lower price range:

• i frequently stress about meeting basic needs

• i rent on the lower-end &/or have unstable housing

• i’m unemployed or underemployed

• i struggle to access healthcare

• i have no access to financial savings

• i have significant debt which sometimes prevents me from meeting my basic needs

• i have no or very limited expendable income for eating out, coffee to go, movies, music, books, & new technology

• i can’t afford a vacation &/or don’t have the ability to take time off without significant financial burden

• i do not have family wealth or support

• i support kids or other dependents 

• i am qualified to receive public assistance (food stamps, medicaid, etc.)

• i have experienced incarceration

• i do work for survival that is often criminalized

• i have less access to money because of abuse

• i have a chronic illness or disability that impacts my ability to earn income

• i have immigration-related expenses

• i am an elder with limited financial support

• i do not benefit from institutional support or social privilege due to aspects of my identity

middle price range:

• i stress about basic needs (food, housing, transportation) at times, but am still able to meet them

• i have access to adequate, relatively stable housing

• i’m employed

• i have access to healthcare

• i might have access to financial savings

• i have some expendable income for eating out, coffee to go, movies, music, books, & new technology

• i can take a vacation every year without significant financial burden

• i have some family wealth or have benefited from family support at times (family helps pay for part of my rent/ phone/ healthcare/ etc.)

• i have access to money & resources in times of need

• i have earning power (even if i’m not using it right now) from college degree(s), able-bodiedness, race, gender, social networks, family connections...

• i fall somewhere in the middle in the social matrix, in terms of how aspects of my identity impact the kind of institutional support or social privilege i do/ don’t have access to

higher price range (standard fee or ↑):

• i can comfortably meet basic needs

• i own a home, rent a higher-end place, or rent by choice

• i’m employed or don’t need to work to meet my needs

• i work part-time by choice

• i have regular access to healthcare

• i have regular access to financial savings

• i might have some debt, but it doesn’t prevent me from meeting my needs

• i have ample expendable income for eating out, coffee to go, movies, music, books, & new technology

• i can take time off for vacation

• i travel recreationally

• i have family wealth or have benefited from family support throughout my life

• i have few or no dependents

• i pay other practitioners full price

• i have savings, investments, inherited money &/or retirement accounts

• i own commercial &/or rental properties

• i benefit from institutional support & social privilege because of aspects of my identity