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— With the Support You’ve Been Missing.

What’s Yours

We’re still here. And we’re building it better this time.

Let’s not dance around it.

Open Space came to a hard stop—not because the mission failed, but because our leadership and our team hit a wall. A public lawsuit reshaped the narrative almost overnight. And we know what it looked like from the outside.

Clinicians left. Trust was shaken. Questions were, and are, valid. And for a while, we went quiet—because we needed to figure out how we wanted to rebuild, in a way that is intentional and authentic, without pretending nothing happened and leaning into what we’ve learned over the past 7+ years.

Rebuilding gave us something most people never get: a blank slate. We weren’t tied to old systems, outdated models, or inherited expectations. We had the chance to rethink everything—from how support is offered, to how sustainability is built in.

So that’s what we did.

Now, we’re rebuilding as a multi-disciplinary, fiercely affirming, values-aligned wellness hub with built in business coaching—uniting diverse providers with shared values all under one roof.

A wellness hub for providers who want more: more freedom, more alignment, more impact—without sacrificing connection, personalized support, their values, or themselves.

Where clinicians and wellness providers operate like entrepreneurs—with a backbone of collective momentum and built in business mentorship support.

Where providers can do autonomous work in a space that affirms who they are, creates a safe space for their clients, and amplifies what they’re building.

Learn more about the driving force behind our most ambitious chapter yet.

Samantha Goldberg

Founder & CEO

Here, you’re not just renting an office or working for a group practice.

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You’re getting a

in your pocket.

Jump to:

Early Onboarding

The moment your offer letter is signed, you don’t just get a welcome email—you get a head start.

We know the credentialing process takes time. We know building a caseload can feel like a black box. And we know most 1099 clinicians are left completely on their own to figure it out.

Not here.

We’ve built an early onboarding experience that lets you start strong—without doing the heavy lifting yourself.

This phase is 100% optional (because, of course, you’re 1099—and we know some folks will prefer to do this themselves!), but highly encouraged—and totally free.

Here’s what this phase offers:

Insurance Credentialing

You’ll get a secure, streamlined form to fill out—all the info we need to get your credentialing process started right away.

Then? We do the credentialing for you.

Yes—we actually complete your CAQH profile and the applications, and submit them on your behalf.

This is unheard of in most 1099 models, but here, we believe your energy is better spent prepping to be a badass, impactful boss—not drowning in CAQH updates and insurance portals.

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Brand, Voice + Ideal Client Discovery

(We help you be found!)

You’ll receive an optional, user-friendly questionnaire that helps us get to know:

  • Your ideal clients

  • Your therapeutic approaches

  • Your tone, values, and presence in the therapy room

  • What makes you stand out—and what kind of clients you’re most aligned with

We’ll then draft two powerful pieces of visibility content for your review and approval:

  • A branded Psychology Today profile that actually converts (we have it down to a science!)

  • Your Open Space website bio, optimized for SEO and aligned with your tone and client fit

Want to write your own from scratch instead? Totally fine—this offer is just here if you want the support!

We Start Marketing You—Right Away

We don’t wait for your first client to walk through the door.

As soon as you opt into early onboarding, we start:

  • Featuring you on our social media and referral channels

  • Including you in client matching conversations

  • Talking about your expertise and clinical vibe with prospective clients, internal team members, and referral sources

Our goal?

Get you credentialed, visible, and client-ready by the time your office keys hit your hand.

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No more Googling, guessing, or doing it alone.

We start building—together—from day one.

1-3 Day Business Onboarding Intensive

Let’s be honest: Most people are thrown into private practice with nothing but a login and a prayer.

Not here.

This in-person (or virtual, if you prefer) 1–3 day Business Onboarding Intensive is designed to take all the scary, piecemeal parts of starting a business and make them simple, strategic, and fully customized to you. Before you ever see your first client, we’ll set up the structure, systems, and support you need to launch with confidence—not chaos.

Here’s how we do it:

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Banking & Business Setup

Sometimes these very first steps are the scariest. In the Onboarding Intensive, we will:

  • Help you open your business bank accounts (we’ll walk you through choosing which ones to open and why, and how to utilize them)

  • Walk through how to keep your personal and business finances separate, and what counts as a business expense

  • Assist with any needed registration (EIN, business name, NPI, etc.)

