About UNpsych Network
UNpsych Network begins with a simple idea: understanding yourself should help you become more fully yourself—not simply give you another label.
We are shaped by experiences, relationships, beliefs, emotional wounds, and patterns we learned long before we understood what was happening. Some of those patterns helped us survive, adapt, or belong. But what once protected us can eventually limit our relationships, emotional health, confidence, and sense of who we are.
UNpsych is about looking beneath the label and understanding the person. We help people UNcover what shaped them, UNderstand why they think, feel, and react as they do, UNlearn patterns that no longer serve them, and Become more intentional about who they choose to be.
UNpsych brings this understanding into everyday life through practical articles, videos, courses, guides, worksheets, Growth Groups, and Couples Webinars. Our goal is to translate psychological insight into something people can actually use—in their emotions, relationships, decisions, and everyday lives.
People Behind UNpsych Network
Scott Slate
Program & Operations Manager
Scott helps bring UNpsych Network's resources and programs to life, supporting the development and delivery of practical learning experiences for individuals and couples
Dr. John Slate, Ph.D., L.P.C.-M.H.S.P.
Clinical Director
John is a clinical counselor with decades of experience helping individuals and couples understand difficult emotions, strengthen relationships, rebuild trust, and create meaningful change. His work has increasingly focused on helping people look beneath symptoms and labels to understand the deeper patterns, beliefs, experiences, and identity struggles shaping their lives.
What We Believe
You are more than a diagnosis, a reaction, or your past.
Coping skills matter. They can help us regulate difficult emotions and respond differently. But lasting change reaches deeper. We need to understand what shaped our reactions, the beliefs we learned to carry, the stories we tell about ourselves, and the patterns we continue to repeat.
As we UNcover those influences, UNderstand their origins, and UNlearn what no longer serves us, something deeper becomes possible: Identity Restoration. We begin separating who we are from what happened to us, how we learned to protect ourselves, and who we once believed we had to be.
UNpsych is not about becoming someone else. It is about becoming more intentional about who you choose to be.