LICENSED THERAPIST · PSYCHOANALYST · LIFE COACH
You Don't Have
to Navigate This Alone
Compassionate, depth-oriented therapy and life coaching to help you move through anxiety, find clarity, and build a life that feels genuinely yours.
WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE
You're in the right place.
I specialize in helping people navigate life's most challenging moments with depth, curiosity, and lasting transformation.
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Anxiety & Stress
Constant worry, racing thoughts, and feeling overwhelmed by everyday life. Let's find calm together — not as a quick fix, but as a sustainable way of being.
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Career & Purpose
Feeling stuck, unfulfilled, or searching for meaning in your work. Together we'll clarify your path forward — not by doing more, but by understanding more.
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Life Transitions
Career shifts, divorce, parenthood, and other major changes leaving you uncertain. I'll help you find your footing and understand what this moment is asking of you.
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Depression & Burnout
Exhausted, empty, or going through the motions without joy. There's a way back to feeling like yourself again — and we'll find it together, at your pace.
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MEET DR. BRIAR
Licensed Therapist,
Analyst & Life Coach
For more than 30 years, I have provided therapy for individuals and couples. Rooted in British Object Relations, my approach is thoughtful, relational, and deeply attentive to the unconscious patterns that influence how you love, struggle, and make meaning.
Therapy here is not about quick fixes. It is about thoughtful, transformative understanding.
Doctorate in Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Center of California
MSW, New York University
Senior Faculty, PCC
30+ years in private practice
YOUR JOURNEY
Simple, transparent, and designed around you.
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Book Your Free Call
We'll meet for 15 minutes to discuss what you're going through and whether we're a good fit. No pressure — just an honest conversation.
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Design Your Path
In our first full session, we'll explore your goals and what success looks like for you. Together, we'll create a personalized plan.
Weekly Sessions
We'll meet for 50-minute sessions — in person or virtually — at a frequency that works for you.
Grow & Transform
As you build new insight, shift old patterns, and gain clarity, you'll notice real changes in how you think, feel, and show up in your life.
SERVICES
Choose the support that fits your needs.
Individual Therapy
A dedicated space for in-depth work exploring identity, loss, emotional repetition, and the complexities of your inner world.
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Life Coaching
A focused, present-oriented space for those navigating transitions, professional decisions, or a general sense of feeling at a crossroads.
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Couples & Parent Guidance
For partners who feel caught in painful dynamics or long for a deeper connection, and parents seeking to understand themselves and their children.
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Clinical Supervision
Reflective, depth-oriented supervision for clinicians drawn to psychoanalytic thinking who wish to deepen their clinical presence.
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COMMON QUESTIONS
Before we meet.
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Sessions are 50 minutes. This consistent container allows the work to unfold with rhythm and intention.
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Most clients begin with weekly sessions. Together, we'll determine what frequency best supports your process and goals.
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I'm an out-of-network provider. I don't bill insurance directly, but I provide a superbill — a detailed receipt — that you can submit to your insurance for potential reimbursement.
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Absolutely. Everything we discuss is confidential and protected by law. The only exceptions are an immediate risk of harm, suspected abuse, or a court order — all rare, and all discussed with you. Your privacy and trust are paramount.
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My approach is thoughtful and collaborative, rooted in British Object Relations. Rather than quick solutions, our work focuses on helping you understand yourself deeply so patterns begin to make sense and meaningful, lasting change becomes possible.
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Yes — sessions are available both in person at my home office and via Zoom, for clients throughout California.
"Today you are you,
that is truer than true.
There is no one alive,
who is you-er than you."
— Dr. Seuss
Whatever you carry, wherever your story has unfolded,
therapy offers a space to return to yourself with curiosity and begin the work of becoming more fully known.
A MEMOIR FROM DR. BRIAR
Love, Laugh, Be
This work reflects a more personal dimension of my life and thinking —
a narrative shaped by loss, resilience, family, and the unexpected ways meaning reveals itself over time. Love, Laugh, Be traces a path through illness, uncertainty, and the evolving complexity of a blended family, offering an intimate look at how we endure, adapt, and remain open to connection.
"Love is not something we arrive at.
It is something we remain inside of."
Therapy is not about fixing what is broken.
It is about understanding what is whole.
You have carried this long enough on your own.
There is a different way — one rooted in curiosity, depth, and genuine care for who you are becoming.
You've read this far for a reason.
That voice inside you? Listen to it.
You deserve support, clarity, and a life that feels good — not just manageable.
The hardest part is starting. Let me make it easy.