Tired of therapy and healing spaces that werenโt built for you?
So were we.
We know what it feels like to walk into a room and wonder if youโll truly be understood. We know what itโs like to be met with blank stares when you share your truth. That wonโt happen here.
Letโs name it: Most mainstream therapy approaches were developed by straight, white menโand it shows. Traditional therapy in the U.S. often centers on individuals, makes assumptions about what โnormal relationshipsโ look like, and treats gender as fixed and binary.
If youโve ever felt like therapy and wellness services werenโt designed with you in mind, you werenโt wrong. But that doesnโt mean healing isnโt for you. It just means you needed a different space. A space that fully sees you.
This is that space.
This is your space.
Weโre so glad youโre here.
Welcome to Open Space.
Welcome Home.
Welcome to Open Space. Welcome Home.
What We Stand For
Open Space Counseling, Consulting & Wellness wasnโt created just to fill a gapโit was built to change the landscape of mental health care for those who have long been overlooked. Founded in 2018, Open Space was born from a deep recognition that traditional therapy wasnโt designed for everyoneโand that needed to change. The need was greater than what existed. The system wasnโt working. And we were determined to build something better.
What Led Us Here
From a tiny practice to a thriving team of 30+ mental health clinicians and support staff, Open Space grew into the largest provider of LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy in the greater Pittsburgh area. We expanded to two physical locations and provided virtual therapy across the entire state of Pennsylvania. We developed a graduate-level internship program to train the next generation of affirming therapists. We built a robust leadership team that worked tirelessly to help support our mission. We extended our impact beyond therapyโoffering consulting and training to therapists, schools, agencies, and businesses that want to do better.
Right now, Open Space is in transition.
Weโre in the quiet, but exciting space between eras. And while that might scare some people, we see it differently.
We see it as an invitationโto build something even stronger, more sustainable, and more aligned than ever before.
We arenโt starting from scratch. Weโre rebuilding on the legacy of what made Open Space special from day one:
Our deep roots in Pennsylvaniaโs LGBTQIA+, neurodiverse, and marginalized communities.
Our unwavering commitment to inclusion, equity, and truth-telling.
And our belief that mental health care should be a place of radical authenticityโnot assimilation.
So where are we now?
Weโre not interested in quick fixes or performative rebuilding. Weโre doing this intentionallyโwith honesty, transparency, and a commitment to doing it right.
Growth isnโt just about numbers. Itโs about changing whatโs possible. Itโs about making sure people who have spent years feeling unseen in therapy and wellness spacesโboth the clients and the providers themselvesโnever feel that way again. Itโs about creating an environment where clients and providers are valued, supported, and treated like humans first. Itโs about disrupting harmful norms and refusing to settle for surface-level inclusion.
Therapy and wellness spaces should challenge harmful systemsโnot reinforce them.
We provide care that disrupts outdated mental health and wellness norms and puts you first.
About Our Team
We are more than just a group of providersโwe are disruptors, advocates, and changemakers in the mental health and wellness space. We donโt just talk about inclusivity and authenticityโwe live it. Every provider in this space, along with our founder and support team, are here because they believe in something bigger: care that truly affirms, spaces that genuinely support, and healing that doesnโt ask anyone to change who they are.
At Open Space, we believe this work is sacredโand that the people doing it deserve care, too.
Our mission is to inspire unapologetic authenticity, dismantle barriers to affirming wellness services and entrepreneurship, and create lasting impact for our clients, our providers, and our communities.
This isnโt just a job. Itโs a community. Itโs a shared vision for what mental health and wellness care can look like when we center liberation, equity, and collective well-being.
We created Open Space because we were done with systems where burnout was normalized, authenticity had a ceiling, and providers were praised for self-sacrifice and running on empty. Instead, weโve built a space grounded in equity, flexibility, transparency, and next-level business support. Weโre not here to replicate the structures that wear people down. Weโre here to disrupt them.
If youโve been looking for a space to take your career to the next level, where you donโt have to compartmentalize your values, your identities, or your needs โ you may have just found it.
