Therapist Pricing Without Guilt: Fees, Sliding Scale, Growth & Sustainability | Zensible

Pricing therapy sessions can feel confusing, emotional, and often guilt-inducing, especially when no one teaches therapists how to do it sustainably.

In this recorded session from the Zensible Therapist Meet-up (Bengaluru), Dr. Meghna Singhal (psychotherapist) and Aloona (private practice operations & strategy) walk therapists through how to think about pricing from both clinical and business perspectives.

This session covers real questions asked by practicing therapists, from early-career professionals to growth-stage private practitioners, touching on emotional labour, non-therapeutic costs, sliding scale decisions, fee revisions, insurance, AI, tech tools, marketing, and long-term sustainability.

💡 What you’ll learn in this video:
▪️ How therapists should strategise their session pricing
▪️ Therapeutic vs non-therapeutic costs to account for
▪️ When and how to raise session fees ethically
▪️ How to communicate pricing and fee changes with clients
▪️ When sliding scale helps and when it harms sustainability
▪️ How pricing evolves as your practice grows
▪️ How AI, tech, and systems fit into modern therapy practices

This is a must-watch for psychologists, counselors, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, and anyone building or growing a private practice in mental health.

00:00 – Welcome & Setting the Context
04:35 – Panelist's View on Therapy Pricing
11:20 – Therapist's Positive Affirmations About Pricing
11:50 – What Should Factor Into a Session Fee
14:30 – Pricing for Early-Career Therapist
20:20 – Cost of Supervision and Professional Development
24:20 – Audience Based Pricing
27:42 – Sliding Scale
31:26 – Prorating Your Session Price
34:56 – Stigma and Session Price
36:54 – Should Offline Therapy Be Priced Differently
44:40 – Revising Fee to Existing Clients
47:47 – Who to Give Sliding Scale To
55:00 – Insurance, Accessibility & Mental Health in India
57:02 – Audience Questions and Closing Reflections

📌 Recorded at: Zensible Therapist Meet-up, Bengaluru
🌱 Hosted by: Zensible - building tools and communities for mental health professionals
🌐 Learn more: https://zensible.in