Brittany-Jean Green MSW, LGSW (she/her)
Hey there! Life throws a lot at us and it can be helpful to have someone in your corner who gets that being human is messy. We all absorb the harsh messages and realities we swim in. It's easy to lose track of how much we are holding in. Therapy can be a space to gently explore what we carry and craft new, kinder stories about ourselves in order to move through the world differently. It can be empowering to have someone you can talk to about hard things, celebrate the wins and support building a life that fits you. Finding someone new to open up to can feel intimidating, taking things slow and building trust in a gradual process is usually helpful. For those coming to therapy for the first time and feel unsure what it entails, a more relaxed way of thinking about it is simply “talking to a nice nerd,” which can be pretty spot on.
Teens and adults seek me out to address depression, anxiety, dissociation and trauma. These mental health concerns are often brought on by the stress of navigating a world that invalidates queerness, neurodivergence, life transitions, dysfunctional families, interpersonal violence and fundamentalist Christian/Mormon religious trauma. We all live at the intersection of many experiences and identities that shape who we are and bring us to therapy, which is why difficult things we go through are often interconnected and deserve to be understood holistically.
You deserve a tailored approach that is attuned to your specific needs. At the same time, being warm, collaborative, accepting, good-humored and down-to-earth cuts across how I greet people. Together we can thoughtfully look at what has influenced your self-understanding, and sit with the why behind your emotions so you can make choices that feel aligned with who you’re becoming. You make sense within the context of your story.
My path to becoming a therapist has included working with survivors as a domestic violence shelter advocate, serving youth who’ve experienced being unhoused and completing my graduate clinical work with Planned Parenthood. Outside of work I can be found persuading my houseplants to sprout a new leaf, rationalizing buying more craft supplies and indulging my arguably bad taste in music.
Specialties: Depression, Anxiety, Dissociation
