Dr. Thomas A. Vance
Licensed psychotherapist and leadership advisor with a PhD in Counseling Psychology. Individuals and leadership teams work with him when they need someone to name what is really going on.
Why I started ClearMinds.
I kept seeing the same thing in the therapy room and in the boardroom. Everyone had information. Almost no one would say what was actually happening. And people usually knew something was off long before they had the language to explain it.
Once we could slow things down enough to understand what was really happening, people were able to make different choices. That became the foundation of ClearMinds: a way of working that helps individuals, couples, leaders, and organizations recognize what is happening, understand what it means, and take ownership of what happens next.
What I bring is a clinical license in two states, years of research on culture and identity, and a lot of hours facilitating rooms where the truth was expensive. But the method is bigger than me. The through line is the same in every setting: help people stop outsourcing their clarity.
Published work.
Sexual Racism and Social Justice
Edited by Denton Callander, Panteá Farvid, Amir Baradaran, and Thomas A. Vance. An interdisciplinary examination of sexual racism and pathways toward justice.
View at Oxford University PressOptimal Theory case conceptualisation: An African-centred therapeutic approach with Black LGBQ clients.
View the articleThe health and wellbeing of transgender and gender non-conforming people of colour in the United States.
View the reviewToo Much Trouble: Transgender and Nonbinary People's Experiences of Stigmatization and Stigma Avoidance in the Workplace.
View the articleWhere the work happens.
Affiliations and leadership.
- Advisory Committee, Wondermind The mental-fitness company co-founded by Selena Gomez
- Past President, Association of Black Psychologists, Metro Atlanta Chapter2022–2025
- Member, The Sextech Lab Culture, sexuality, and technology research
- National trauma-informed transformation across 400+ affiliated organizationsBoys & Girls Clubs of America
Privacy, without exception.
Confidentiality is the foundation of every engagement. Dr. Vance works with people whose privacy is not negotiable, and no therapy client is ever named, confirmed, or implied. Advisory clients are named only with written permission.