Clarity is a discipline.
ClearMinds is a psychology-informed advisory, psychotherapy, coaching, and Studio company helping people and organizations see clearly, align intentionally, and move with purpose.
Founded by Dr. Thomas A. Vance, PhD, LPC, LMHC.
Licensed psychotherapist · Leadership advisor · PhD-trained counseling psychology scholar
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Three pathways. One discipline. Choose the conversation that fits.
AdvisoryFor founders, executives & teams Care & Coaching
Therapy, coaching & evaluations for adults Studio
Journals & tools for daily clarity
- Licensed Professional Counselor — Georgia
- Licensed Mental Health Counselor — New York
- Peer-Reviewed: Psychology & Sexuality
- Peer-Reviewed: Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology
- Peer-Reviewed: Work and Occupations
- Co-Editor: Sexual Racism & Social Justice — Oxford University Press
- Postdoctoral Fellowship in LGBT Health — Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- Part-Time Faculty — The New School
- Graduate Instructor — New York University (Steinhardt)
- Founder-Led Advisory & Facilitation
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Leadership & Organizational Advisory
Leadership, culture, and organizational clarity for founders, executives, and mission-driven teams navigating growth, change, and human-centered AI adoption.
Therapy, Coaching & Evaluations
Private-pay psychotherapy, couples therapy, gender-affirming care evaluations, and non-clinical coaching for adults. Telehealth in Georgia & New York for clinical care.
Explore Care & CoachingClearMinds Studio
Journals, tools, and practices that make clarity tangible in daily life.
Enter the StudioFour movements. One discipline.
Every engagement — a therapy session, a coaching arc, an advisory project — moves through the same discipline.
Seeing
Naming what is real in the person, team, relationship, or system.
Feeling
Making room for emotional data without being ruled by it.
Aligning
Bringing values, choices, roles, and strategy into coherence.
Moving
Taking grounded action that can be practiced, measured, and sustained.
Licensed clinical practice in two states — telehealth, adults only
Peer-reviewed journals publishing Dr. Vance's research
Complimentary consultation to find the right pathway
The work most organizations are avoiding is the work that would change them.
ClearMinds Advisory helps founders, executives, and mission-driven teams navigate growth, culture, change, and human-centered AI adoption — with psychological depth instead of performance theater.
Advisory is not psychotherapy. It is structured, strategic, and built for decisions that carry weight.
Dr. Thomas A. Vance
Dr. Thomas A. Vance founded ClearMinds to bring psychological depth, cultural grounding, and strategic clarity into the places where people live, lead, heal, and build.
His work moves across therapy, leadership advisory, research, and product design with one through line: helping people stop outsourcing their clarity.
Read About Dr. VanceDistinct services, kept distinct on purpose.
Therapy, coaching, advisory, and Studio products are separate pathways. Coaching and advisory are not psychotherapy, do not involve diagnosis or treatment, and are not billed to insurance. Psychotherapy is available via telehealth to adults physically located in Georgia or New York at the time of session. Studio tools support reflection and practice — they are not a substitute for mental-health care.
Writing on clarity, culture, leadership, and the inner life.
Selected Contributions & Coverage
Where would you like to begin?
Therapy, coaching, advisory, and Studio products are distinct services. Coaching and advisory are not psychotherapy, and Studio tools are not a substitute for mental-health care.
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