided virtually or in-person
For adults living in Nevada or Washington State
How many spots are available?
I hold 4 spots in my practice for scholarship clients as part of my commitment to making mental health services more accessible.
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What to Expect
To make the 8 sessions meaningful and effective, we'll keep our focus to 1–2 concerns. While we can't cover every aspect of your life, you can still benefit from talking through your experiences in a private, nonjudgmental space, gain new perspectives and a deeper understanding of yourself and your behavior, and learn skills to create meaningful change.
Our final 1-2 sessions will be dedicated to transition and closure, ensuring a smooth conclusion to our work. This is a time for you to reflect on your experience and progress, and to determine your next steps, whether that involves continuing therapy or moving forward with the new tools and perspectives you've gained.
For individuals facing barriers to accessing therapy, such as financial hardship, lack of adequate insurance coverage, employment difficulties, social stigma, or other systemic challenges.
For individuals who are new to therapy and seeking a low-commitment introduction to the therapeutic process.
For individuals dealing with any of the following:
low confidence or feeling inadequate
feeling stuck or like you aren’t meeting your potential
worrying a lot or over-thinking
feeling overwhelmed, stressed, or unable to meet life demands
difficulty getting along with others, difficulty communicating
feeling lonely or disconnected
avoiding, procrastinating, or putting off things that are important
difficulty understanding, expressing, or managing your emotions
parenting challenges (ex: difficulty managing your child’s behavior, or feeling unsure how to best meet their needs)
Who is this not for?
For individuals dealing with eating disorders, substance abuse, psychotic disorders, and personality disorders, as well as suicidal ideation and other unsafe behaviors.
Treating these conditions effectively often necessitates a higher level of care and the collaborative effort of a professional team. I am unable to provide that as a solo practitioner.
Who is this for?
Why did I create the Open Door Scholarship?
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. I have seen firsthand how much is at stake when those barriers go unaddressed.
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.