We are a 501(c)(3) non profit providing mental and emotional support to the people who need it most while paying the therapists who provide that care fairly and sustainably.
Our Approach
A client pays what they can afford for a session, Rise Together covers the difference. The client gets care without interruption, the therapist gets paid.
It's a model built on a simple idea: access to care shouldn't come at the expense of the people providing it.
Who We Help
Clients
The cost of care shouldn't be why you stop going.
Pay only what you can genuinely afford
No insurance or deductible required
Culturally aware, trauma-informed care
No interruption when your budget changes
Therapists
Meaningful work shouldn't mean being underpaid for it.
Paid $100 (fully licensed) or $80 (pre licenced) per client
Never absorb the client's fee gap yourself
Lower burnout than typical sliding-scale work
A mission-aligned clinical community
What we provide
We provide services to anyone who lacks insurance, has state funded insurance (medicaid) or has an unaffordable deductible where therapy wouldn’t be accessible.
Counseling Services
Individual, Group, Family, & Couples
Wellness Services
Trauma informed massage, Yoga, Wilderness Therapy
We’re not a private practice
Rise Together partners with independent therapists who join our network and help make their services affordable. Therapists bill Rise Together for eligible sessions, and we cover the gap so clients can access care they otherwise couldn’t afford.
We do it different
We’re not a big corporate platform
Gig-economy pay drives provider burnout and turnover. We pay fairly for consistent, long-term relationships. We are therapists ourselves and we base our model on clients and counselors.
Not investors.
We’re not like telehealth-only services
We meet clients in person or virtually, so privacy or unreliable tech never excludes someone from care.
Real Impact
417+
Individual, family, couples, yoga, and somatic bodywork therapy sessions provided since May 2021. individual, family, couples, yoga, and somatic bodywork
22
Different therapist providers who have worked with RTC clients
$25
The most any client has paid out of pocket for a session
“
I am deeply grateful to be part of Rise Together Chicago’s mission. It expands access to mental health care while honoring client choice and supporting the wellbeing of both clients and clinicians, making compassionate, high–quality therapy accessible in a meaningful and lasting way”
— Rise Together Provider
“
The accessibility and talent of the Rise Together team has been life saving, and I don't know what I would have done if I did not have access to this group."
— Rise Together Client