About Bryan
Bryan Stanfill is a licensed mental health counselor who brings 22 years of experience to his work. He holds the LMHC credential and the LCPC credential and practices in Washington. He writes simply and directly, helping people who feel worn down by life find clearer ways forward.
He often works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, and ADHD. He also supports people dealing with addiction, grief, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, and intimacy or relationship struggles.
Background and approach
Bryan helps people sort through life changes and find practical steps to feel better day to day. In session he focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing everyday assumptions. He uses structured approaches to change behavior and build coping skills.
He also uses trauma-focused methods when past hurts get in the way of present life. His background includes independent practice, school-based settings, inpatient and residential care, and community programs. That range has shaped a pragmatic style that values small, doable changes.
He encourages a collaborative process where the client’s goals guide the work. People come for short-term coaching or longer therapeutic work depending on their needs. Sessions aim to teach concrete strategies for managing emotions, improving sleep, reducing impulsive behavior, and rebuilding hope.
Bryan’s goal is to help people live more fully and feel more in control of their days.
Approaches that translate to online care
CBT helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking. It focuses on small, practical exercises and behavior changes that can be practiced between sessions to reduce anxiety, improve mood, or manage ADHD-related challenges. DBT teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills with clear techniques for handling intense feelings and improving relationships. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on processing difficult memories and reducing their hold on current life, often using stepwise, paced methods.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will review your goals and current struggles and recommend which methods to try first. Plans are adjusted over time, and clients are invited to give feedback so the work fits their needs and preferences.
Online sessions give practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for full sessions and skills practice, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging supports ongoing coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules and keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist 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
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