At SURC, your care will be

  • Personalized

    Your therapy should be about YOU. At SURC, your session will likely look very different from someone else’s. We do not use just one method, but start be meeting you where you are at and going from there.

  • Trauma-informed

    We provide clients with coping tools, resources, and a more connected sense of self. We are proud to offer a corrective emotional experience for those whom have had negative experiences with therapists in the past, or have found therapy in general to be inaccessible.

  • Accessible

    SURC was built on the need for the Mental Health Industry to be more accessible, both to clients and providers. SURC counselors provide flexible hours, session lengths, and sliding scale among many other accomodations to ensure accessibility. Have a question or request? Please let us know!

Let Us Help You

Finding a new therapist can be overwhelming. We try to make the process of seeing if we are the right fit for you as easy as possible.

What we Offer

 
 

  • We offer (free) 15-20 min introduction sessions that are over the phone or video chat. This time is used to help you determine if our counselors are the right fit for you.

  • We offer sliding scale rates ($50 – $150) that are based on your gross monthly income + a 50 minute weekly session model

  • We also offer 75 minute, 90 minute, and double sessions when needed at various intervals (our services are customized to the needs of the individual rather than “one modality fits all.”)

  • 1:1 Infosessions with Rachel Otis: Decolonizing thru Divesting for mental health practitioners who are interested in learning more about the Phippsian model and about decolonizing the mental health industry by divesting from licensure

FAQs

 

What is special about a SURC therapist?

Founded before the pandemic by a disabled therapist, SURC was created by those being left out of the mental health field FOR those being forgotten by the mental health field. SURC therapists not only have education and training in their specialties, but come with personal experience. SURC believes the best way to provide truly trauma-informed care is by connecting clients with a therapist who has personal experience processing what our clients come to us to work through.

What does divesting from licensure mean?

Licensure itself is extremely cost prohibitive and limits the states in which therapists are able to work, making it more difficult for more marginalized populations to maintain their therapy practice. SURC therapists are full educated and trained, but divest from retaining licensure while advocating for better practices in the mental health profession.

How can I support the Mutual Aid Program?

To support the Mutual Aid program, you can buy donated art from our shop and (coming soon) SURC Merch!

Financial Donations are always appreciated and will always go the furthest towards supporting our clients.

Why do SURC Therapists Divest from Licensure?

SURC therapists choose to divesting from licensure as a form of protest against the current low ethical standards of the mental health profession when it comes to:

  • The profession being inaccessible to BIPOC, disabled, and low SES potential therapists

  • lack of commitment to teaching anti-racism and anti-ableism

  • Neurotypical lens treatment and diagnostic material rather than disabled-informed diagnostic material and treatment approval

  • …and more!

What Does Decolonizing Therapy mean?

Decolonizing therapy means analyzing the way we currently look at approaches to mental health treatment with a critical eye; taking efforts to shift what has historically been a Euro-centric and able-bodied lens. This includes being open to client-centered care, prioritizing lived experience when creating diagnostic material and treatment plans, honoring clients belief systems and cultural differences, humanizing mental health practitioners, and acknowledging BIPOC contributions to the field previously dismissed due to whitewashing.

What Does the SURC Mutual Aid Program do?

Mutual Aid here at Somewhere Under the Rainbow Collective supports our ability to continue to provide accessible sliding scale care while providing our counselors with the fair payment they deserve! It also allows us to continue clients care when they are in times of financial hardship.