DOUBT YOURSELF. DO IT ANYWAY.

Dr. Adrianna N. Taylor, DSW, LCSW, BCD, RYT-500, is a trauma therapist, social work professor, educator, single mama, and founder of Black Opal Healing Collective. Her work centers Black women’s healing, relational and intergenerational trauma, and the systems that shape how people experience themselves and one another. Drawing from clinical practice, scholarship, entrepreneurship, and lived experience, Dr. Taylor creates learning spaces that are culturally grounded, honest, and deeply human.

Dr. Melissa Robinson-Brown — known as Dr. Mel — is a clinical psychologist, professor, speaker, and cultural disruptor who helps high-achieving women stop performing success and start living it.

A first-generation Trinidadian-American with over 20 years in the field, she brings clinical depth, cultural truth, and unapologetic realness to conversations about the “shoulds” shaping our lives. After surviving toxic, racist workplace systems, she walked away from her so-called dream job and founded Renewed Focus Psychology Services, a culturally attuned practice delivering therapy and corporate wellness programming that hits different.

Through her signature coaching programs, Limitless & Fearless: The Career, Boundaries & Connections Academy and The Private Pay Way, she helps women reclaim their voice and boundaries, and therapists build practices on their own terms. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Vogue, Essence Wellness House, Forbes, and Therapy for Black Girls.

Dr. Colleen Cira is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Founder and CEO, and Keynote Speaker specializing in ADHD, autism, and trauma. She brings both professional expertise and lived experience to her work. She has built an entire ecosystem to support the neurodivergent community: Cira Center Consulting, a consulting agency helping nonprofits, organizations, and corporations better understand and support neurodivergent minds; Cira Center for Behavioral Health, a group practice specializing in the intersection of neurodivergence and trauma; the Healing Haven, an online community and professional development platform built by and for the neurodivergent community; and NeuroCheck, an app that walks people through a daily, three-month curriculum on the DSM criteria, lived experience, and co-occurring conditions of ADHD and Autism, and how gender, race, and culture shape who gets seen and who gets missed.

Amanda Buduris, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and owner of PNW Psychological Wellness, a private practice specializing in CPTSD recovery and attachment in relationships. Her clinical work on how early experiences shape our relationship to safety and security carries directly into her coaching practice, where she helps fellow clinicians recognize that financial stress is rarely just about money - it’s a trauma and attachment issue that shows up in fee-setting, boundaries, and burnout. As a solo practice owner herself, Dr. Buduris has navigated the financial realities of clinical work firsthand, from pricing sessions to building a sustainable business without sacrificing client care. She helps mental health professionals build a healthier relationship with money that protects both their own well-being and the integrity of their client care.

Dr. Arielle Jordan knows what it means to build a life while navigating changes you never asked for. A U.S. Army veteran, licensed trauma therapist, TEDx speaker, author, and entrepreneur, she brings clinical expertise and lived experience to conversations about grief, identity, and what comes next.

She is the founder of Mindset Quality LLC and The Jordyn Effect, creator of Grief Intelligence™, and an EMDRIA Certified Therapist and Approved Consultant. She holds a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision.

Arielle combines research, humor, and honest conversation to make complex topics approachable. Her work helps people make room for what hurts, question what no longer fits, and take meaningful steps in their lives and careers without pretending they have it all figured out.

Ariel Landrum, LMFT, Certified Art Therapist, is a Filipina American therapist, Clinical Director of Guidance Teletherapy, clinical trainer, supervisor, educator, and continuing education provider. Her work integrates culturally responsive mental health care with creativity, play, art, pop culture, and experiential learning. Ariel is especially interested in how clinicians can bring their identities, interests, and lived experiences into meaningful therapeutic and community-based work.

Together, Ariel and Stefanie combine clinical and program-development experience to create engaging mental health programs that bring people together.

Stefanie Bautista, MAT, is a Filipina American educator, speaker, pop culture enthusiast, and program design consultant with Guidance Teletherapy. With a background as an elementary school teacher and experience managing student programs and educational programming staff, she specializes in developing engaging, accessible, and participatory educational experiences. Her work explores the intersection of education, mental health, fandom, and community engagement.

Together, Ariel and Stefanie combine clinical and program-development experience to create engaging mental health programs that bring people together.

Mandi Dixon, LPC, NCC, is a licensed professional counselor and EMDR-trained clinician specializing in the intersection of late-diagnosed ADHD and perimenopause in women. She runs a private counseling practice in Allen, Texas, offering in-person and telehealth services, and founded Mandi Dixon Co., a coaching company for women navigating ADHD and midlife hormonal change. Mandi coined the term “Ugly Perimenopause” to describe how estrogen decline can destabilize dopamine and unravel the coping strategies high-functioning women have relied on for decades. She is the instructor of “Peri/Menopause, Mood & the Mind,” a menopause mental health course with Remedy Meducation. She is a member of The Menopause Society and ISSWSH, a 2026 CHADD Annual Conference speaker, and has been featured in USA Today and Good Morning America. Online, she reaches more than 200,000 women with one message: nothing about you was ever wrong. You were unsupported.

Atsede Scarseth, MA, LPC, NCC, is a therapist, coach, and speaker based in Denver, Colorado, and the founder of Unearthing Choice Counseling and Unearthing Sanctuary. She works with neurodivergent and trauma-impacted adults and is AuDHD herself. Much of her early life was spent overwhelmed and anxious while appearing to handle everything well, which is where her interest in the distance between insight and actual change began.

Her clinical work balances evidence-based modalities, including Brainspotting, Integrative Gestalt, and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, with spiritually aligned practices such as yoga, psychedelic work, and intuitive movement. She hosts international retreats for neurodivergent adults in Ireland, Portugal, and Costa Rica, and reaches an audience of more than 50,000 with public education on integration and behavior change.

Sharise Nance is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, speaker, licensed clinical social worker, and Workplace Well-Being and Burnout Consultant with more than 25 years of experience in mental health and social work.

Known as “The Compassion Fatigue Lady,” Sharise helps helping professionals, leaders, and organizations understand the emotional cost of demanding work and create healthier, more sustainable ways of working, leading, and serving. A business owner for more than 13 years, she also spent over a decade co-founding and leading a group mental health practice.

Sharise is the Founder and CEO of Vitamin C Healing and the Co-Founder and CEO of the SWAG Alliance Foundation. Her honors include the 2026 IUP Distinguished Alumni Award and the 2026 Girls Inc. of Southwestern Pennsylvania Professional Woman Award.

Outside of work, she enjoys running, watching sports, traveling with her husband, Bil, and trying new foods.