Jerry Buie

Jerry Buie MSW, LCSW has owned and operated Pride Counseling since 1999, which was established as a visible and culturally viable mental health practice addressing the varied mental health needs of the LGBTQ community. Jerry is also a Professor at the University of Utah Graduate School of Social Work. He has served on many boards including the Utah Aids Foundation, Pride Center Advisory Board for Mental Health, The Naraya Cultural Preservation Council (addressing Native American Traditions) and currently, as Chair, for Sage Utah (serving the 50+ LGBTQ community). For the last three years, Jerry has been active with the Reconciliation and Growth Project dialogue group, a group of ten professionals from various sociopolitical and religious perspectives regarding sexual orientation therapies creating guidelines that address ethical and practical mental health practice with those in conflict between their spirituality and sexual orientation. Jerry’s family was LDS, and he served a mission to Rapid City South Dakota and was eventually married in the Salt Lake City Temple. He is a father and is currently a husband with his partner of 20 years. When coming out, he left Mormonism and identified a system of faith that spoke deeply to his soul. Spiritually, Jerry has been mentored in various indigenous earth based systems, including Native American, Andean and Peruvian traditions, and has facilitated ceremonies and guided people in spiritual journeys and processes for the last 20 years.