With over 16 years working in the mental health field, SC Nealy, LPC, ACS, NCC, CCMHC (they/she) is the owner of LGBT+ Counseling Collaborative, providing accessible queer-celebratory mental health services and promoting LGBT+ rights and inclusion in legislative policies throughout Virginia. SC was also named the 2024 Humanitarian and Caring Person Award recipient from Virginia Counselors Association and recipient of Arlington County 2025 Women of Vision Award from Arlington County, 2025 Queer Leader’s Award for Corporate Inclusion/Workplaces from We Create Spaces, 2025 Best LGBT-Owned Business in DC by the Washington Blade, and Arlington County Chamber of Commerce's 2025 Best Business Award in Service. Their first non-fiction book, Healing Sacred Wounds: A Guide for Healing from Religious and Spiritual Trauma, releases from Bloomsbury Academics in August 2026, and they regularly speak on religious trauma in mental health on podcasts, online, and speaking engagements.  


SC Nealy, LPC
Books
Fiction Novels