Mission, Vision, Goals & Values

Accessibility

Learning should never be a luxury. We commit to making high-quality education accessible across financial, disability, technological, and cultural barriers.

Equity & Justice

We center equity in all aspects of our courses, recognizing the systemic forces that shape health access and client experiences. Our work aims to dismantle oppressive structures while uplifting marginalized voices.

Affirming Care- 

We honor the full spectrum of sexual, gender, relational, neurological, cultural, and spiritual diversity. Our education is rooted in affirming every client’s lived experience and supporting clinicians in doing the same.

Intersectional Inclusion

Identity is never one-dimensional. Our teaching intentionally engages with the complexities of race, gender, sexuality, disability, class, body size, neurodiversity, faith, and lived experience.

Community & Collaboration

We believe growth happens in community. Our education emphasizes peer learning, shared wisdom, and the collective responsibility we hold as helping professionals.

Compassion in Action

We believe compassion is not passive — it is a practice that requires ongoing learning, accountability, and courage, especially when serving marginalized communities.

Cultural Humility

We approach teaching with a lens of curiosity, accountability, and lifelong learning. We acknowledge that no provider is ever “done” developing cultural responsiveness — including us.

Transparency & Integrity

We commit to clarity in our practices, pricing, and pedagogical approaches. What we teach is grounded in honesty, care, and professional responsibility.

Ethical Infusion

Our programs embed ethics not as a checkbox but as a living practice. We challenge presenters to infuse ethics into all workshops, not just Ethics CEs, and clinicians to embody integrity, consent, and accountability in all client relationships.

Trauma-Informed Practice

We create learning spaces that prioritize safety, choice, empowerment, and transparency — the same principles we expect clinicians to extend to their clients.

Evidence-Informed & Lived-Experience-Honoring

We value research and data — and we value the voices of communities who have long been excluded from academic conversations. Our courses intentionally integrate both.

Creativity & Meaning-Making

Just as therapy can be ritual, learning can be generative and imaginative. We intentionally design trainings that invite narrative, reflection, embodiment, and creativity.

Holistic Professional Growth

We support clinicians not only in building skills, but in sustaining themselves: reducing burnout, strengthening reflective practice, and reconnecting meaningfully with the heart of their work.