What is unique about the Cross Currents Clinic?
Cross Currents Clinic offers high quality
acupuncture with affordable rates in a respectful community setting. The model
of care offered is different from most acupuncture clinics in the West,
although this is the way acupuncture has been practiced throughout China and
Asia for centuries.
We use recliners and treatment tables spread around
a large, quiet room where individual treatments occur with a number of other people
receiving acupuncture nearby. Acupuncture does not require you to disrobe. You
are encouraged to wear or bring loose-fitting clothing and there is a change
room provided. Many of the most effective points are located on the limbs or in
areas that can be accessed with your clothes on.
Treating in a community setting has many benefits.
It makes it convenient for friends and family to come for appointments
together. Each member of the group contributes to the energy in the room, and
this group energy helps facilitate everyone’s healing. As well, the community
setting allows us to use the fee system described below.
Ask any acupuncturist and they will tell you that
acupuncture works best when treatments happen frequently for a period of
time. The purpose of our sliding scale
is to eliminate the issue of money when considering treatment. We want clients
to be able to afford frequent treatments on a regular basis so you can get better
and stay that way. We are not providing
a second rate version of what people are experiencing by paying a higher fee.
We are simply using a model that allows us to make acupuncture treatments more
accessible to a broader range of the population.
The table of our fees is a suggested guideline for
what you might pay depending on your income. We understand that everyone’s
situation is different and our primary goal is to make sure that acupuncture is
available to you as often as you need it. Pay what you are comfortable with. We
do not require justification or proof of income.
Income
|
Initial
Intake |
Acupuncture
Treatment |
Additional
treatments within a week |
|
Under $20,000 |
$15 |
$15 |
+ $15 each |
|
$20,000 - $25,000 |
$15 |
$20 |
+ $15 each |
|
$25,000 - $30,000 |
$15 |
$25 |
+ $20 each |
|
$30,000 - $50,000 |
$15 |
$30 |
+ $20 each |
|
$50,000 + |
$15 |
$35 |
+ $25 each |
There will also be progress assessments done at
regular intervals to determine where you are at with your care and what the
frequency of your visits should be. Progress assessments will be $15.00 in
addition to the treatment fee.