Brian Williams
Areas of practice
- Addictions - Including Substances
- Anger Management Issues
- Anxiety and/or Panic
- Compassion Fatigue
- First Nations Issues
- Grief and Loss - General
- Grief and Loss - Pets
- LGBTQ Issues
- Marriage and/or Relationship Issues
- Men's Issues
- Performance Enhancement
- Personal Growth
- Sports Performance
- Stress Management
Approaches used
- Meditation
- Mindfulness approaches
- Narrative Therapy
Counselling practice website:
www.briandeanwilliams.comPractice information:
My name is Brian and I appreciate you taking this important step of reaching out for assistance, which I know isn't always easy.
I am a compassionate and engaged therapist who works hard for his clients.
I am experienced and have been doing service work for 25 years and the last 12 at a masters level in my independent counselling company. My practice has thrived because my clients get results.
As an Approved Clinical Supervisor, I train masters-level therapists in my practice, and have trained more than 20 students and associates over the past 10 years. I am a sought-after public speaker on mental health and addictions issues.
While I work with folks of all genders, I'm known particularly for my work with men in healing from trauma, taking responsibility, overcoming anger, and recovering from addictions.
I have two major influences in my work: 1. Narrative therapy, a collaborative form of talk therapy in which we dismantle old / unhelpful guiding stories and develop new ones, and 2. mindfulness practice, including meditation, in which we train the mind to dismantle these unhelpful stories and cultivate a greater sense of awareness, ease, and well-being. On the narrative side of my practice, I also use the unique technique of offering therapeutic letters to my clients between sessions, as a way of keeping the therapeutic process alive and active.
I have specialized training and experience working with Indigenous clients, folks from LGBTQ2S communities, and BIPOC individuals. Currently I work closely with a coastal First Nation, collaborating with them on healing from colonization and residential schools.
My unique blend of narrative therapy and mindfulness training makes a real difference for the clients I serve. You've taken such an important first step, and I encourage you to reach out and see if it's a good fit for us to work together.
Specialized training:
- Buddhist Meditation Instructor and Group Facilitator, Against the Stream Meditation Society, Los Angeles 2011
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