In-person practice · Bay Area

What one therapy-office day actually costs.

A sourced asking-price sample and a calculator that turns monthly rent into facility cost per completed session.

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$175–$500  published sample range11  public offers checked4.33  weeks per month usedSource-linked · assumptions visible

A “one-day office” usually means the same weekday every week, billed as one monthly amount—not one isolated day. The useful comparison is not rent alone. It is the complete monthly office cost divided by the sessions you realistically expect to complete there.

What the evidence supports: this small sample shows posted asks from $175 to $500 a month for one recurring day. It does not establish a Bay Area average, current availability, or whether any room is appropriate for your practice.

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Current public sample

The number changes by place, day, room, and terms.

Compare the original structure of each offer. A $200 weekend room, a $400 Palo Alto weekday, and a $500 therapy-suite membership are not interchangeable products.

PlacePublished arrangementMonthly askDaySource
East Bay · BerkeleyFurnished recurring full day$225weekday or weekendMcKinnon Body Therapy Center space rental
East Bay · BerkeleyRecurring full day$450unspecified weekdayOlida Berkeley
East Bay · OaklandRecurring standard therapy room$225Tuesday, Wednesday, or ThursdayGathered / MindfullyWell Therapy
East Bay · OaklandFurnished recurring full day$175unspecified weekdayPublic Lake Merritt office listing
East Bay · LafayetteFurnished recurring full day$275Tuesday or WednesdayLafayette office sublet
San Francisco · San FranciscoRecurring full day$500unspecified weekdayOlida San Francisco
San Francisco · San FranciscoFurnished recurring full day$295Monday, Saturday, or SundayMarket Street office offer
Peninsula · Palo AltoFurnished recurring full day$400Monday through Friday availability describedUS Therapy Rooms Palo Alto offer
South Bay · San JoseRecurring therapy-office day$200unspecified dayFoothill Community Presbyterian Church rental
South Bay · Los GatosFurnished recurring full day$260Monday or FridaySCV-CAMFT office-space board
North Bay · Corte MaderaRecurring therapy-suite weekday$350weekdaySIMA Space therapy suite

Eleven public asking-price observations checked 24 August 2026. This sample is directional and not a market average. Availability can change.

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Ask for the exact weekly hours, building-access window, holidays, and whether another person can book the room before or after you.

Add everything not included.

Internet, utilities, cleaning, storage, furniture, waiting-room access, parking, key fees, membership, and insurance requirements can move the real monthly cost.

Use completed sessions, not open slots.

A room scheduled for eight sessions but completing six has a different cost per session than the same room at full attendance.

Separate first-month cash from ongoing cost.

A deposit affects cash needed to begin; it is not automatically a monthly expense. Record refund terms separately.

The private Bay Area validation pilot

Need a recurring office day—or have one sitting empty?

The exchange has not yet demonstrated market liquidity. Private structured submissions let it test whether real supply and demand overlap by place, weekday, time window, and cost before anyone builds a public marketplace.

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Where every figure came from

Sources.

Prices are the published asks seen on the verification date. The dataset stores no personal contact details, exact street addresses, source text, or individual records. A source link may later change or expire.

Source notes

Use the citations and any dated evidence records to check the claims relevant to your task. This label is not a verification status.

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