  • Optional walkthrough of bookkeeping tools, and best practices

Profit First for Therapists

Based on Julie Herre’s book, Profit First for Therapists (which Sam also utilizes herself), we’ll create a customized Profit First spreadsheet to help you:

  • Know exactly how much to save for taxes so you are NEVER left scrambling

  • Set aside income for guilt-free time off and planned breaks

  • Build a REAL income strategy that aligns with your life—not just a caseload requirement

  • Learn how to use income percentages to stabilize your finances with your fluctuating private pay income (so you’re not in survival mode during slow weeks!)

  • Demistify how to prep for taxes, handle write-offs, and stop being afraid of “the business stuff”

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Systems, Scheduling & Intake Flow

Get support in setting up your ideal schedule, calendar, availability, and workflows

  • Customize your client onboarding process step-by-step including what forms, paperwork and assessments are important to you for new intakes, how and when to communicate with new clients, etc.

  • Build your customized cancellation policy, sliding scale policy, communication boundaries, and scheduling practices based on what actually works for your values and your income goals—not just what “you’re supposed to do”

Malpractice Insurance

  • Get step-by-step support securing your own malpractice insurance, including what to look for, how to apply, and which options are most commonly used by private practice clinicians.

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Health Insurance

  • If you need health insurance—don’t panic. We’ll walk you through the Healthcare Marketplace, demystify the process, and help you explore plans that make sense for your income and needs. (And it’s more affordable than you may think!)

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Pricing, Time Off, and Guilt-Free Boundaries

  • Set a fee structure that supports your financial goals and sustainability (not just what you “think people will pay”), and templates for how to communicate this with your clients

  • Talk through how to develop your ideal schedule that supports whatever season of life you are in, and how take time off without guilt or panic

  • Get language and templates for rate raises, cancellation reminders, and boundary-friendly communication

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No fluff. No overwhelm.

Just clarity, systems, and real support.

Built-In Coaching & Strategy Support

You know therapy. But grad school never taught you how to run a business, manage your income, set scheduling and financial boundaries without straying from your values, or price your worth.

That’s why this level of support exists. Built-in coaching gives you regular access to strategy, structure, and sanity—without having to go searching or spiral alone.

When something doesn’t feel aligned or sustainable, we’ll brainstorm ideas, rework your schedule, talk through mindset spirals, map out offerings, or walk through your numbers step-by-step—without shame or jargon.

Here’s what that support looks like:

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1:1 Coaching with Sam

  • Access to ongoing 1:1 coaching with Sam, included in your split—no red tape, no extra cost.

  • In addition to recurring 1:1 coaching (if you’re into that!), you get easy booking through Sam’s Calendly to conveniently schedule whenever you need support.

  • You bring what’s on your mind and we tackle it: pricing, burnout, boundaries, caseload issues, systems overwhelm, referrals—we dig in, we strategize, and we fix it.

Real Strategy, Not Fluff.

  • Sam brings over 7 years of experience leading a multi-million dollar a year practice and mentoring therapists, CEOs, and solo private practice owners, and group practice owners.

  • Get actual solutions—not just vague encouragement or “charge your worth” mantras.

  • Expect transparent, anti-hustle coaching rooted in equity, sustainability, and your actual goals.

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Monthly Group Coaching

  • Optional but powerful space to connect with other 1099 clinicians building affirming spaces alongside you.

  • Topics can vary: pricing psychology, time management, launching groups, client retention, boundaries, burnout-proof scheduling, and more

  • Collaborative, real-time learning without competition

In-Person Strategy Days

  • Hit a wall that needs more than a Zoom call? You’ll get in-the-trenches support, if you need it.

  • We’ll meet in the group room, toss our shoes off, order takeout, and spend the day tearing apart your barriers and rebuilding your flow—together.

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Shared Google Calendar (Preloaded for Your Sanity)

We won’t just help you set up systems—we help you sustain them.

