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You might also try searching for a therapy at a university training center for psychologists; often they provide lower-fee sessions with graduate students who are accruing hours toward their licenses and are well-supervised.

From Slate • Sep. 16, 2022

The fines are accruing at a rate of about $5,600 per day, officials said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2022

Meron Wondwosen said she has not yet sent her unvaccinated 6- and 10-year-old children back to their Northeast Washington charter school, and they are accruing unexcused absences each day.

From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2021

This is not a negligible revenue gain; it is a debt we are accruing against our greatest national wealth, our people.

From The Guardian • Oct. 15, 2019

And the benefits are accruing to the most lowly and least educated no less than to those at the top.

From Working Women of Japan by Gulick, Sidney Lewis