Holistic Mental Health for Our Queer Community

  • Mission Statement

    To provide a holistic and affirming queer mental health space with education, training, and services for queer folx and professionals.

    We hold a unique view on holistic mental health that honors the queer experience and use our lived experiences to meet you where you are at.

My name is Sage Nestler, MSW

I am Founder & CEO of Releasing the Phoenix.

I am also a disabled, queer creative living with multiple mental and physical illnesses.

Pairing lived with professional experience guides my work

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What We Offer

An image of Sage Nestler, MSW, a white person with glasses and blonde hair. They are sitting in a chair with bookshelves behind them, wearing galazy leggings and a space themes shirt with multiple rings, bracelets, necklaces, and earrings.

For Professionals

LGBTQ+ Mental Health Consultation for Leaders and Organizations

  • Including compassionate ways to address intersectionality

Education and Advocacy for Highly Stigmatized Conditions for:

  • Mental health professionals and social workers

    • Certifications and continuing education

Current specialties:

For LGBTQ+ Individuals, Families, & Communities

Preventative Mental Health Education

  • For individuals, families, and communities

Mental Health and Wellness Coaching Programs

  • with an emphasis on integrating traditional therapeutic tools with creative methods, such as bibliotherapy

  • One-On-One, Group, and Self-Led options are available

Low-Cost and Free Peer Support Groups

  • For queer individuals and their loved ones

For All

Articles & Education on Mental Illness, Health, and LGBTQ+ Concerns

  • Including interviews with mental health professionals and those with lived experience

LGBTQ+ Resource Directory

  • With approved safe resources by Sage Nestler, MSW across a variety of needs

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Testimonials

“A year and a half ago I found myself going through the most challenging time of my life. My husband and I had separated, and I had so many questions and couldn’t understand his behavior. I poured over articles, blogs and social media support groups trying to understand because something just didn’t seem “normal”.

I found Sage online on a mental health blog. I asked a lot of questions through that forum, and they so kindly replied to me and was so helpful that I decided I needed to work with him regularly to help me navigate this life change.

In addition to helping me understand borderline personality disorder tendencies my husband displayed, they also helped me to let go and come out of my shell.

Sage provided numerous resources to me including meditations, journaling, self-love workbooks and other educational books in regard to BPD.

I highly recommend Sage to anyone who needs help navigating a marriage or relationship with a BPD loved one.”

— Amanda, Former Client

“Sage’s work is unique in that they also have so much personal, lived experiences when it comes to the help they offer others. I’ve been in therapy on and off since childhood and have worked with some amazing professionals, and some not-so-great ones.

Sage is one of the good ones. They genuinely care.

I’ve watched a lot of their work behind the scenes this past year and have seen how much passion and energy they put into everything they do.

Sage makes people feel seen and help empower folx to grow into better versions of themselves. They take their work very seriously and have so much passion for what they do, who they help, and a genuine hope for goodness.”

- Lazarus Klein, Intersex Advocate and Certified Master Canine Behavioralist