Apply for a Sliding Scale Spot
In-Depth Mind-Body Assessment
for Chronic Pain & Other Persistent Symptoms
Hello, dear one. Thank you for your interest in an in-depth mind-body assessment with me.
You’ll find the form to apply for a sliding scale spot in the next section, please read the following before applying.
As part of my commitment to equity and sustainability, I offer as many sliding scale spots as I can while still meeting my needs, with priority given to those in countries with lower income and limited or no access to welfare or social security.
For this particular offering (in-depth mind-body assessment for chronic pain & other persistent symptoms), I offer 1-2 sliding scale spots per month.
I won’t ask you to share details about your reasons for requesting a sliding scale spot, because having to explain or justify financial or personal hardships can cause additional stress and place an extra burden on your nervous system. I trust you to know what you need, and my intention is to make this process as simple and supportive as possible while also honoring my own needs and available resources.
Please consider the following:
My rates are structured with care and intention to reflect the time, expertise, presence, and deep labor — emotional, intellectual, and somatic — that this work requires, while also sustaining my practice and meeting my financial needs and responsibilities, including caregiving for my elders in Mexico. This allows me to continue showing up fully and sustainably for those I serve. Fair compensation for care work, especially when offered by women and practitioners from historically excluded communities, is part of the more just world I’m working toward.
When you pay my full fee you are helping me sustain myself and support others. In requesting a sliding scale slot, please be mindful of what you can truthfully afford, and whether paying my full fee or a rate at the higher end of my sliding scale would be difficult or detrimental for you.
When choosing to work with me, you might have to cut back on other spending in your life (such as traveling, going out to dinner, buying coffee, a new outfit, or a new car), without a long term harmful impact on your life. In this context, paying my full fee with a payment plan, or a rate at the higher end of my sliding scale can be an intentional choice aligned with your well-being.
If, however, paying a fee at the higher end of my sliding scale is prohibitive, or would cause hardship — such as not being able to put food on the table, pay rent, care for dependents, or cover essential transportation — then you may benefit from the mid or lower end of my sliding scale. If even this range is still prohibitive or would cause hardship, please take care of yourself; I am happy to recommend other resources to support your healing.
The lowest end of my sliding scale is reserved for people who are native to, and living in, Mexico and other low and middle income countries. You can find a list of these countries here.
In addition to sliding scale spots, I offer a growing library of free resources and practices, as well as periodic free or low-cost workshops. If you'd like to stay connected and be the first to hear when new offerings become available, you're warmly invited to join my mailing list. I’d love to share these resources with you.
Let’s work together
Ready to apply for a sliding scale spot? Fill out this form and I’ll be in touch shortly! I look forward to partnering with you in support of your healing.
Important to Know
I am licensed to practise medicine and psychotherapy in Mexico and have more than 25 years of clinical experience. I have also recovered from a decade of persistent back pain through a mindbody approach.
The services I provide outside of Mexico are educational and mentorship-based, not medical care. Unless you are a permanent resident of Mexico physically located in Mexico at the time of our sessions, nothing I share constitutes medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and our work together does not establish a doctor–patient or therapist–client relationship. You remain responsible for your own health decisions and for maintaining care with licensed health professionals in your place of residence. Learn more.
What this means in practice:
I draw on my extensive medical and psychotherapy training and experience to help you understand complex information, clarify confusing or scary diagnoses, address doubts, and support more informed conversations with your healthcare providers.
I provide educational consultations rooted in evidence-based practice, always offered as mentorship and not as medical advice or treatment.
I bring my own lived experience of chronic pain, healing, and recovery.
I can help you:
Make sense of complex medical language;
Translate confusing or scary diagnoses or findings;
Integrate context and nuance in a way that reduces fear and overwhelm;
Identify how neuroplastic mechanisms may be affecting your symptoms through evidence-based assessment;
Work through lingering doubts about your symptoms and recovery;
Gain clarity on the process of deprescribing or tapering off medications, including what research, clinical guidelines, and patient experiences suggest about different approaches, so you can have more informed, empowered conversations with your healthcare provider about your options;
And offer guidance and education that’s both accurate and compassionate.
Rather than spiral or get lost down rabbit holes of internet searches or worst-case scenarios, you gain access to insight, grounded education, and practical guidance rooted in expertise and evidence-based practice, as well as lived experience.
I’ve sat with people of all ages in moments of all-consuming fear and grief, physical vulnerability, emotional complexity, trauma responses, and profound transition, as well as moments of expansive joy, deep love, and the vibrant aliveness that can emerge even in the midst of loss and difficulty. I’ve also had plenty of practice with my own pain and recovery.
This has deepened my ability to stay present, attuned, and steady even in experiences that may feel especially intense, unsettling, triggering, or overwhelming.
You don’t have to go through those moments alone. I will meet whatever unfolds with radical presence, curiosity, clarity, and compassion.
A note from Lily
In case we haven’t met, I’m Dr. Lilia Graue, physician, psychotherapist, and mindbody healing mentor.
I’m also someone who’s recovered from over a decade of chronic back pain with the mindbody approach I now share with others.
For over 25 years, I've helped people around the world move toward greater wellbeing, ease, and freedom. In the past five years, my focus has been on guiding others to reclaim their lives from chronic pain and other persistent, disruptive symptoms. I do this through a mindbody approach—the same one that helped me recover and reconnect with my liveliness.
My clients often find me when they are frustrated, and maybe even feeling hopeless, because they have been seeking relief for years, but haven’t found someone who will really listen and help them connect the dots for their unique situation.
If you’re ready to explore if your symptoms have a neuroplastic component, and, most of all, how a mindbody approach can help you find lasting relief and healing,
I’m so glad you’re here, so you can discover your path forward toward recovery.
Our Bodyminds Know Ease.
Let’s Weave It Together.
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