Behavioral health consulting rooted in real experience.
L Snyder is a Certified Peer Support Specialist and behavioral health operations leader offering peer support services, workplace education, and consulting independently. Their consulting services range from program and policy development to systematic operational improvement, advocacy, with efforts to bridge the gaps between client advocacy, clinical, and business. L has worked in behavioral health since 2014, starting in non-profit and high-risk psychiatric care for adolescents, finding a deep love for grief and bereavement work through volunteer and internships, and long-time work in the areas of mental health, substance abuse and misuse. Their history also includes academic research where they presented and disseminated research nationally and internationally during their time at Utah Valley University on topics ranging from traumatic loss and grief, LGBTQIA+ , religiosity, criminology, and phenomenology.
Working in behavioral health since 2014 in nonprofit, high-risk adolescent psych, adult residential & outpatient services
Certified Peer Support Specialist: #F26-144334
Utah Valley, Utah. Serving locally & nationally
"The most useful thing I bring to any engagement isn't a framework or a credential. It's that I've been inside these organizations. I know what the pressure looks like from every level, and I know how to build systems that work."
— L Snyder, LWS LLC
“Little Woven Strategies is named after my mother. She was a writer. She was the thread that kept people connected, she would weave stories together, hold people in her words, and make sure everyone knew they were loved. Through everything I put her through, she could still hold space for me. She is woven into this work because she held space when I had no right to expect it, and changed the trajectory of my life for the better because of it.”
HOW TO WORK TOGETHER
CONSULTING SERVICES
Behavioral Health Consulting
Independent consulting for behavioral health organizations navigating compliance, clinical program development, utilization review, operations, credentialing, and peer support integration. Grounded in real, inside experience not theory.
PEER SUPPORT SERVICES
Contracted Peer Support
Certified peer support services for organizations and individuals. Grief and loss groups, workplace crisis response, mental health and emotional well-being, substance awareness, psychoeducation, and management consultation.
About L Snyder
Behavioral health from inside.
L Snyder has spent over a decade inside behavioral health organizations, from frontline nonprofit work and high-risk adolescent psychiatric care, to developing and maintaining a residential and outpatient treatment program. They now consult independently through LWS LLC and offer contracted peer support services as a Certified Peer Support Specialist.
L brings something different than most consultants: the knowledge of someone who has held every seat in the room and navigated the constraints and challenges in the varying behavioral health environments.
WHO I WORK WITH
Organizations of every kind.
Consulting clients are typically behavioral health programs and treatment organizations. Peer support services are available to any organization; healthcare, corporations, nonprofits, schools, and more. All services available remotely.
Behavioral health & treatment organizations
Healthcare systems & clinical practices
Corporations & mid-size businesses
Nonprofits & community organizations
Schools & educational institutions
Government & service industry employers
Understanding Peer Support
More than support. A recognized practice.
Peer support is evidence-informed, ethically governed, and distinct from clinical care. It works alongside therapy not in place of it. L is a Certified Peer Support Specialist governed by national ethical standards.
What it offers:
Lived-experience based connection
Recovery-oriented perspective
Community and belonging
Hope through example
What it is not:
Therapy or clinical treatment
Diagnosis or case management
Crisis intervention
A replacement for clinical care
