About Bryan
Bryan Stanfill is a licensed mental health counselor who uses practical, skills-based approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, and relationship concerns. He works to make the first step of reaching out feel manageable and straightforward. With 22 years of experience across varied settings, he aims to help people find steadier ground.
Bryan blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to teach concrete skills for emotion regulation and clearer thinking.
Background and approach
He also draws on Trauma-Focused Therapy when past hurts are getting in the way of daily life. Sessions typically focus on figuring out what is getting in the way, then testing small changes to improve mood and functioning. His background includes independent practice, school-based work, inpatient and residential care, and community programs.
That mix informs a flexible approach to problems like depression, bipolar mood concerns, grief, sleep difficulties, and coping with life changes. He also supports people navigating identity and intimacy-related challenges, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and substance use concerns. Bryan explains ideas in plain language and emphasizes practical next steps.
He helps people examine the habits and assumptions that keep them stuck, then build new patterns that feel more workable. The goal is clearer thinking, better coping, and a fuller sense of possibility. Sessions are offered in English and Bryan accepts international clients.
He practices in Washington and holds the credentials LMHC and LCPC.
Evidence-Based Approaches Delivered Online
Bryan uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT is practical and problem-focused, and it often helps with anxiety, depression, and sleep problems.He also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills. DBT can be useful when strong emotions lead to impulsive behavior or relationship strain.
Trauma-Focused Therapy is brought in when past events are keeping someone stuck. This approach helps process traumatic memories and reduce their impact on daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Bryan collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they try techniques, review what helps, and adjust the plan as needed.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations, phone sessions work with lower bandwidth, chat can be a quick check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep continuity across different locations.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Washington, Idaho
- Languages
- English