After a little more than four years, and with immense gratitude for everyone who has been part of this journey, we announce that The Affirmative Collective (TAC) will be closing on May 31, 2026.

To those who know our origin, TAC was born from a need for action and a shared desire by all of our founders to create a place where access to high-quality mental healthcare was available to those who need it. Not just feel-good therapy, but mental health services rooted in science and designed for meaningful impact for individuals and our communities. A place where clients would be valued for who they are and truly supported in their wellbeing. And a place where the next generation of psychologists could be trained equitably in affirming, justice-centered, evidence-based care.

Since our launch on November 15, 2021, we have had the honor of working alongside nearly 150 individuals, providing more than 5,000 therapy sessions. It has been an enormous privilege to know and work with these clients as they pursue, with honesty and courage, the lives they desire. We have also been delighted to have trained 14 clinical psychology PhD students, while paying those students for their excellent labor (which is unfortunately a rarity in this field).

TAC is not closing because of anything dramatic, a lack of support, or lack of need. We are closing due to the natural evolution of our work and our team. Our founders are at a different stage in life and career than we were when we started TAC. The majority of our board were PhD students when we dreamt up TAC. Since then, all but one have graduated (and our last is going into her final year). Our other board members have changed and/or progressed in their careers. We still hold our core mission dear, but have now extended this work into other settings, serving individuals and communities with the same passion that brought TAC into being in the first place. TAC has been an important part of all of our life’s work and we are content to end this chapter on a high, with gratitude for all that was built together and confidence that its impact will continue in the work each of us carries forward.

Thank you. To our clients.  Our donors. Our clinicians, supervisors, and administrative team. Our board members and advisors. To everyone who made TAC possible. We will hold you, and this experience, in our hearts always.