Lineage Statement:

Sage Wellness seeks to be grounded in the liberatory traditions of Psychological Abolition and Mad Liberation. We honor these movements as ongoing calls to reimagine care beyond coercive or pathologizing systems — toward relationships that center dignity, autonomy, and collective healing.

Psych Abolition informs the belief that mental health care must move beyond carceral and medicalized logics that often reproduce harm, especially toward marginalized bodies and minds. Mad Liberation teaches us to listen to those who have survived and resisted psychiatric oppression — to recognize madness as a site of meaning, wisdom, and creativity rather than pathology.

In this lineage, our practice is both therapeutic and political: a space to unlearn internalized oppression, to witness pain without reducing it to diagnosis, and to cultivate freedom in connection.

Therapy Services

AREAS OF SPECIALTY INCLUDE:

  • Perinatal Mental Health (e.g. loss, postpartum)

  • Recovery & Wellness for Activists/Community Leaders

  • Collective/Group-based Trauma

  • Carceral Harm/Coercive Control Recovery (e.g. Spiritual/Religious Trauma)

  • Intergenerational Conflict & Trauma

  • Racial Trauma

  • LGBTQIA+

  • Life Transitions/Values Clarification

GROUPS

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Flyer for Abide spiritual trauma therapy group indicating it is closed, offering 5 weekly sessions, in partnership with Hill City Community Church, at 2422 Memorial Ave, Lynchburg, VA, starting in March 2021, with a therapist contact
Flyer for a virtual burnout support group for mental health professionals, featuring a sign that reads 'Closed' with colorful handprints and confetti background, stating the group meets the third Monday at 6 p.m., with registration details.
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Resident Therapist Career Guidance

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Navigating the mental health field as a budding professional can be confusing and overwhelming. Upon completion of a graduate program, many resident/license eligible counselors need support while they acquire their direct hours required for licensure. Not to be confused with clinical supervision, my Resident Therapist services can provide the following:

  • Career path planning

  • Speciality identification

  • Resume/CV creation/editing

  • Professional goals and values clarification

  • Anti-Oppressive Mentorship

  • Burnout prevention coaching

  • Brief Consultation (both in individual/group settings, when available)

Professional Community Engagements

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An essential component of advocacy and activism is to raise awareness of systemic barriers which affect the wellness of others. I have served in multiple capacities to present a curated combination of data and empathy before government officials, community members, and agency leaders. Having an awareness of issues that affect our most vulnerable, I am experienced both as contributing orator and facilitator at the following venues:

  • Workshops/conferences

  • Virtual and in-person staff trainings

  • Round-table/brainstorming discussions

  • Community Q&A panels

Additionally, many organizations require support to ensure their programs reflect equity and sound mental health practices. I enjoy collaborating with other community agencies, non-profits, academics, and activist efforts to provide the following:

  • Consultation

  • Staff Training

  • Networking

  • Dissertation research support/interviewing

  • Program development and planning

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PAST ENGAGEMENTS

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Poster for a YWCA Central Virginia event featuring a pregnant woman smiling with hands on her belly. The poster includes event details about maternal and perinatal health in communities of color, with a photo of speaker Brittney George. The event is scheduled for August 26, 2022, from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm at 626 Church Street, Lynchburg, VA, with registration required and light lunch provided.
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