You’ll get access to a pre-loaded Google Calendar that includes:

  • Quarterly tax due dates, with automatic reminders

  • Suggested admin days, spaced throughout the year so you don’t fall behind

  • Annual renewal reminders (liability insurance, license, NPI, etc.)

  • Optional marketing timelines (to plan newsletters, Psychology Today boosts, etc.)

  • Reminders to review upcoming quarters and plan out your rest days, vacations, and time off (because sustainability matters here)

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Full Access to the Business Strategy Vault

Access my full vault of templates, systems, scripts, and strategy tools via your portal—because your dream business deserves more than DIY duct tape.

Here’s what you’ll find in there:

    • Intake packet templates (editable for different modalities)

    • Good Faith Estimate (GFE) templates

    • Client welcome letter

    • First-session checklist

    • New client FAQ (what to expect, scheduling, payment, etc.)

    • Automated email templates (intake confirmation, forms reminder, post-session follow-up)

    • No-show / late cancel policy email scripts

    • Boundary-setting language for texts, emails, DMs, and phone calls

    • Termination letter templates (mutual, provider-led, and client-led)

    • Transfer request response templates

    • Fee-setting calculator & financial needs worksheet

    • Sliding scale policy template

    • A fully built-out Profit First spreadsheet, preloaded with formulas for allocating your income

    • Worksheets for setting your fee, planning for time off, and understanding how many clients you actually need to meet your income goals

    • Year-end financial checklist

    • Sample superbill template & process

    • Rate raise scripts & client communication templates

    • Refund and reimbursement policy language

    • Referral tracking spreadsheet & referral source outreach templates

    • Email templates for introducing yourself to local aligned providers

    • Psychology Today optimization checklist & profile builder

    • Website copywriting prompts (for bios, service descriptions, etc.)

    • Ideal client worksheet

    • Niche clarity guide

    • Elevator pitch builder (for networking events, community intros, etc.)

    • Community visibility checklist (free/low-cost ways to be seen)

    • Admin day checklist—so you never fall behind on the backend (monthly & quarterly)

    • Digital file organization structure

    • Process for evaluating cancellation patterns, scheduling habits, etc.

    • Private practice “annual checklist” and task calendar for staying ahead of renewals, CEUs, tax prep, etc.

    • Cancellation / reschedule policy and client communication template

    • Clinical caseload planner (to help determine ideal session volume)

    • “How to say no” scripts for misaligned clients or non-ideal referrals

    • Energy management worksheet (what drains you vs. what sustains you)

    • Emergency coverage policy language

    • Client fit decision flowchart (when to say yes vs. refer out)

Growth & Visionary Support

You don’t have to want more than a caseload or doing 1:1 therapy. But if you ever do—we’re ready to jump in and help you strategize!

  • Groups, workshops, intensives, trainings, blogs—we’ve got the mentoring and tools to help you build it.

  • And if/when you’re ready to lead, create, or build something bigger—we’ve got the strategy to match your vision.

Adding additional income streams can significantly reduce burnout in our field.

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No gatekeeping. No guesswork.

Just hype-girl energy, a real-time partner, and strategy that actually moves you forward and helps you build the kind of business that works for you.

You—and your clients—deserve a space where your business and your nervous system can breathe.

You’ve worked in offices and been in business spaces where you couldn’t exhale. Where the waiting room didn’t feel safe. Where staff didn’t ‘get’ your clients—or you.

This isn’t just about business—it’s about finally being surrounded by people who get it.

No more wondering if your colleagues are safe. No more sidestepping microaggressions in the name of “professionalism.”

Here, we screen for alignment.

We center justice.

We protect each other.

In our space, you get:

Office Space

Shared Therapy Office

  • A cozy, intentionally designed, fully furnished, shared therapy office

  • We work hard to assign you the same office each time you’re onsite for consistency, comfort, and routine

  • Our system for managing room schedules is tight—no double-booking drama here (we’ve been there, never again)

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Waiting Room

A shared waiting room stocked with:

  • Free coffee, tea, and water

  • A community resource board

  • Only clients of other affirming providers

  • A mounted TV to share your upcoming groups, resources, that you have availability, whatever!

