Who we are
Medusa Cooperative is a worker-owned mental health therapy practice grounded in collective care, accessibility, and leftist values. We are a cooperative of independent clinicians who share resources, support one another, and work toward building a more ethical model of mental health care, one that isn’t driven by profit or hierarchy.
Our therapists offer a range of approaches and specialties, including support for trauma, anxiety and depression, relationship and family stress, and LGBTQIA+ identities and experiences. We are committed to providing affirming, culturally responsive care that recognizes how systems like racism, capitalism, misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia impact mental health.
At Medusa Cooperative, we believe therapy should be grounded, human, and collaborative, and that healing is something people deserve, not something they have to earn.
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Medusa Cooperative exists to support people in coming back into relationship with themselves, especially the parts that have been silenced, shamed, or pushed aside to survive. We see healing as something that happens not just within individuals, but within relationships and larger systems. Our goal is to create space for meaningful, sustainable change that increases self-trust, choice, and connection. We approach therapy with the belief that people are not problems to be fixed, but complex humans whose experiences make sense in context.
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At Medusa our approach is curiosity rather than judgment. Every coping strategy has a history, and we take the time to understand what it has protected and why it exists. We practice therapy in a way that is aware of identity, power, and social context. Race, gender, sexuality, body size, disability, and other lived realities are not side notes to the work, they are part of it. We are committed to ongoing learning and accountability in how we show up around these dynamics.
We also believe that healing is not limited to talking. Creativity, movement, and imagination are core parts of how people process and make meaning. We make space for anger, grief, joy, and play, and we treat all of those experiences as valid and necessary. Our work is collaborative and grounded in consent, with an emphasis on helping people build a more compassionate and connected relationship with themselves.
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We chose a cooperative model because we want the structure of our work to match the values we bring into the therapy room. Traditional practice models often concentrate power and contribute to burnout. We are building something different, where clinicians share responsibility, decision making, and investment in the practice.
This allows us to show up more fully for our clients and for each other. It supports sustainability, transparency, and mutual respect among the people doing the work. A cooperative is not just a business structure for us, it is part of our commitment to creating systems that are more humane, more equitable, and more aligned with the kind of world we want to be part of.