our mission
a letter from our founder
When I first dreamed up Sprout, I was sitting in a crowded meeting room at the job I’d held for years after earning my Master’s degree. I remember feeling overworked, burnt out, and frustrated — unable to give my clients the care I knew they deserved. Like many therapists, I was juggling long hours, high caseloads, low pay, and minimal time off. It was exhausting, and it left little room for my own well-being.
I met incredible colleagues during that time — brave, resilient people with transformative visions for community care — but we were all working in systems that made it nearly impossible to practice in ways we knew could help. In that meeting, I doodled a small leaf in my notes and thought, “Sprout would be such a great name for a therapy clinic.”
I’ll be honest: my first goal for Sprout was personal. I wanted to create a place where therapists could do their best work without sacrificing their health — where we could provide excellent care, maintain balance, and still have energy for advocacy and community involvement. I wanted clients to know I was not only sitting with them, but also standing up for them.
In 2017, I came across the term “boutique mental health” — practices designed to offer consistent, high-quality care in comfortable, modern settings. While I valued the focus on long-term relationships and personalized attention, I noticed these practices often served only low-acuity, highly resourced clients. I wanted to take the best parts of that model and bring them to the people who need it most.
If you’ve come to us after experiences in the mental health system, you may have met burnt-out clinicians, faced a high turnover of clinicians, or struggled to feel truly seen. My vision for Sprout was to create the opposite: a space where clients have access to engaged, authentic therapists who share their values and understand their communities, who are here for the long run.
Our mission is simple: to offer modern therapy for everyone — delivering personalized care in a warm, welcoming environment, with a long-term commitment to your growth. We believe that when our clinicians thrive, our clients flourish. That’s why we prioritize a healthy, supportive workplace culture alongside exceptional client care.
Thank you for being part of this journey with us. Together, we’re creating a kind of therapy that feels good for everyone — in the room and beyond it.