Provider-Only Kitchen & Lounge Area

A fully stocked, fully equipped kitchen & lounge area with:

  • A full-size fridge, oven and stove, dishwasher, microwave, and air fryer

  • A back entrance for providers only (off-limits to clients with keypad entry)

  • Cubbies to keep some of your things at the office for your convenience

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Multi-Purpose (Super Chill) Group Room

A “conference room” turned into a super chill multi-purpose group room and creative space:

  • Couches, larger armchairs, area rugs, bookshelves, floor lamps

  • 2 workstations for co-working, art therapy, or admin time out of your office

  • 2 large whiteboards

  • A mounted smart TV, with easy hook-ups to a laptop

  • Optional space for your own groups, small workshops, etc.Cubbies to keep some of your things at the office for your convenience

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Reserved Employee Parking

  • Six reserved parking spots for Open Space employees (with additional nearby free street parking), and right on the bus line

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Secure Building Entry + 24/7 Access

  • A secure building entry system: Clients buzz in from the vestibule via a private directory number that routes directly to your phone—your number stays hidden, and you control the entry

  • 24/7 building access for providers (excluding times when your shared office is in use)—whether you forgot your charger, need to grab something, or want a quiet spot for admin work

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No awkward room swaps. No “Where am I supposed to go?”

Just smart systems, cozy and affirming spaces, and a setup that supports your flow.

Collective Safety. Shared Values. Unmatched Impact.

Imagine walking into your office knowing everyone in the building affirms your clients’ identities, values your work and your identities, and has your back. That’s not a fantasy—it’s how we built this.

In a time where safety is especially under attack, this place is a protective, powerful collective.

This isn’t just a workspace—it’s a radical departure from the norm. In a world where providers are often isolated, code-switching, or quietly enduring microaggressions just to get through the day, this space is different.

Here, your values aren’t just tolerated—they’re the foundation. Your full self isn’t just welcomed—it’s expected. And your clients? They get to walk into a building that feels safe because everyone inside actually gets it.

We don’t just rent out office space. We build intentional containers for healing—for providers and clients alike. Every provider under this roof has been intentionally chosen because they understand what it means to hold space with integrity.

Screened for Alignment

  • Every provider here is vetted for shared values, a commitment to deeply affirming work, and a no-bullshit approach to inclusion that goes beyond checkbox allyship. We’re not interested in tolerance—we demand alignment.

  • No weird vibes. No side comments. No ‘educating your colleagues.’ No wondering if they’re safe. Shared values and affirmation is the baseline, not the exception.

  • You get to show up fully—and so do your clients. If you’ve ever felt ‘other’ in your workplace, this may be for you.

  • Shared values make business feel safer, smoother, and more aligned.

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A Building That Gets Your Clients

  • Your clients don’t have to brace themselves walking into the waiting room. From intake to exit, your clients are met with care—not confusion or fear.

  • Clients can feel the difference. Every provider under this roof affirms who they are, without exception

  • Safety isn’t reactive—it’s proactive and intentional. Harm, in any form, has no place here.

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We Don’t Do Neutrality Here

  • We name harm. We call in. We don’t stay silent to keep the peace.

  • We don’t dilute our values for comfort or optics.

  • We don’t “agree to disagree” about rights, identities, or safety.

  • We stand firm—and you don’t have to do it alone.

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No mask-wearing. No shrinking. No dodging microaggressions.

Just space to show up fully, and do the work you love to do—without worrying about safety and harm.

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

Current Openings:

Licensed Therapist
(LPC, LCSW, LMFT)

➡︎ East End Office, Hybrid, or Fully Remote

Pre-Licensed Therapist
(LAPC, LSW, LAMFT)

➡︎ East End Office, Hybrid, or Fully Remote

Licensure Supervisor
(LPC, LCSW, LMFT)

Hey,

Wellness Providers!

(We’re looking at you massage therapists, bodyworkers, acupuncturists, prescribers, nutritionists, dietitians…)

Our next phase includes expanding beyond therapy.

