Insights
Things Dr. Vance keeps saying to clients and teams, written down.
Essays on leadership, culture, and the inner life, drawn from the therapy room and the boardroom. New ones arrive through The Clarity Letter.
The Essays
The latest essays.
Human-Led AI & the Future of Work
Your Team Is Using AI. Would They Tell You?
What I noticed when people went quiet about AI in the group, and what changed the room.
Read the essayCulture, Identity & Belonging
Rest Is a Must
Why rest is still an area I actively work on, and what I mean by rest.
Read the essayLeadership & Organizational Life
Why Your Team Does Not Need Another Meeting. It Needs a Better Container.
On the difference between gathering people and holding them, and what psychologically sound structure actually looks like in a leadership room.
Read the essayCulture, Identity & Belonging
The Strong Friend Is Usually Overfunctioning
What high capacity hides, and what it costs.
Read the essayHuman-Led AI & the Future of Work
What AI Cannot Replace About Human Judgment
Clarity about the work only people can do.
Read the essayFeatured
Selected writing and media.
Published Writing
- The Health and Wellbeing of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People of Colour in the United States Peer-reviewed review · Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology (co-author)
- Addressing Mental Health in the Black Community Columbia University Department of Psychiatry
- World AIDS Day and the Transgender Community Columbia University Department of Psychiatry
- “I’m Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired”: Racial Trauma Put In Black
In the Media & Conversations
- How to Be an Active Bystander When You See Casual Racism The New York Times
- Black American Anxiety at an All-Time High, Experts Say ABC News
- Racism in Mental Healthcare: An Invisible Barrier Medical News Today
- Therapy for Your Heart & Your Wallet with Dr. Thomas Vance Podcast · Books From Your Therapist
The Clarity Letter
A letter worth opening, twice a month.
Psychology, culture, leadership, and everyday life turned into practical reflection. No noise, no funnels. A letter worth opening.