What Makes Us Different
We Pair Lived with Professional Experience
“Throughout my life, my mental health diagnoses have varied or changed. Most of the time, diagnosis depended on the provider I saw.
I have also experienced misdiagnosis based on prejudice or misinformed professionals.
It was professionals with lived experience who provided me with more care and compassion than any others.
Their compassionate care inspired me to combine professional with lived experience in all areas of holistic LGBTQ+ mental health.
This is why everyone I work with, including team members, collaborators, or those who I refer folx to, come from a stance of pairing professional with lived experience.”
-Sage Nestler, MSW
We Incorporate Preventative Mental Health
Too often, folx only learn about mental health, skills, & illnesses after reaching the point of needing treatment and receiving diagnoses.
This is where preventative mental health education & skills training come in.
While we do work with folx who already have diagnoses and have sought out treatment, we also provide education and coping skills to strengthen prevention. This is why Sage chose to focus on mental health coaching and education upon graduation with their MSW.
Sage wanted to help bridge the gap between self-education and the clinical level of mental health.
Our preventative mental health programs and materials are geared to help folx learn about mental health, preventative strategies, and identify the onset of symptoms - or symptoms that are already present.
Our training includes:
Education surrounding emotions - including how they work & how to identify them
What emotion regulation is - the different types, & skills on how to regulate
How habits form - including identifying unhealthy habits & setting the groundwork for creating healthy ones
Identifying things queer folx encounter that can contribute to poor mental health - such as invalidation, exclusion & attempts at erasure
Having worked in early childhood education and seeing how children are now being taught about emotions and learning ways to regulate, Sage knows how impactful preventative mental health education is.
This is what we are fighting to provide for you.
We Provide LGBTQ+ Mental Health Consulting for Leaders
Sage consults with and trains leaders within mental health organizations, practices, schools, and non-profits on:
LGBTQ+ safeguarding
Trauma informed care in action
DEI (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion)
Compassionate care for LGBTQ+ clients, students, and employees
Employee wellbeing & avoiding burnout
Ethical ways to scale
Creating LGBTQ+ specific resource hubs
Consulting is offered for:
Solo practitioners (Private practice therapists or other mental health professionals)
CEOs and Large-Scale Leaders
Non-Profit Leaders (In services for homeless folx, early childhood education/daycares, etc.)
Schools