Center for Authentic Growth

Center for Authentic Growth modern mental heath group practice🧠
helping humans of TN grow into their most authentic relationships with themselves & others🌱
in person & virtual✨

08/28/2026

a friendly reminder that if you need to start over, you can! 🤍😮‍💨

06/04/2026

still thinking about our CAG book club from last month 💛

a bunch of clinicians gathered around a table, snacks in hand, to chat about The Midnight Library and all of the big, messy, human questions it asks. regret, possibility, purpose, identity, the lives we didn’t choose, and the lives we’re building right now.

one of my favorite things about this community is getting to have conversations like these with people who are endlessly thoughtful, curious, and willing to sit in the gray.

already looking forward to the next one ✨📚

06/01/2026

Happy Pride Month from all of us at CAG 🌈✨

This month (and every month), we’re celebrating the beautiful, messy, giggly, brave, creative, resilient, themselves humans that make up our community!!

To our LGBTQIA+ clients, friends, families, clinicians, coworkers, neighbors, and fellow weird little bald goblins just trying to figure it all out... we hope you know how deeply worthy you are of love, belonging, safety, joy, rest, connection, and exactly the kind of life that feels most like yours.

We hope you feel seen. We hope you feel celebrated. We hope you feel appreciated. We hope you feel free to take up space.

Pride is protest. Pride is community. Pride is grief and resilience and chosen family and glitter and courage and laughter and healing and finding safe people/clinicians and showing up as yourself even when the world makes that hard.

Thank you for letting us witness your stories, your growth, your identities, your questions, your becoming.

We’re endlessly grateful you’re here.

Happy Pride, friends. We’re so glad you exist. 🏳️‍🌈

05/02/2026

Our hearts and stomachs are so full after today!! ✨✨

Huge thank you to everyone who donated, showed up, pet Navy, flipped pancakes, bid on silent auction things, stood in line, laughed with us, danced with us and spent your hard earned money to support this cause! It means so much that you chose to show up for our community in this way! The support, generosity, and good vibes at Stacks of Support were unreal and the pancakes were absolutely stellar too!

We are absolutely flabbergasted to say that we raised almost $3k for our CAG Safety Net Fund!! (WHAT!! BE SO FOR REAL!!) We are stoked knowing this fund can start being used to support our clients who are going through hard seasons so they can stay connected to solid, consistent therapy when they need it most while also making sure our clinicians are paid and taking care of themselves too- that’s the whole heart of this! We had an absolute blast and truly hope y’all did too!!

Huge gratitude to everyone who made it happen and a big thank you to for hosting us and being the absolute best always!! 💛🥞

04/16/2026

still thinking about this one 🧠💛

we loved getting to spend time with Ben () + Nichole () and diving into the actual logistics of higher levels of care - something that feels so important and also… so nuanced in real life.

we learned a ton about what different levels of care really look like, but even more about how to thoughtfully match clients to what actually fits them. not just clinically, but practically too - their insurance, their capacity, what they’re wanting (or not wanting), and what kind of support actually feels accessible and sustainable.

because it’s not just about identifying when someone might need more support - it’s about helping them land somewhere that gives them the best real chance at healing.

but honestly, what we value just as much as the info is the connection. getting to build real relationships with providers in our community means we can offer softer, more thoughtful handoffs when our clients need something beyond what we can hold in the room. and that matters so much to us.

grateful for spaces like this where we can ask questions, think out loud, and keep growing alongside people who care deeply about doing this work well.

more of this always 🤍

03/27/2026

sometimes the most clinically indicated intervention is… mini golf ⛳️

turns out co-regulation also looks like laughing too hard, missing easy shots, mild competitiveness, and getting out of the office together. these off-campus hangs are part of how we take care of ourselves and each other so we can show up more grounded, present, and human in the room with you

community isn’t just something we talk about here, it’s something we practice 💛

03/24/2026

This month’s Lunch & Learn with was such a good reminder of how important collaborative care really is 🤝

They do such a beautiful job of integrating medical and therapeutic care, looking at the whole person and creating treatment plans that actually reflect people’s real lives and needs

And honestly… this is why we care so much about connection!! Knowing who your referral people are, trusting them, and feeling confident sending clients their way matters so much. It’s how we make sure folks are actually supported, not just passed along

We love building a community of providers who get it and who we can collaborate with in meaningful ways 🧠💛

More of this always

03/23/2026

Office Four 💜 (Lydia’s space)

Our main art therapy room and honestly… it feels like stepping into someone’s creative brain in the best way.

The purple walls hold you in this really cozy, expressive way, and so much of the art you see is actually Lydia’s—pieces that make the room feel deeply personal, lived-in, and inviting. It’s not a blank, sterile office. It’s a space that says you get to show up as you are, make a mess, try things, and create something new out of it.

This room has held a lot—play, grief, curiosity, big feelings, tiny moments of pride. It’s colorful, a little chaotic in the most grounding way, and full of possibility.

If you’ve ever needed a place where words aren’t the only option… this is one of those rooms.

03/06/2026

✨ In Session with Shelby ✨

Meet Shelby, one of the incredible therapists here at the Center for Authentic Growth. Shelby is a relational, trauma-informed clinician who helps individuals, couples, and families slow down, understand their patterns, and build relationships that feel safer, clearer, and more connected. 

Her work is deeply collaborative. Shelby believes you are the expert in your own life, and therapy becomes a space where your experiences, values, and inner wisdom guide the process. 

Shelby works with folks navigating anxiety, identity shifts, trauma, relationship dynamics, neurodivergence, and the messy, meaningful work of being human. She’s also passionate about supporting LGBTQIA+ folks and people exploring non-traditional relationship structures. 

In session with Shelby you’ll find curiosity, warmth, and someone walking alongside you as you reconnect with yourself and your relationships.

We’re so lucky to have her as part of the CAG community. 💛

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm

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