We’re not hiring yet, but we’re actively planning for wellness providers to join us. If you’re a wellness provider who wants to work in a space that actually aligns with your values, fill out our interest form and we’ll will reach out when doors officially open!

We’re Looking For Clinicians Who:

  • Are fully licensed (LCSW, LPC, LMFT) or pre-licensed (LSW, LAPC, LAMFT) in the state of Pennsylvania.

  • Care deeply about equity, access, and truly affirming care.

  • Practice from a liberation-focused, systems-aware, anti-oppressive lens.

  • Have professional and/or lived experience working with marginalized communities.

  • Preferably are looking to do around 20-25 billed sessions/week. (But we’re flexible on this number! Our minimum is 12+ billed sessions/week.)

  • Want to build your own business without having to figure it all out alone.

  • Are ready to grow inside a space that’s transparent, imperfect, and always evolving.

  • Are ready to commit to at least one year here as you build, grow, and settle into your practice.

We especially value experience and passion in the following areas:

  • LGBTQIA+ affirming and competent care

  • BIPOC mental health and racial identity exploration

  • Ethical non-monogamy, polyamory, and sexuality-affirming therapy

  • Neurodivergent-affirming and neurodivergent-informed practices

  • Trauma-informed, social justice-oriented, identity-centered care

  • Working with clients who have always felt “othered” or left out of traditional therapy

  • Therapy that acknowledges the systems we’re navigating—not just the symptoms we’re managing

Our Application Process

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Apply

Submit your application through our online portal below.

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Initial Phone Interview

Participate in a phone interview to discuss your experience and alignment with our values, and get any of your initial questions answered.

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In-Person Interview

Meet with our founder in person to explore the potential fit within our practice–both for you and for us, and discuss details on compensation, included support, and what to expect.

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Offer

Receive a formal offer to join our team and determine a start date! Welcome to the fam!

Interested but not sure if this model is for you?

Book a no pressure 30-minute call with Sam below if you want to chat more about our model and what you may be looking for before applying! ⬇︎

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Who This Model Is Built For

We’re not building fast. We’re building right.

This isn’t about filling rooms or growing just to grow.

It’s about creating a unique space that attracts the kind of clinicians who want to build something with integrity, autonomy, and backbone—alongside providers who are values-aligned and just as committed to affirming care.

If you:

  • Are values-aligned, justice-driven, self-aware, and grounded in both your clinical work and your humanity.

  • Believe therapy and wellness work should affirm identity, disrupt harmful systems, and hold real-world context.

  • Want structure, mentorship, and strategy—without being micromanaged or parented.

  • Are ready to shift from compliance culture into something spacious, entrepreneurial, and real.

  • Feel like you’ve outgrown the rigidity, politics, or posturing of agency and group settings.

  • Are craving honest conversations about money, time, growth, and what your work actually costs you.

  • Would rather be part of something in its early stages—with heart, vision, and room to evolve—than plug into something performative or over-polished.

  • Want to build a business that works for your life—not a life that bends around your business.

…then this might be exactly where you’re meant to land.

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Here’s How We Invest in Your Success

You’re not just getting an office.

You’re stepping into a mentorship-driven experience built for business-minded, values-aligned clinicians who want to grow on purpose.

What you can expect:

A deeply affirming culture rooted in equity, transparency, and relational safety—no code-switching, no emotional labor to “earn” your belonging.

A space where your voice is heard, your identities are honored, and your full humanity is expected, not tolerated.

A steady stream of aligned referrals and full support in building a caseload that actually works for your life and your goals.

A founder who’s more committed to sustainable, values-aligned growth than performative scale or hustle culture.

Built-in business mentorship: 1:1 coaching, onboarding intensives, templates, and systems to help you grow your private practice with clarity and ease.

A culture of honesty, reflection, mutual care, and real feedback—not performative positivity.

Work Culture & Environment

  • Flexible Schedules

    We understand that life shifts, and that we are able to be better humans—both professionally and personally—when we are able to lean into those shifts.

  • Hybrid Options

    ...Because sometimes simply being able to answer the door for your new couch delivery (or being able to see your dog in between/during everyyyy session) is a game changer.

