Founder – Talk2Me Unconventional Therapy Scott Manningham is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, speaker, and creative entrepreneur who founded Talk2Me Unconventional Therapy to challenge traditional approaches to mental-health engagement. His work blends clinical insight with storytelling, visual art, and real-world experience to make conversations around therapy, depression, anxiety, trauma, and suicide more accessible, relatable, and human. Scott is the creator of Light Up the Darkness, a mental-health book and curriculum ecosystem designed to normalize help-seeking and spark meaningful dialogue in individuals, families, schools, and communities. His approach does not rely solely on clinical language; instead, it uses narrative and intentional artwork to lower barriers, reduce stigma, and invite people into conversations they may have never felt safe having before. Through Talk2Me Unconventional Therapy, Scott works with youth, adults, families, and organizations, offering counseling services, group programs, speaking engagements, and educational trainings. His programs have been used in classrooms, group therapy settings, faith-based organizations, fraternities and sororities, and community initiatives, with a focus on connection, awareness, and long-term impact. Scott’s mission is simple but bold: to make mental-health conversations approachable, honest, and actionable, meeting people where they are and helping them recognize that seeking support is not a weakness, but a strength.