Values, Mission, & Vision

Celebrating Difference
At The Pine Center, we celebrate the insight, strength, creativity, and wisdom of those whose voices are too often pushed to the margins. including women, 2SLGBTQIA+ and gender-diverse folks, Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities, people with lived experiences of housing insecurity, state harm, and interpersonal violence. We affirm people of all body sizes, races, genders, sexualities, spiritualities, abilities, and lived experiences. We don’t just make space, we center liberation in how we practice, show up, and care. 

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Mutual Aid is Mental Health Care
We believe care shouldn’t be a luxury. That’s why we’re building a Community Care Fund, a mutual aid initiative that invites clients and community members to help offset the cost of therapy for others. Contributions go directly toward sessions for folks who need reduced-fee or free care. It’s care, not charity, a small collective effort toward a more just and sustainable model of healing.

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Accessible, Equitable Therapy
Therapy shouldn’t be determined by income, insurance, or access to a car. At The Pine Center, we commit a portion of our caseload to sliding scale and pro bono sessions, offered on a first-come, first-served basis. When those spots are full, we do our best to connect folks with other low-cost or community-based services or offer a waitlist when possible. We also know that barriers to care can be structural: time off work, transportation, fuel, or chronic pain. That’s why we offer telehealth for anyone in North Carolina, no commute, just care that comes to you.

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Our Vision 
We’re growing toward something bigger. A thriving, affirming, trauma-responsive collective that offers deeply personalized care and actively reduces harm in how that care is delivered. We envision The Pine Center as a place where both clients and clinicians can experience something different from the mainstream: more trust, more equity, more room to be fully human. As we grow, so will our mutual aid offerings, trauma specializations, and community partnerships. Our long-term vision is to become a hub for liberatory care in Charlotte and across North Carolina.