Dr. Sara Kyles-Royster is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), organizational leader, and mental health advocate with more than a decade of experience supporting clients and emerging mental health professionals. She earned her doctorate in Organizational Leadership with an emphasis in Behavioral Health; she takes great pride in her dissertation research on culturally competent treatment for Black men experiencing depression.

Dr. Sara is passionate about creating equitable and culturally competent mental health care, particularly for historically marginalized and underserved communities. Her clinical experience spans all aspects of mental health care including inpatient psychiatric hospitals, partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs, residential and in-home services, adoption services, college counseling, and community mental health settings.

Grounded in Systems Theory, Dr. Sara’s approach is holistic, collaborative, and integrative. She believes people are the experts of their own lives. Dr. Sara strives to create a judgment-free space where individuals can understand patterns, move toward greater authenticity, and experience meaningful change.

Dr. Sara also provides integrative supervision and consultation. She supports clinicians in developing their professional identity, strengthening clinical skills, and becoming more culturally responsive in their work. She draws from multiple approaches and tailors supervision to each clinician’s unique needs, experiences, and developmental level.

Through Melanated Minds Collective, Dr. Sara is committed to fostering spaces where healing, growth, self-discovery, professional development, and authenticity can flourish.