Meet our Professional Development Speaker/ Presenter:

Tayler Clark, MSW, LCSW (she/her/hers) is the owner and founder of Nova Mental Health Services, LLC. Tayler started this practice on a whim back in 2019. Why? Because she was unhappy working for places that focused on the bottom line and pushing clients through. Tayler firmly believes that you should never care that does not live up to the service you’d demand for yourself or your family. After a very unpleasant conversation with her upper management (was not the first but was the last) she got home and applied for an LLC that day. She had know idea what it would take but she knew she was tired of searching for her ideal practice and decided to make her own.

 Tayler wanted to have a practice that was a healthy and affirming environment not just for the client but for the staff too. Tayler believes firmly that if you invest in your team, everything else will come together. And yes, Tayler included herself in this as well. After all, how could she teach clients to prioritize themselves if she wasn’t at least working towards doing the same?

Now, almost two years later, Nova MHS is way bigger than Tayler could ever dream and is still growing. She may not of had a solid 5-10 year plan when she started but her goal now is clear. To create a group practice that is the standard for LGBTQI+, Anti-racist and Neurodiversity affirming and informed Mental Health Care. 

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Her Cred:

Personal Cred:

• Tayler is proudly a member of the LGBTQI+ community. She identifies as Bi but also is comfortable being identified as Pan & Queer.
• Tayler is also ADHD and received a late diagnosis in her adult years due to misdiagnosing due to gender centered misconceptions.

Professional Cred:

• Bachelors Degree in Science- Social Work from UW- Milwaukee (2016)
  • Minor in Psychology- UW-Milwaukee
• Masters Degree in Social Work- Aurora University (2017)
  • ​Specialization in Medical Social Work and Clinical Social Work
• ​Post Masters 3,000 hour training at Family Options Counseling in Brookfield, WI
• Holds a License in Clinical Social Work (est. 2018)
• Participated in specific continuing education trainings covering current affirming and researched back practices.
  • ​Including the following NASW courses: Ethical Considerations with LGBTQ Clients, Understanding LGBTQ+ People, Their Culture, and How to Best Support Them/Improving Equity: Working with Rural LGBT Individuals/ Coming Out, Coming Home: Helping Families Adjust to a Gay or Lesbian Child/ Culturally Competent Care of Transgender, Nonbinary, and Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC) Clients for Cisgender Clinicians 102: Transgender Advocacy
• ​Dived into her own gathering of peer reviewed research and studies on Neurodiversity to create her own training on Neurodiversity competency when she discovered the lack of Neurodiveristy specific trainings out there for therapists. 
• Spent hundreds of hours talking to people from the Neurodivergent community and the LGBTQI+ community to learn more about their experiences and how other factors such as race, religion and income play a role in their journey to self acceptance.

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Her current presentations:

• Neurodiversity Affirming and Informed Training
  • Created as a way to teach ND to therapists on staff at NMHS.
  • Can easily be adapted to educate parents, school staff, IOP & In Patient Mental Health Staff, community members, really anyone!

In the works:

If you are interested in any of these presentations, still reach out! 

• Understanding Gender and being an ally
  •  Will include collaboration with someone within the trans/ non-binary community
• ​How to Support LGBTQI+ Youth
• How to start your own Private Practice
  • ​For Mental Health Professionals and Students