QueeringPsych: Free Psychotherapy Private Practice

(Longer version here on QueeringPsychology )

Who Am I?

Hi, I’m Pierre. I am a Black New York State licensed psychotherapist (Licensed Mental Health Counselor).

I have significant clinical experience providing long term individual, group, and couple’s psychotherapy to people of various ages, socioeconomic statues, sexual orientations, genders, etc. as well as people living with various kinds of physical illnesses, chronic health conditions, trauma histories, substance use issues, etc.

I’m Dedicated To:

*A post-modern, systemic oppression-aware, client-centered, trauma-informed, harm-reduction-guided therapeutic approach

*Therapy as a collaborative effort between the therapist and the client

What is QP the private practice? What services are included?

The gov name for this private practice is "QP: Mental Health Counseling & Psychotherapy for Our Communities, PLLC”. I call it QueeringPsych, QueeringPsychology, or QP for short. 


This is a free private practice for ***low-income Black people***. Yes, free. Free as in 0.00. Like you do an intake, show up, and receive services without paying me and without swiping an insurance card.

Like free, free.


My Services Upon Opening:

*Home-based Psychotherapy Sessions
*Psychotherapy Sessions in rented office spaces as an alternative to home-based sessions
*Tele-therapy: Video therapy sessions for initial screenings and/or for when we cannot meet in-person


Future Goals:

My experiences getting to this point in my career have taught me the importance of Black psychotherapists coming together, not only to provide free clinical services to our people, but also to help up-incoming Black therapists navigate this field that is not set up for them to succeed. And to connect with other Black therapists with similar goals and values. I’m imagining Tele-Group Supervision sessions and other ways to support each other. I’m also imagining, at some point, being able to take interns under my license and covering their salary, paying for their NYS licensure exam and study materials, and paying for license and certification fees to help more Black low-income LGBTQAI people get into this field where they are sorely needed.

I plan to fund this myself with the help of individual donations. I do not want to apply for grants because I don’t want to report my client’s information to the city, state, or federal governments. I want clients to feel comfortable using my services.


What do I need to do to open this private practice this year?

I plan to officially start seeing clients in the Fall, September at the earliest, in order to give myself enough time to file the PLLC and finish all the following preparations to make this transition as smooth as possible:


*Filing for QueeringPsych, PLLC in New York State with the Dept of Education and the Dept of State
*Electronic medical record - monthly
*Renting office space for non-home visits via apps - monthly
*Storage rental - monthly
*Business cards
*Liability insurance - yearly
*1 fire-proof locked cabinet for client records 
*Tax Preparer for next year's tax season - yearly


How can you support?

You can donate to this Gofundme campaign.

You can donate money to @Queeringpsych on PayPal or Venmo.

As it stands right now February 2020,         @queeringpsych on PayPal & Venmo are connected to my personal account.

For now, any e-donations need to be labeled as donations specifically for the practice until I can open the official business account in a few months once the the state finishes filling all my PLLC paperwork.

Please write something like “Donation for QueeringPsych” or “Donation for the Private Practice” in the memo/notes in PayPal or Venmo for my records. This will help me transfer the money to the official business account later. Thank you!

Any extra private practice donations received beyond the needs to run this practice/provide services will go to pay for professional trainings and other continuing education for my NYS license and will also be donated to the gofundme’s and other crowdfunding accounts of Black LGBTQAI people.

Thanks.