The biggest barrier to mental health care today isn’t stigma — it’s cost.
Insurance deductibles, copays, & coinsurance.
Expensive private-pay rates. Limited sliding scale openings.
Each option helps some people, but none consistently solve the problem for families experiencing financial hardship.
As a result, many individuals delay treatment, reduce session frequency, or discontinue care altogether. And we know that inconsistent or delayed treatment often leads to worsening symptoms, greater long-term cost, and deeper disruption to families.
Clients want support.
Therapists want to help.
Yet, the financial system places them on opposite sides of a gap.
Lack of access to quality care has led to a mental health crisis.
Evidence indicates that mental health disorders are 1.5 to 2 times more prevalent among low-income populations.
People with financial hardship are typically 1.5 to 3x more likely to experience depression or anxiety than higher-income peers in the same setting.
In 2022, 2.1 billion people globally faced financial hardship, including 1.6 billion people living in poverty or pushed deeper into poverty due to out-of-pocket health expenses.
About 4 in 5 mental health treatment facilities surveyed offered services at no charge or used a sliding-fee scale for patients and clients who could not afford to pay for services.
MHI bridges the gap between what people can afford & what therapists must charge to sustainably provide care.
So that people who would otherwise go without therapy to receive consistent, life-changing mental health care.
No more hard financial conversations.
No more delaying therapy because of cost.
No more barriers to access.
Many people can afford part of therapy but not the full cost.
Your donation covers the difference so someone can receive the care they need.
