and the expectations that hold the circle together.
A clear, written account of what The Tended Circle is, what founding membership offers, how pricing works over time, and the shared expectations that allow a small group of clinicians to work well together. Read it at your own pace, and reach out with any questions.
Private practice is meaningful work. It is also, often, solitary work. The Tended Circle exists to change that. Not by processing the weight of it, but by offering something simpler: a consistent place to show up, do your work, and be witnessed by colleagues who understand what this work costs.
The Tended Circle is a weekly virtual coworking group for licensed therapists. Each session runs two hours and follows a consistent structure: three focused 30-minute work blocks, brief check-ins between each, and a closing peer reflection.
It is not a supervision group, a consultation group, or a training program. It is a professional community built around protected time, collegial presence, and the slow accumulation of professional momentum. Sessions meet every Tuesday from 10am–12pm via Zoom.
Nothing that arises in this space, including check-ins, reflections, or conversation, constitutes clinical supervision or consultation. Each of us remains the clinician of record for our own work, and solely responsible for our own clinical decisions. We are here as colleagues, not supervisors.
The group is capped at 10 members. Deliberately. You will not be a face in a crowd here. You will be known: your work, your rhythm, the particular way you show up. That kind of familiarity only develops in a small, consistent group, and it is one of the most valuable things this space offers.
What accumulates over months of showing up together is difficult to describe and impossible to replicate quickly: a shorthand, a trust, a sense of being professionally held. That is what you are investing in.
Founding members are the first 10 therapists to join. As someone being invited into this circle, you would help shape the tone, rhythm, and culture of the group from the very beginning, and receive a rate that honors that trust.
Applies to members who join after the founding cohort.
Your founding rate of $75/month is locked in for as long as you remain an active member. If the general enrollment rate rises over time, your rate will always remain at least 25% below the general enrollment rate.
For example, if the general rate rises to $130/month, your rate will never exceed $97. If it rises to $150, your rate will never exceed $112. The founding rate is a permanent recognition of the trust you placed in this group at the beginning.
Membership is billed monthly via Stripe, and can be paused or cancelled at any time with two weeks' notice. If a payment doesn't go through, Stripe will retry automatically. If it remains unresolved, I'll reach out directly before anything changes. The goal is always to find a solution together, not to lose someone from the circle over an administrative hiccup.
In the rare event that I'm unable to facilitate a session, a trusted designated facilitator will hold the space in my place. The circle continues. You will always have someone there.
- –A circle of colleagues who know you, not just your work
- –Collegial relationships that grow naturally from shared, consistent time
- –A small, consistent circle of licensed therapists, capped at 10
- –Access to the collaborative resource board, available to active members
- –Brief check-ins and closing peer reflection each week
- –Weekly two-hour virtual coworking session
- –Three structured 30-minute focused work blocks per session
- –Your founding rate, guaranteed as described above
These are the shared understandings that allow a small group of clinicians to work well alongside one another. They are not rules. They are the conditions that make the space worth returning to.
Four times a year, when the calendar offers a fifth Tuesday, the group gathers for something different. In place of the regular coworking session, members are invited to a one-hour guided morning meditation: a moment to pause, breathe, and tend to themselves with the same care they bring to their clients.
These sessions are included in your membership at no additional cost.
2026 Quarterly Reset dates: June 30 · September 29 · December 29
If The Tended Circle changes substantially in format, frequency, facilitator, or scope, founding members will be informed in advance and offered the choice to continue under revised terms or to leave without obligation. The founding rate guarantee applies to the group as described in this document.
"This group exists because I believe therapists deserve a professional community as thoughtful as the ones they create for their clients. I'm glad you're here at the beginning. Your presence, your consistency, your work, your willingness to show up — is what makes it real."
Jennifer is a licensed marriage and family therapist with graduate training in both relational therapy and healthcare administration. Her practice, A. Meliora Relational Wellness, is built on the belief that the quality of care a therapist can offer is inseparable from the quality of support they receive. The Tended Circle is an extension of that conviction.