The agency I go to has government funding (grant money I think) that they use to offer the sliding scale & also, they allow us to petition beyond that if we can't afford the sliding scale. I started going every other week even with the reduced sliding scale...then when DBT started, it was going to be that reduced cost every week on top of the therapy & I had to quit the DBT after the first section.....couldn't afford it......I was shocked when they offered to wave the cost of the DBT so I could come back.......wow, couldn't turn down that offer because I was really hooked on the DBT & had learned so much just that first section.

DBT will be over after this section I'm in right now.....after 2 years....will feel lost....but they have a more advanced group for those of us who have gone through 2 cycles of the DBT so won't be totally lost.

Each year I have to fill out a new financial report for the reduced rates. Just another form that needs filled out at the end of the year....but hay, it's worthwhile to get the discount.