Meet your Instructor!

Grant D. Sparks, MS, LPC (He/They) is a certified Geek Therapist, Program Coordinator, circuit panelist, lecturer, educator, and consultant. Grant has been a mental health professional for 12 years, working in addition recovery, sober living and halfway house management, peer counseling, and private practice.

Grants works within several communities in which he shares identity, all of which have significant levels of overlap. He works with geeks, nerds, dorks, and dweebs, LGBTQIA+ folx, the kink community, and racial relationship structure, cultural, religious/spirtual minorities. Grant is a specialist in the therapeutic modality known as Geek Therapy, which seeks to utilize the passion and purpose that people get from participating in various mediums of Geek Culture to help promote healing and growth. He is a professional Game Master, content creator, and group facilitator with 20 years of experience in the world of TTRPGs and board games. Utilizing his expertise and life experience of being a big, gay, black, nerd, Grant strives to help the people in his communities grind XP, dugeon crawl, respec, and level up their way into healing, balance, and authenticity.