Booking for Fall 2025: lower cost counselling and art therapy sessions 💞

Lower cost services provide opportunities for the community without access to the necessary funds to give regular cost art therapy offerings a try and access the same level of support at a friendlier rate.

Our practicum counselling art therapist, Nikki and Michelle will be taking on new clients starting September, 2025!

They are offering a sliding scale of $40–$80 per session for counselling and art therapy sessions. This means you can choose the fee that works best for your financial situation within this range. Sliding scale options make therapy more accessible while allowing flexibility based on individual needs.

What can you expect from a lower cost session at Decipher?

✨ a free 1-hour intake session to get to know you

🎨 50 minutes of focused support from a compassionate counselling and art therapy intern who gets it

💬 options for talk therapy, art therapy, or a mix of both

✊ a BIPOC and liberation-oriented approach

👩‍⚕️ supervision from a trauma-informed, anti-oppressive registered clinical counsellor and art therapist with 6+ years of experience

🌱 creative and somatic healing you won’t find in self-help resources

🧠 dedication: practicum counselling students are deeply invested in supporting you

Our team put together a list of alternative resources to clinical counselling and art therapy which could be of interest to you here.

Please note:

• Sessions with our practicum art therapist are not reimbursable by extended health plans as most plans cover registered clinicians only. 

• Interns are not be able to offer clinical paperwork as they are still working towards getting their registration. 

• Our practicum counsellors/art therapists use the time they have available outside of their curriculum to offer lower cost sessions.

• Michelle and Nikki are supervised by Linda from Decipher and their supervisors at Adler University respectively to ensure they are practicing from a trauma-informed, and anti-oppressive focus.