> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.opentherapy.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Membership

> Open Therapy+ — what it includes, what it costs, and when it isn't worth it.

Open Therapy+ is the only subscription on the site. Therapists list free and pay per session, so nothing here is charged to them.

## What it costs and includes

**\$24.99 per month.** Month to month, no lock-in.

| Included                             | Detail                                |
| ------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------- |
| **20% off every session**            | Therapy, couples work and assessments |
| **25% off group programs**           | Courses and workshops too             |
| **The full library**                 | 72 guided sessions across 7 programs  |
| **Member prices for your household** | Everyone at your address              |
| **First look at times that free up** | Before they go back to the directory  |

## Is it worth it for you?

The membership page works out the break-even against real directory prices — at a median fee, a certain number of sessions a month covers the cost.

<Note>
  If you only see someone every few months, don't join. Below the break-even you're better off paying
  as you go, and you can join later without penalty.
</Note>

## How the discount works with Medicare

You're charged the member price, then your rebate comes off that. The gap you actually pay drops by the full discount.

## Does the therapist earn less?

No. The discount comes out of Open Therapy's margin, not the therapist's fee. That's what lets it stay flat across the whole directory — no therapist has to opt in, and nobody is paid less for taking a member's booking. See [Fees](/fees#membership-discounts-dont-come-out-of-your-fee).

## Cancelling

Month to month. Cancel any time, and member prices stay live until the end of the month you've paid for.

## The library

Guided audio: **72 sessions across 7 programs**, around 19 hours in total, in three formats — meditations, sleep stories and a podcast — across ten topics from grounding and breath through sleep, low mood, burnout, self-compassion, focus and grief.

### The programs

| Program                                                                        | Sessions | Based on                               |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------- | -------------------------------------- |
| **First Steps** — six short sessions, before anything else                     | 6        | Mindfulness, motivational interviewing |
| **Grounding and Breath** — the toolkit for the hard ten minutes                | 7        | Mindfulness, somatic                   |
| **Working with Anxiety** — understand the worry cycle, then loosen it          | 8        | CBT                                    |
| **Lifting Low Mood** — small moves, before the motivation arrives              | 8        | CBT, behavioural activation            |
| **Sleep, Rebuilt** — CBT-I, not sleep stories                                  | 7        | CBT-I                                  |
| **Unhooking** — make room for the thought and keep walking                     | 7        | ACT                                    |
| **Open Session** — a fortnightly conversation with the people who do this work | 12       | Interview                              |

Each program is narrated by a therapist from the directory.

### Free versus members-only

**26 of the 72 sessions are free on any Open Therapy account**, with no membership and no booking required:

* All of **First Steps**
* The first session of every other program
* Every episode of the **Open Session** podcast

The remaining 46 need membership. Locked episodes show a lock icon.

### Using the library

Open **Library** in your account. It offers a pick for today, picks up anything you left part-way through, and filters by format and topic. The player follows you between pages, and your progress is remembered.

Each episode carries a journal prompt you can take straight into an entry — see [Journal](/clients/journal).

<Note>
  The journal is free on every Open Therapy account and is not part of membership.
</Note>