  • Room to Grow - Together

    We’re in a rare and exciting chapter: rebuilding from the ground up. This next era creates space for fresh voices, bold leadership, and real potential to evolve alongside us in unique ways as we move forward.

  • Intake Support

    Our Intake support staff help you build your caseload with clients who are a great fit, and support you in navigating our consistent referral stream.

  • Billing Support

    Our Billing support staff takes care of billing insurance so you can focus more on what you love to do--provide amazing care to your clients.

  • Our Culture

    It’s important to us that we give you the opportunity to stay connected if you thrive being part of a community. While we honor your independence, you'll never feel isolated.

    We have Google Chat Spaces for just about everything—the Water Cooler for good memes and photos of our fur kids, Resources for when you’re looking for recommendations for your client, East End Office for when you’re ordering lunch and want to see if anyone else wants in… You can participate as much or as little as you want to!

  • Insurance Credentialing

    100% optional (because, of course, you’re a 1099—and we know some folks will prefer to do this themselves!).

    We can take care of the massive headache that is insurance credentialing from start to finish. This is unheard of in most 1099 models, but here, we believe your energy is better spent prepping to be a badass, impactful boss—not drowning in CAQH setup and insurance portals.

  • Let Those Creative Juices Flow

    We LOVE big ideas. If we can logistically make it happen and it supports our mission and values, we want to hear about it and we want to support you.

So, why would you want to join now?

  • Because the chaos already happened—and we’re not repeating it.

    We’ve been through the fire. The lawsuit. The turnover. The breakdown. What’s ahead is clarity, alignment, and systems that reflect real leadership—not reaction.

  • Because if you’ve ever wished for a leader who actually gets it—who’s lived through it, learned from it, and owned it—you just found one.

    This isn’t a practice led by theory. It’s led by experience.

  • Because if you’ve ever wanted to do the work your way—without building a solo practice in isolation—this is it.

    You don’t have to figure everything out alone. But you also won’t be crammed into a box that was designed for someone else. This is a space that has been shaped with thoughtfulness and flexibility from the ground up, and centers your autonomy as a clinician and a provider.

  • Because we’re not interested in “back to normal.”

    What we had before wasn’t sustainable. This isn’t about returning—it’s about becoming. And that means there’s space for you to help shape a culture and a wellness space that aligns with your own integrity and shows up for our communities.

  • Because we won’t be for everyone—and we’re finally okay with that.

    We’re not trying to please the masses or build the biggest team. We’re building something lean, intentional, aligned, and grounded. That means fewer seats—but stronger trust and alignment, in all ways.

  • Because the founder has already had to face some hard truths--and now she leads from it.

    There’s no version of this practice where things get swept under the rug. That’s not just refreshing—it’s protective.

  • Because we’re not rushing to "refill". We’re rebuilding to realign.

    This isn’t about getting back to “business as usual.” That version of Open Space wasn’t sustainable.

    We’re not rushing to stack a full team overnight. We’re taking our time. Being selective. And only bringing on clinicians and providers who truly align with the values, purpose, and pace of what we’re building now.

  • Because the story isn’t just about what happened—it’s about who the founder became because of it.

    She faced the kind of shame that silences most people—and chose visibility instead.

    And that’s the person you’d be working for now: someone with clarity, capacity, humility, and nothing left to hide.

  • Because you won’t be walking into a mess—you’ll be shaping something new.

    You won’t be inheriting broken team dynamics, unclear policies, or unspoken tension. You’ll be part of creating this new version of Open Space that’s built for true thriving, visceral alignment, and sustainability—not survival.

  • Because some people will wait until it’s polished.

    There will be people who wait until the website looks full again. Until we’ve hired 10 clinicians and providers. Until the story fades and the new chapter settles.

    But there are others—maybe you—who know how rare it is to join something powerful in motion as it becomes what it was always meant to be.

  • Because you’re not just witnessing a turning point—you’re invited to help shape it.

    We’re not rebuilding Open Space to look like what it was. We’re building something new entirely—and the people who step in now will be part of defining its voice, its structure, and its soul.

Ready to build something ?

different

Something ?

yours