MEET OUR TEAM
Licensed Marriage + Family Therapist
Licensed Advanced Alcohol + Drug Counselor
Lyle Sparks - Founder
Lyle is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and a licensed Advanced Alcohol Drug Counselor (LAADC). She is co-owner of Bridge The Gap, has a private practice, and has extensive work history with treatment centers.
Lyle is committed to supporting individuals in implementing and strengthening their coping tools. She works with her clients to incorporate these skills into their daily lives; to reach their goals, gain empowerment, increase self-esteem, and be in their lives in a confident and meaningful way.
Lyle founded Bridge The Gap with the intent to provide real time support to individuals and their families that need more beyond a therapy session or treatment setting.
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Masters of Social Work
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Director of Therapeutic Mentoring Programs
Sally McClain - Director of Therapeutic Mentoring Programs
Sally McClain is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) that has a passion for helping teens and young adults gain self-confidence, empowerment, and wellness.
Sally obtained her Master of Social Work degree from the University of Southern California in addition to her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from California Lutheran University. She is co-owner of Bridge the Gap Services. Sally is trained and certified in Equine Assisted Therapy. During her master’s program, Sally completed her internship at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles in Endocrinology and the USC Westside Center for Diabetes.
Sally began her career in this field working in dual diagnosis treatment centers as a neurofeedback specialist, where she worked hands-on with clients to assist them in their recovery process. Sally spent two years working on a research team with Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, creating a clinic style intervention for children living with Type 1 Diabetes. She has worked alongside diabetes educators and endocrinologists, where she has gained a wealth of knowledge in patient care. In addition, Sally has a private therapy practice in Westlake Village where she works with adolescents and young adults struggling with eating disorders, anxiety, and life transitions. She is passionate about helping her clients reach their goals.
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Kimberly Wick
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Director of Family Mentorship
Kimberly Wick
Kimberly is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and holds a master’s in clinical psychology and an MBA. She is a former adjunct faculty member at Pepperdine University in the Graduate School of Psychology.
Throughout years of her own therapy (both individual and family) she became passionate about the process of self-growth, discovering how her behaviors were creating patterns in her life, landing her in similar situations with different storylines. It was during her experiences with family addiction/mental health that she learned to take contrary action, setting boundaries with loved ones from a place of clarity versus fear. She noticed changes taking place not only in her relationships with loved ones but also in her relationship with herself.
Today, after being in the trenches with family addiction/mental health and the unfortunate loss of loved ones, she is passionate about helping others through their challenging times, finding insight and clarity to take the next steps.
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OUR MENTOR TEAM
Matching Individuals with Mentors
At Bridge The Gap, we place high value on the therapeutic mentorship relationship. Therapeutic rapport is a key recipe in success for all individuals we work with. The development of trust, connection, and empathy creates an imperative foundation for experiential change. Upon engagement in mentorship, each individual is thoughtfully matched with a mentor that has the ability to meet their needs. Our team of mentors each bring a different specialty to the table which allows Bridge The Gap to provide support to a vast variety of individuals and families.
☑ Bachelor & Master Level Clinicians
Bridge The Gap has a team of master level mentors to support individuals and their families in integrating therapeutic skills in their daily routines. All mentors have past experience working as clinicians and share our value of supporting individuals to implement what they have learned during their therapeutic journey in their day to day.
☑ Substance Abuse Counselors
Bridge The Gap has a team of substance abuse mentors to support individuals in creating a sustainable program of recovery. These mentors have past experience working in different levels of care which allows them to meet each individual where they are at in their recovery journey. Some of the support provided with substance abuse struggles includes creating a 12 step meeting schedule, relapse prevention, identifying triggers, creating safety plans, and implementing healthy coping tools.
☑ Experienced Individuals
Our mentors have real life experience in overcoming their own personal challenges. Bridge The Gap strongly believes that one ingredient to a recipe for success is relatability. Whether our client is struggling with mental health, substance abuse, or executive functioning, they will receive the best support from someone who has walked through a similar situation and come out on the other side.
☑ Weekly Supervision
Each week, our mentors consult and collaborate with a clinician to ensure that they are providing optimal therapeutic support to the individuals and families we work with. We believe in the power of teamwork and value collaboration.
☑ Collaborative Liason
Bridge The Gap's core value is collaboration. Oftentimes, individuals and their families enter upon the mentorship relationship in need of additional supportive resources. Our team and founders work effortlessly to build an abundance of excellent resources to be able to make appropriate referrals to those we work with. We make continuous efforts to expand our local network. These collaborative resources include but are not limited to: specialized therapists, educational consultants, psychiatrists, schools, physicians, pediatricians, neurofeedback, residential treatment programs, partial hospitalization programs, intensive outpatient programs, community resources, the list goes on.