Innovative Wellness Consulting
About Innovative Wellness Consulting
We develop the frameworks, training, certifications, and tools that help organizations strengthen wellness, build
workforce capacity, and create lasting community impact.
Who We Are
Built from Practice. Grounded in Community.
Innovative Wellness Consulting was founded by Nakeya T. Fields, LCSW, RPT-S a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Registered Play Therapist Supervisor, educator, author, and community wellness leader with more than 14 years of experience developing and leading mental health and community wellness programs.
IWC was built on the belief that individuals, organizations, and communities deserve practical, accessible frameworks for building well-being not just occasional programs, but sustainable systems that hold people over time.
From those roots, IWC has grown into a professional development, consulting, certification, publishing, and product organization the intellectual home of the Brain Well-Being ecosystem.
Mission & Vision
Our Mission
To promote wellness and equitable access to healing by developing and stewarding evidence informed frameworks, training programs, certifications, consulting services, and products that empower individuals, workforces, and communities to thrive.
Our Vision
A world where well-being is not a privilege where every individual has access to the knowledge, tools, relationships, and community support needed to heal, grow, and lead.
What We Believe
What We Stand For
- Healing happens in relationship.
- Well-being is built through everyday experiences, not extraordinary interventions.
- Communities already possess the strengths, wisdom, and solutions they need they deserve structures that support them.
- Workforce development is community care.
- Play is not optional. It is a lifelong wellness practice and a clinical imperative.
- Systems can be redesigned to better serve people and we have a responsibility to help redesign them.
Our Work
The Intellectual Home of the Brain Well-Being Ecosystem
All IWC frameworks, trainings, certifications, products, and publications originate from a coherent body of work developed, owned, and stewarded by Innovative Wellness Consulting.
Brain Well-Being Model®
Play Now. Thrive Later.®
Collective Care in Action®
F.L.O.W.S.™
Seeds & Leaves™
Resilience Studios™
Our products and publications including the Brain Well-Being Toolkit™ and the book Play Now. Thrive Later.® bring these frameworks to life in practical, accessible formats for individuals, practitioners, and organizations.
FAQ
Who is Innovative Wellness Consulting?
Innovative Wellness Consulting is a professional development, consulting, certification, publishing, and product organization that develops and stewards evidence informed frameworks, training programs, and tools designed to help individuals, workforces, and communities build lasting well-being.
Who founded IWC and what is their background?
IWC was founded by Nakeya T. Fields, LCSW, RPT-S, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Registered Play Therapist Supervisor, educator, author, and community wellness leader with more than 14 years of experience developing and leading mental health and community wellness programs across California.
What makes IWC different from other wellness organizations?
IWC does not offer occasional programs. We build sustainable systems. Our work is rooted in an original body of intellectual property, including the Brain Well-Being Model®, that gives organizations the frameworks, tools, and workforce capacity they need to make wellness truly accessible and lasting for the communities they serve.
What is the relationship between IWC and the Therapeutic Play Foundation?
IWC develops and stewards the frameworks, certifications, and intellectual property behind the Brain Well-Being ecosystem. The Therapeutic Play Foundation serves as IWC’s primary community implementation partner, bringing these frameworks to life through Wellness Labs, Community Play Dates, Community Health Worker programs, and direct community care services.
Who does IWC work with?
IWC works with licensed practitioners, social workers, educators, community health workers, nonprofit leaders, and organizations across California and beyond who are committed to building equitable, accessible, and sustainable wellness systems for the communities they serve.