Relieve yourself from the heaviness of your worries and pain, and reconnect back to your sense of self and a hopeful future.
As a therapist, I strive to provide all of my clients a warm, empathetic and open space to share your truth unapologetically, provide resources and informed education on mental health and all the nuances that come with it, and collaborate with you towards creating goals that center self-empowerment, acceptance, an improved sense of self, and renewed hope that you can live the meaningful life you desire for yourself!
As a survivor of childhood and racial trauma on the continuous path of healing myself, I understand that emotional pain and how the wounds of the past can feel as if it’s forever bleeding you out, leaving you with a energy-draining suffering that seems to have no end, triggers continuing to affect you in spaces where you’re just trying to live in peace; I also understand how being given space to sharing what’s really going on inside helps to move forward with recreating a life that contains hope within the despair. This personal understanding drives my passion to help empower others to realize they deserve to have a fulfilling life after experiencing hopelessness.
When I’m not in sessions with my clients, you can find me trying to live out my own meaningful life by ways of going on walks while listening to 90s music, fantasizing about ways to travel the world to live out my foodie life, watching shows and movies that ultimately end up being about the nuances of the human condition (seriously, I’ve accepted this topic is just a part of me at this point) and trying to connect back to my creative roots and outlets of reading and writing (I can only seem to hold focus and energy for YA novels these days, but if you have any good books recs, it’s always appreciated here).
The rest of my website includes more in-depth information on the services I have to offer and what you can expect therapy to look like if you’re a BIPOC professional, creative or seeking to heal from past emotional pain and/or trauma — and if you see yourself in my story or the story of my clients, I’d love to work with you.
Contact me to schedule a free 15 minute phone consultation so we can get started on setting the path to your healing journey.
I commend you on taking steps to seek out therapy, and I look forward to being a support to you along the way!
* While my experience and niches are catered towards serving women of color struggling with mental health concerns, I’ve both worked with and continue to welcome all genders and ethnicities to my practice, as well as non-working/non-”creatives”-identified persons, especially if the concerns I’ve mentioned that I help treat resonate with you. *
Licenses:
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, California, #97348
Licensed Independent Social Worker, Ohio, #I.2405282
I’m a licensed psychotherapist with over ten years of experience in the mental health field providing online therapy to people residing in the states of California and Ohio. As a Biracial/Multiethnic therapist, I’m passionate about providing mental health support to BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and Persons of Color) professionals and creatives* who are struggling with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, unresolved emotional pain and trauma from the past, and discouragements that have negatively impacted their confidence, sense of self-identity, motivation, and pursuit of dreams and passions that they deeply desire to achieve - often leaving them feeling hopeless about the future.
I’m especially passionate about providing care to other millennial professional persons of color who have intersectional identities (including bi or multi-cultural, racial, spirituality, and LGBTQIA+ identities), as a multiracial woman myself who knows what it’s like to feel that cultural disconnect with service providers in various healthcare settings and how it can negatively impact care, as well as how passed-down stigma within our own relationship with our emotions can impact our perceptions about what it means to heal from our sufferings.
Hey there, welcome to my website! I’m Briana, but can also call me Bri. (She/her/hers)
Land Acknowledgment:
Here in the United States, we reside on stolen Lands sacred to various groups of Indigenous Persons. In California and Ohio, some (among so many) of those groups include the Tongva, Acjachemen, Chumash, Ohlone, Shawnee, Ofo, and Hopewell traditions. I pay respect to the Elders of the past, present and future of this land, and continue to honor by way of advocating for the Landback movement. If you want to know even more practical ways of participating in the Landback movement, Inclusive Therapists has a very helpful article on ways to go about this. Additionally, to find out more which Native Land you may be residing in (either in the United States or Worldwide, check out this resource for more information on this topic.
Interested in starting therapy or want to know more? Contact me to schedule a free 15-minute phone consultation.
