Let’s walk this unknown together

Neurodivergent- Affirming Mental Health Care

Reproductive Mental Health Care

Queer-Affirming Mental Health Care

Forward Wellness aims to support all people and their families to live authentic and abundant lives. We strive to reduce barriers to accessing mental health care through specialized support, provider education and care coordination.

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We are looking to expand and develop our leadership team with multiple roles! Do you want join us on this journey? We are hiring for a Clinical Site Supervisor and Clinical Supervisor. Learn more about the positions on our website. We are intere
Right as we attempt to launch the provider training. 🐣 Hoping to be back online soon. Thank you for your patience.
Monday! We officially launch the fourth cohort of the Reproductive Mental Health Provider Training! Check out the website in the morning to learn about updates + how to register. @forwardallieseducation @loveoverfearwellness @journeylighter
It can be difficult to know how to support someone whose baby has died. Many people struggle with knowing what will actually help and what will only cause more harm. We pulled together some tips based on our own personal experiences, knowledge gain
The Forward Wellness team participated in an internal training a few weeks ago and wanted to give our social media fam a little peek into what we experienced! We were honored to learn from Forward Wellness clinician and @thegoodpeoplesgroup founder
We are honored to be a sponsor of Pittsburgh Bereavement Doulas' 5th Annual Light & Unite event 🕯 Please join our community of bereaved parents, loved ones, and anyone affected by pregnancy loss for Pittsburgh Bereavement Doulas' annual fundrai

Our clinical work and organizational culture are led by our shared values

We believe that our pain and growth are bound up with one another’s; that reflection, candor, and authenticity are vital practices; that our identities must be framed in trauma-informed historical and cultural contexts; and that we can commit to doing what matters together, alongside the suffering, via compassionate care and connection.

We don’t think it’s radical to support all kinds of families, to celebrate folks unconditionally, to share authentically in our human suffering, and to call many parts of our culture unhealthy for our minds and communities.

This is what we believe. This is our commitment to ourselves and our community.

At Forward Wellness we believe…

Care + connection are vital

Belonging, support, and interdependence are hardwired in us – we thrive when we feel loved.

Outside of our diagnosis, our suffering results from ‘normative’ societal systems

We also know that these systems impact intersecting, oppressed identities the most. When we meet with clients, we must understand their and their families' identities, contexts, and histories to understand their experience better.

We can do it differently, centering humanity + healing

We want to center good work, healing, progress, and collaboration, not profit, the bottom line, and the status quo.

We can do what matters alongside pain

Expecting the absence of hard stuff is not a reality. Our ability to choose growth, connection, and healing despite suffering is psychological health.

Join Our Team

 We are always on the lookout for passionate and driven clinicians to better serve our community. With more and more people reaching out for support, we aim to ensure we have the right team members ready to provide care!

Meet Our Clinicians

Samantha Rich (she)
LPC

I feel strongly about continuing education in multicultural competency. Therapy should be a safe space for everyone, and it's my responsibility to continually seek out and check in with my own blind spots in order to maintain that safe space.

Liz Bailey (she)
MSCP
"The biggest lesson I've learned is, 'It's okay.' It's okay for me to be kind to myself. It's okay to be wrong. It's okay to get mad. It's okay to be flawed. It's okay to be happy. It's okay to move on." - Hayley Williams of Paramore

Cheryl Lewis, (she)
MS

I want to help you become the version of yourself you want to see. Everyone is the story's author, and sometimes we all need assistance or guidance to reach the next chapter.

Stephanie Golden (she/they)
Psy.D

I seek to understand your experience and how you relate to yourself, others, and culture/society. As a multicultural queer therapist, I am dedicated to understanding the nuances of identity and integrating a social justice-informed approach.