Sage Wellness, LLC

🚨 Group Alert 🚨 2024-2025 is going to be a time to prioritize group gatherings! If any of these interest you, please feel free to reach out via email/phone. (There are still a few spots left for the Refuge group!)

Many of us re healing from generations of conditioning and/or trauma. ➡️This level of repatterning processes at every level: 📌Mental/congnitive 📌Emotional 📌Somatic/phsyioligcal 📌Relational/social/cultural ➡️It’s easy to get frustrated when we feel that we are working hard to break cycles, repair or reform and it’s not integrating in our lives experience or external world. ➡️And our judgement or frustration is often the seed of self-sabotage that stops us in our tracks. 👉Healing asks us to develop compassion and patience as we continue to evolve. We are emergent. There is no end point, simply a slow sustainable evolution. 👉There’s so much freedom in letting go of the finish line. And focussing on small moments, small shifts, every single day. ❓What do you think? #healing #somatics #selfdevelopment #compassion #evolution #collective #breakthecycle #intergenerationaltrauma #somatics Access compassion and patience. Links in comments.

Offer Virtual Perinatal Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Group for exhausted and overwhelmed pregnant and postpartum moms/birthing parents. Microgrants available for DMV resident. Contact me to learn more. https://lnkd.in/eHuXr4Sd

I started Sage Wellness sitting at my desk in the dead of night, the room lit only by my laptop screen....early December 2022. But I didn't tell anyone. By Christmas time, only 2 people knew. My husband & a close friend who is now my accountant. I kept this news close because of where I was concerning my relationship with power & visibility. I'd gotten a thorough, behind-the-scenes education for the past decade about what it means to have your name connected to something. Your name is always yours & now it is synonymous with something larger. I know of those who misuse this privilege, not just through being human, but because of malice. I remember telling close friends that I didn't ever want the responsibility of a business/org. And then I realized what I do for a living. The duality of my name that I've held for the past 12 years. Since the moment I agreed to that first confidentiality agreement; I contracted myself to protect what people hold. Be a safe steward of their stories. And help them become unburdened by them. Being a therapist is difficult. And not just for the reasons you'd think. Our access and expertise can (and have) caused great harm. We can hide behind god or savior complexes. In order to not feel the tilt of power in my direction, I name myself as Collaborative Support for my clients -- someone with expertise but never an EXPERT in their Selfhood. Oversight does not equal insight. This is where "Sage" comes in; meaning "showing wisdom", or "a wise person". The illumination that often happens in therapy is that the more you reflect, process, and listen to your innermost parts, the more clarity it brings. You're able to connect past with the present; the goal being that you see yourself more honestly and compassionately. You can THEN apply life principles like discipline, accountability, and growth. Cultivating your inner sage is not about having all the answers, but being courageous to finally ask the questions. I recently had an epiphany about why I was so fearful to start to promote Sage Wellness. This phase of my life, up until now, has been about private growth/mending. And that's okay. Sometimes the most impactful moments in your journey happen within the "quiet space". If you know me personally, you know I'm generally lowkey. And a liberating realization has been that Sage Wellness will thrive, so long as I stay true to myself. And I encourage you with this same sentiment. You are meant to be YOU. Whatever comes FROM you or moves THROUGH you will have the markings and musings of who is most authentically you. Because that is precisely the whole point of it all. #sagewellnessva #blackwomentherapists

It’s about that time! 🎊 This fall, we will hold our THIRD cohort for the virtual Refuge group. Back in 2020, I wanted to create a space where Black women could maintain connection, practice healthy attunement, and discuss the things that matter most to Us as a unique demographic. This inaugural group built relationships and invested into one another; most requested to continue through to Cohort #2 in 2021! I’ve been so excited to bring this group back! We are capping it at our usual 10 spots & scholarships are available. Interested or know of anyone who would be interested? https://lnkd.in/ehWYQ9cq

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#toxicjob - Are you currently experiencing micro aggressions, harassment, or discrimination in your workplace? Have you recently been passed over for a promotion, labeled angry, aggressive, or difficult to work with by your colleagues, or experienced other negative repercussions at your 9 to 5? Join me this Thursday, July 18th for my monthly Safe Space. This is a unique opportunity were professional Black women come together to talk about their current work experiences and receive feedback from myself and other participants. Space is limited. Visit https://lnkd.in/gGa6GrRb to learn more. #safespace #unbreakmysoul

In honor of BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month, I have consolidated 3 therapy resource pages to one post. Combined, these resources have a been reposted over 6000 times and have 14,000 likes. 🤎Our mental health matters! Locate a culturally competent therapist to support your wellness. And, if you are a therapist, expand your ability to create transformative healing spaces for Black women with your copy of the bestselling A Handbook on Counseling African American Women. Preorder your paperback edition today!! Only $25!!! Amazon - https://lnkd.in/gEdHKCKK Bloomsbury USA - https://lnkd.in/gKXZZfTQ Counseling Black Women #bipocmentalhealthmonth #blackmindsmatter #counselingblackwomen #handbookoncounselingblackwomen #culturalcompetence #diversityintherapy

WARNING: CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS. ..... ... .. . . . . . . . My first specialty before starting Sage Wellness was pediatrics. Those who know me or have worked with me know that kids/Play Therapy are my first love and the first lightning bolt moment I had as a therapist. Being an all-virtual practice allows me to work with "inner children" rather than actual children. My inner child bawled throughout this entire movie. The fact that it broke the record for animated movies EVER hints that you have already seen it or are planning to see it. You should. There are SO many takeaways, but one I keep thinking about threads this movie with its predecessor. Joy, having been with Riley the longest, keeps learning an important lesson on making room for the other emotions that can serve Riley in different ways. In the first movie, her conflict was with Sadness; she learned that allowing Sadness to follow her instinct paved the way for empathy. It was from that time in Riley's life that she was able to welcome emotional complexity with how she experiences her life. The glass balls, which kept her daily moments, now held multiple colors instead of one. In this new movie, Joy learns a similar lesson but the stakes are so much higher...because...puberty. Anxiety, a new emotion on the scene is far from subtle, and she drives Riley to dismantle and shift all that felt foundational to her sense of self. Joy took anxiety to be a villain and the movie positioned them where the audience saw one as "good" and the other as "bad". This is the set up for Joy to relearn a lesson, but now with a different, unfamiliar emotion. Anxiety, we see, was well-meaning the entire time, and was making the same mistake as Joy: thinking that she alone was tasked with protecting Riley. Additionally, the harder it got for Joy and the gang to get back to headquarters in Riley's brain, the farther from hope Joy felt. She even said (I'm paraphrasing), "I guess this is what happens when you grow up. You need joy less and less." I'd already cried enough tears through the climactic part of the movie and then came the final gut punch. Riley, having gotten through a pretty hard panic attack, stood up in her hockey gear to go back out on the ice. Small globes of light drifted from Joy's form and Sadness (who is so wise, by the way) said knowingly, "Joy...Riley wants you." ..................... Your joy has not abandoned you. They are still IN you, though they may be harder to locate because other emotions are needing your attention. These emotions are meant to exist as a collaborative ensemble; respecting the multifaceted nature that makes you YOU. And things may feel like chaos inside right now. Just remember that your Joy has not abandoned you. #InsideOut2 #thoughtsfromatherapist

✨🌺ONE MORE WEEK✨🌺 There is one week left to register for my small group for parents with kids aged 0-5! Read each photo to learn more about the group and what we will be discussing each week! DM me if you have any questions.