Katie (she/her) is a registered acupuncturist, trained and working in tkaronto/Toronto. She has been curious about acupuncture for over a decade, and regular treatments – particularly community acupuncture – have helped her to shift painful emotional patterns and move through very challenging periods in her life. Katie is grateful to be able to offer acupuncture to people who are facing hard things of all kinds.
Acupuncture can provide gentle and effective support for wide ranging emotional and physical disharmonies – including but not limited to nervous system dysregulation, stress, sleep issues, skin and complexion issues, digestive imbalances, emotional trauma, menstrual and fertility issues, and pain. Acupuncture is covered by many extended health benefits plans in Ontario.
All of Katie’s offerings have tiered pricing options. At or before your initial appointment, you will be asked to identify which rate best fits your overall financial situation, and your appointments will be billed at that rate. For the sake of our administrative processes, we ask that you generally try to stick with the same rate. However, should your situation change, you are welcome to change rates, no questions asked.
Base rate: this is the value of the service based on Katie’s level of experience and will increase over time. I ask white folks with salaries and extended health benefits to pay this rate at minimum.
A Little Extra rate: $25 more than the listed base rate. This rate is for anyone who has expendable income and/or class privilege (i.e. you are able to regularly go out for meals/drinks, can take vacations, have savings or assets, have extended health benefits. This rate is always for people who own their home or have access to family wealth/inheritance.) This rate makes the solidarity rate possible.
Reduced rate: $25 less than the listed base rate. This rate is for anyone who is unable to afford the Base rate.
Solidarity rate: available for low income Black and Indigenous and other system-impacted folks who are otherwise not able to access acupuncture. As this rate is subsidized by the Extra rate, spaces are limited. Solidarity rates are individualized according to what works for you.
If you have questions about this fee structure, please contact me.
Some elements of my tiered structure were inspired by @CatalystCommunityHerbals - thank you to Tara for their work.