Bryan Stanfill, LMHC, LCPC

Bryan Stanfill is a licensed mental health counselor who uses practical, skills-based therapy to help people make change. He brings 22 years of experience and works from Washington as a clinician who focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, and addictions. Bryan speaks English and accepts international clients for online work.

Bryan centers his approach on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, asking clients to notice how thoughts and actions affect mood. He also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and Trauma-Focused Therapy for people carrying painful past experiences. Sessions aim to identify patterns, try small experiments, and build habits that reduce distress.

He has worked in private practice, schools, inpatient and residential settings, and community programs. That mix of settings informs a flexible style that blends coaching with clinical care. Bryan often helps people dealing with relationship strain, intimacy-related concerns, grief, sleep problems, and challenges around identity and purpose.

People coming to him can expect clear, direct guidance and practical tools they can practice between sessions. He emphasizes testing assumptions, adjusting behaviors, and noticing progress in daily life. The work is collaborative and paced to fit each person’s needs.

Scheduling is done online and includes options for video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging. Costs vary with location and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

CBT, DBT, and trauma-focused help online

Bryan uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. CBT sessions often involve identifying unhelpful thoughts, testing them, and trying new behaviors to reduce anxiety or depression.

He also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for managing strong emotions and improving distress tolerance. DBT tools teach concrete ways to regulate mood, handle conflict, and stay grounded when feelings surge. For people affected by past harm, Trauma-Focused Therapy addresses the impact of those events with care and techniques aimed at reducing lingering symptoms.

Choosing the right approach happens together. Bryan will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. He treats the process as collaborative, adapting methods to fit practical needs rather than following a single script.

Online sessions can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or ongoing text-based messaging. These options make therapy more flexible - video for deeper face-to-face work, phone when bandwidth is low, chat for brief check-ins, and messaging for ongoing coaching between meetings. The variety helps people fit therapy into busy lives and keeps care consistent across locations.