Psychotherapy / Marriage & Family Therapist

Your personal journey is both joyous and challenging. Life brings us things where sometimes become lost and struggle. We are apt to face losses, crises and questions that challenge our path. We have moments of struggle and question our life. Life challenges us to change. The question is, how do we do that? Here we are presented with opportunities for growth and change. For this to happen we may need to reach out. Transitions can be challenging. The path of healing often requires a commitment to yourself and the world around you, to deepen your relationship to ourselves, the people in our lives, and the world around us.
As a depth-oriented and body centered psychotherapist, I believe that are faced with challenges in life for growth through fostering a deeper understanding of how things are and what we can do to change them. Creating a deeper connection between our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual self we can move forward in life with greater ease and experience the world new again. We have the opportunity to become more authentic with ourself and the other relationships in the world.
My goal during our sessions is to create an environment that is safe, caring, and trusting. By working together we can achieve your goals, develop a deeper understanding of the challenges and possibilities that are available to you within your life.
Thank you for taking the time to consider how psychotherapy and counseling might be right for your emotional and relational needs that you are facing in your life. I look forward to working with you collaboratively as we discover your potential for growth and change.

Services Provided:
I provide psychotherapy and counseling for individuals, couples, and families.
My treatment specializations includes:
I work with individuals (adolescents & adults), couples and groups.
I work with a variety of men and women; specializing in gay, bisexual men and women, Transitional Aged Youth (16-25),
and others who are seeking help in creating the lives they want, working on a wide range of emotional and relational challenges.
Some of these challenges may be depression, anxiety, grief, relationship issues, coming out, sexuality, sensuality, trauma, life transitions & personal growth.

My approach is always a mutual effort, meeting clients where they are in life, and helping clients strive to reach the growth and change that they hope to achieve.

I integrate wisdom from the East, West and native traditions into his daily life, clinical practice and teaching.
Bringing together body and mind to be in service to help heal from pain and opening to growth; these are driving intentions of my work and life. It is my intention to help my clients grow in ways that increase their happiness and the quality of their relationships to self, others and life.


About Me:
I am a psychotherapist, a licensed marriage & family therapist (MFC# 52696) and a holistic health practitioner and certified massage therapist with the State of California (CMT# 2957).
I have been working with people and their health and bodies for over 20 years.
I am also a trainer of sexual health (conversations) in mental health and addiction for the County of San Diego and an adjunct faculty in the graduate program teaching Clinical Counseling at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine.
I have a private practice in Mission Hills of San Diego, CA.
I have degrees in Business, Computers, Exercise Science, Counseling Psychology, and many certificates in many forms of bodywork.
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Who are LMFTs?

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFTs) are psychotherapists licensed by the State of California who specialize in treating people with interpersonal relationship difficulties. LMFTs are trained to assess, diagnose and treat individuals, couples, families and groups to achieve more adequate, satisfying and productive emotional health and relationship adjustment. The therapy practice of LMFTs also includes marital and family counseling, child counseling, pre-marital, divorce, or separation counseling and other forms of therapy focused on addressing relational issues. Requirements for MFT licensure include a related doctoral or master's degree, passage of two comprehensive written examinations with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences and at least 3,000 hours of supervised clinical experience with psychotherapeutic training.

For further information about the clinical practice of LMFTs in California, please visit the California Association for Marriage and Family Therapists at: www.camft.org.



What is Body-Centered Psychotherapy?

Somatic Psychology (body mind psychotherapy, body-oriented psychotherapy, etc.) is a holistic form of therapy that respects and utilizes the powerful connection between body, mind and spirit. How we are in this world, how we relate to ourselves and others, is not just purely about the mind or our thoughts, but is also deeply rooted in our bodies and our spirits. Unlike traditional talk therapy or cognitive therapy, Somatic Psychology tends to be more experiential. Somatic Psychology has a long and rich history and is primarily derived from the theories and practices of Wilhelm Reich, a psychoanalyst and student of Sigmund Freud. Since that time, it has been influenced by existential, humanistic and gestalt psychology, dance, movement and art therapy, family and systems theory, biology, neurology, and Far Eastern philosophy and spirituality. Individuals seek this form of treatment for similar reasons they might look to more traditional therapy-to address stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and sexuality issues, grief and loss, addictions, trauma including abuse recovery, as well as more purely medical reasons including pain, headaches, and chronic fatigue syndrome. Somatic Psychotherapy includes many different techniques that can be utilized depending on the specific needs of each client. Such interventions can include developing mindfulness and awareness of one's physical presence using relaxation and meditative techniques; movement in order to promote a deeper physical awareness and to expand one's capacity to feel and express emotions; breathing techniques to increase awareness of and improve functioning of the breath.

For further information about Body-Centered Psychotherapy visit www.usabp.org



Rates & Insurance
Rates
Individual therapy session:
$100 per 60-minute session
$140 per 90-minute session

Couples & Family therapy sessions: $140 per 90-minute session

Group Therapy sessions: $45 per 60-minute session | $70 per 90-minute session

Phone sessions: $15 for 10-20 minute phone calls | $25 for 20-30 minute phone calls


Insurance
Private or commercial insurance is not accepted at this time. Please inquire about future possibilities with insurance coverage.


Reduced Fee
Reduced fee and sliding scale services are available on a limited and case-by-case basis. Please ask Bryan about his reduced fee rate, if you feel this might apply to you, due to financial constraints. If at some point during your treatment you are unable to afford your pre-arranged reduced fee agreement due to financial constraints, please discuss alternate options with Bryan. These options might include a re-negotiated fee or a referral to state or county funded outpatient services for low-income individuals.



Payment

Cash, check and all major credit cards accepted for payment. (2.75% is added for credit cards)



Cancellation Policy

If you do not show up for your scheduled therapy appointment, and you have not notified me at least 24 hours in advance, you will be required to pay the full cost of the session. However, if you do reschedule your appointment within one week of your missed session, then your required payment for the previously missed session will be waived.




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