Our Clients
Who We Serve
For professionals at every stage of transition. Whether you're preparing to come out at work, mid-transition and navigating complex HR dynamics, or rebuilding your professional identity — we meet you exactly where you are.
Early stage professionals (pre-disclosure)
Preparing to disclose your gender identity at work for the first time, and wanting a thoughtful, safe plan before you do.
Mid-stage employees
Already at work and managing the changing realities — HR policies, colleague dynamics or conflicts, and benefits navigation.
Late career stage or new job seekers
Established and respected employee, or re-entering the job market as the real you — we help you identify affirming employers in supportive markets and assist with your authentic presentation.
HR / Talent teams and DEI leaders
Organizations building more inclusive workplaces can partner with us to develop policies, training, and support networks that benefit all employees and managers.
Client Stories
Real people. Real transitions. Real outcomes.
Stories shared with permission. Actual names and photographs are not used. All identifying details have been excluded.
Mid-career transition — Tech
A software engineer at a mid-size tech firm had come out to their immediate team with great support — but was hitting a wall with HR and a senior team member over their name change in payroll systems, badge, and benefits records. Weeks of requests were going unanswered.
"I kept being told "we're working on it" for three months. TPS helped me understand exactly what I was entitled to, draft a formal written request that referenced the proper policies, and set a clear and unambiguous deadline for management to follow. Everything was updated within a week. I didn't realize I'd been asking when I should have been asserting."
T.R. — Software Engineer, Technology Sector, Mid-Atlantic
Job seeker — Finance
A non-binary financial analyst was relocating and job searching in a new city — out in their personal life, but uncertain how to present themselves professionally and unsure which employers would genuinely be safe versus performatively inclusive.
"I'd gotten very good at reading between the lines of company websites, but I was still walking into interviews not knowing what to expect from others. I was so stressed. Mare at TPS helped me develop a vetting process — questions to ask, signals to look for, how to see red flags. I practiced my presentation and highlighted my values. I accepted an offer at a firm where I've been completely accepted as myself from day one."
A.K. — Financial Analyst, Banking Sector, East Coast
Late career transition — Attorney
After 26 years as a contract attorney at the same firm, R.B. came out as a transgender woman at 52 — having spent decades suppressing her identity to protect a career she had worked extraordinarily hard to build.
"I spent 26 years being very good at something as someone else. I genuinely did not know if I could hold onto any of it if I told the truth. Mare was the first person who treated the fear as legitimate — not something to be talked out of, but something to be planned around. The client letter was the thing I dreaded most. Mare helped me write something that was professional, dignified, and completely me. It didn't over-explain; it didn't apologize. Of the 47 clients I notified personally, I lost two. The other 45 responded with more warmth than I had ever received from them before."
R.B. — Attorney, Contract Law, Florida