Medical Industrial Complex Peer Support
Sign up opens
Starting Saturday Feb 1st, 2025

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Areas of Support

  • Action Planning

  • Conflict processing

  • Medical Provider Visits: Zoom

  • Pod Mapping & Care Web Mapping

  • Receiving a new and/or difficult diagnosis

  • Talking shit/Stream of consciousness processing

  • Practice scenarios for engaging with medical providers

  • Grounding session before important conversation or procedure

Where?

  • Virtually: Skies the Limit

  • Coming in Spring 2025
    In Person: Locally in Chicago and masked (within 8 miles of my location)

“Specialties”

  • Black folks and POC

  • Queer and gender expansive folks

  • Reproductive care in general

  • Reproductive care: birth, postpartum, abortion, grief & loss

  • Covid safe(r) advocacy and planning

  • Opening in Spring of 2025: Peer Support for L&D and NICU nurses

Centering

Black, Brown, Indigenous, POC
Disabled/Immunocompromised/Neurodivergent/Chronically Ill
Trans/Nonbinary/Queer
Trauma Survivor: Interpersonal/Global/Medical
Parents of disabled or medically complex kiddos
I would still love to support you even even if you don’t have the above identities/experiences

Hi!
Medical Industrial Complex Peer Support is something I thought of to describe the love, care, work, resources, connection, etc., that I want to pour into folks who are navigating the Medical Industrial Complex in any way. I offer 30 - 45 min and 60 min sessions; one time or ongoing; by all parties, and for any reason that a person needs and deserves support! Below is how I love to and able to show up, who I want to show up for and sliding scale prices.

I exist in Central Standard time in the U.S (occupied Turtle Island)

The days I am most available are Monday, Thursday and Fridays. I do not work at all on Wednesday & Sundays. If a session needs to be on a Tues or Sat it may take longer to schedule but it is not impossible!

Pricing

If you are part of the communities I center above:

1-on-1 30 - 45 minutes: Sliding Scale $25 - $50 and up!
1-on-1 60 minutes: Sliding Scale $35 - $65 and up!

If you are:
- NOT part of the communities I center above OR
- Make more than $65,000/year

1-on-1 30 - 45 minutes: Sliding Scale $40 - $125 and up!
1-on-1 60 minutes: Sliding Scale $50 - $150 and up!

Financial Accessibility Note:
While I believe in charging my worth for this work and the energy it commands, I also recognize that the folks I want to work with may not always be able to afford me. If we connect and you cannot afford me please know that I will try my best to work with you in a way that both honors my labor and that supports you.

Note About My Pay Rate:

I charge more for people who are NOT a part of the communities I’m centering because it is very literally so much more work for me. I navigate this world interacting with folks with more privilege than me often and the microaggressions actually amplify when I am doing support work. This has looked like, white clients condescending me or saying racist remarks, cisgender clients misgendering me, non disabled clients not understanding my physical limits and clients with higher financial privilege not respecting my time. The increase is ensure I can receive the care I need as well. If you are curious about sliding scale I highly suggest reading about:

The Green Bottle Method: A Tool of Economic Justice

If you are a person with the means and would like to donate to help me provide low cost or free support to my community my pay links are below:
Zelle: nerissac.osby@gmail.com - Venmo: rootsandwoots - Cashapp: @riseriseshine

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