The Green Room
You're On All the Time. This Is the Room Where You Get to Be Off.
Private counseling for artists, athletes, and public figures who need a confidential room — not another audience. Off-hours and virtual sessions. Franklin and Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, and telehealth across the state.
The Cost of Holding It Together in Public
The work of looking fine does not stay on stage. It follows you into the car, the hotel, and the hours nobody is watching. Mental health for public figures is often treated like a liability. It is a human cost.
- Sleep that never quite recovers.
- A fuse that is shorter than it used to be.
- Numbing that starts as a night off and becomes the only off-switch.
- Fear of what happens after the career, the season, or the tour.
- Relationships that get the leftover version of you.
What Makes The Green Room Different
Discretion
This is confidential counseling — not a story that leaves the room. No insurance records. Confidential space.
Language of the industry
You do not have to translate a call time, a locker room, a tour, or a public-facing calendar into something a counselor can understand.
Calendar
Off-hours and virtual sessions, so the work can meet a season, a tour, or a week that does not look like an office week.
The person, not the portfolio
I am not here for the credits. I am here for the version of you that does not get a public hour.
You Don't Need a Fan. You Need a Counselor.
I am not here to be impressed. I am here to sit with the version of you that doesn't get a public hour.
I work with artists, athletes, and public figures who are tired of holding it together for everyone else. The Green Room is private-pay counseling close to Nashville: offices in Franklin and Mt. Juliet, and telehealth across Tennessee.
Derek Evans, M.A., LPC-MHSP(A). Licensed in Tennessee. Derek Evans Counseling at Alliance Counseling.
How It Works
- Request a confidential consultation. You do not have to have the right words.
- We talk through fit, confidentiality, calendar, and whether this room is the right one.
- If it is a fit, we start. Nothing is treatment until you say so.
Services
Individual
One-to-one counseling for the person behind the work — therapy for musicians, athletes, and anyone whose name is part of the job.
Performance & Pressure
The cost of staying on: anxiety, burnout, identity after the season, and the next show. A private therapist for athletes and performers who cannot drop the act in public.
Family / Partner / Inner Circle
When the people closest to you are carrying the leftover version, or when the room needs more than one chair.
What Happens in This Room
Counseling here is confidential within Tennessee law and professional ethics. It's private-pay, so nothing goes through insurance unless you choose to file.
Offices in Franklin and Mt. Juliet, and telehealth across Tennessee. Confidential counseling in Nashville and Middle Tennessee without a waiting-room story.
Fees & Access
Private-pay keeps this work off insurance records. That's the point for people whose name, schedule, or livelihood can't afford a paper trail.
Rates are discussed on a confidential consultation.
If you'd rather seek out-of-network reimbursement, I can give you a superbill. Filing it does create an insurance record, so we'll talk through that tradeoff first.
The Show Doesn't Stop. But You Can.
Request a confidential consultation. Call 615-538-7577.
Request a Confidential ConsultationFAQ
Do I have to be famous?
No. Fame is not the entrance requirement. The Green Room is for artists, athletes, and public figures — and for people whose work or name makes ordinary counseling feel unsafe. You do not need a headline to need a confidential room.
Where are you located? Can this be virtual?
Offices in Franklin and Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, and telehealth anywhere in Tennessee. I'm licensed in Tennessee, so virtual sessions are for clients located in Tennessee.
Do you travel?
Travel and off-site sessions can be talked through on a confidential consultation when the calendar or the work requires it. Most work happens in Franklin, Mt. Juliet, or by telehealth in Tennessee. Telehealth sessions are for clients physically located in Tennessee at the time of the session. If you’re on tour or traveling out of state, we’ll plan around it.
Can my agent or manager set this up?
Yes. An agent, manager, or someone in your inner circle can request the consult. I will still need to speak with you before anything becomes treatment. Discretion applies to that first conversation too.
Do you take insurance?
No. This is private-pay counseling, so there's no insurance record unless you choose to create one. Rates are discussed on a confidential consultation. A superbill is available if you decide to seek out-of-network reimbursement.
What if I had bad prior therapy?
A bad room does not mean you cannot have a good one. A consult is where we talk through what did not work, whether I am a fit, and whether this is the right next step. I will say if I am not.