Access Sliding-Scale Services
What is a sliding-scale?
We use a sliding-scale model in our clinic so that payment for our services can be reflective of our client’s current financial abilities. This doesn’t have to be awkward! We wouldn’t offer this if it wasn’t something we believed in and felt clear about.
The standard pricing listed on our herbal consults page provides Phoebe with a fair living wage that also takes into account all of the operating costs of running a small business.
The sliding-scale prices listed here do not factor in operational costs or support tangible growth of Phoebe’s practice, but still fairly support the time + energy she gives towards consultation services. If you are interested and financially able to support the growth of healing work, please read on to our pay it forward pricing model below.
Many thanks to Worts + Cunning Apothecary for giving us permission to use their sliding-scale resources as guidance. Read more about their work and sliding-scale thoughts here.
We currently offer two tiers along our sliding-scale.
Sample statements that might make you a good fit for tier 1 pricing (lowest cost):
I frequently stress about meeting basic needs (food, housing, transportation).
I do not have a car and/or have limited access to a car but am often unable to afford gas.
I qualify for government assistance including food stamps + health care.
Sample statements that might make you a good fit for tier 2 pricing (middle cost):
I may stress about meeting my basic needs (food, housing, transportation) but can regularly meet them.
I may have some debt but it does not overly prohibit me from going out to coffee shops, concerts, and occasionally buying new things.
If our services are inaccessible to you regardless of the sliding-scale, consider requesting a space in our free clinic. We’d love to see you!
I’d Like To Pay It Forward!
Awesome, let’s do this.
Paying it forward is an amazing way to give someone else the opportunity to access our services + workshops that might otherwise not be able to afford them.
When you pay a higher amount than the general asking price for Phoebe’s services, the extra money goes into our scholarship fund that allows us to open additional spaces in our free clinic, offer scholarships to our community workshops, or provide our local clients with free herbal medicine during their monthly refills.
Your generosity supports the greater ripples of community healing through herbal medicine and plant-based connection.
What you get receive, in addition to services:
Our endless gratitude!
Good feels from brightening someone else’s day
Optional: follow-up email to learn which specific channel your funds had impact on (p.s., if you have an area you feel especially passionate about, let us know and we’ll directly send your $ there!)
Sample statements that might make you a good fit for paying it forward (one or more of these statements is true for you):
I have multiple recurring subscriptions and monthly payments that I don’t stress about or struggle to pay.
I own my own home (+ perhaps additional residences beyond my primary home) OR I rent a higher-end property.
I am white, cis-gendered, and a citizen of the United States with recognizable intergenerational wealth/privilege.
I have regular access to healthcare and financial savings.
I can afford an annual vacation and to take time off from work OR I don’t need to work to meet my needs.