About me

Brian is a Licensed Professional Counselor with education, training and clinical experience in the fields of Mental Health, Addiction, Trauma, Grief, Loss and Bereavement and Spiritual Care. He provides counseling, assessment and intervention services that help clients meet their goals for a life in recovery. Brian has a passion for providing quality care, support and services to his clients through a person-centered approach that incorporates interventions from various theories and methodologies. He believes in helping clients process through past traumatic experiences that have contributed to current struggles with substance abuse and mental health symptoms. Brian also incorporates client’s spiritual beliefs into the treatment protocol in order to holistically address their needs. His extensive experience and passion for this field has helped guide individuals through the process of recovery in order to experience freedom from their past and a hope for their future.

Specialties

  • Stress, Anxiety
  • Addictions
  • LGBTQ+
  • Grief
  • Depression
Also experienced in:
Relationship issues , Family conflicts , Trauma and abuse , Intimacy-related issues , Eating disorders , Anger management , Self esteem , Career difficulties , Bipolar disorder , Coping with life changes , Coaching , Read more...

Clinical approaches:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Existential Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

Years of Experience: 10

Services offered


  • Messaging

  • Live Chat

  • Phone

  • Video

Licensing

NV LCPC CP3204-R

PA LPC PC015782

MI LPC 6401018488

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Brian Shaffer. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with Teen Counseling might be different.

Written on Jan 30, 2024 after therapy with Brian for 3 years and 3 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, self esteem, and compassion fatigue

He is happy to hear me speak and I’m surprised with how well he can relate myself to other moments in my life

Written on Jul 14, 2022 after therapy with Brian for 1 year and 10 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, and self esteem

Brian hasn’t responded to any of my messages & failed to attend our session.

Written on May 06, 2022 after therapy with Brian for 2 months

My son actually was willing to talk to the therapist more than he would to us. It’s a new thing for him to be in therapy and we are hopeful to make some progress

Written on Mar 22, 2021 after therapy with Brian for 5 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, eating disorders, and self esteem

Brian is an amazing counsellor. He listens to me and always knows what to say.

Written on Feb 26, 2021 after therapy with Brian for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, family conflicts, and coping with life changes

So far working with Brian has been great. We’ve only had one session together so we will see how it goes moving forward as it always takes time getting to know someone.

Written on Dec 02, 2020 after therapy with Brian for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, self esteem, career difficulties, and adhd

I feel like Brian is helping me piece together the issues that are really bothering me and not just the surface level feelings I may have day to day. I get a lot out of my sessions with him.

Written on Nov 02, 2020 after therapy with Brian for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, self esteem, and career difficulties

Brian was a great therapist

Written on Oct 31, 2020 after therapy with Brian for 1 month on issues concerning addictions, lgbt, relationship issues, and trauma and abuse

It’s only been a month, but so far I’m thoroughly enjoying my sessions with Brian. He listens very well, is respectful, conscientious, knowledgeable and provides a very comfortable sharing environment. I plan on continuing to work with him as my counselor.

Written on Oct 20, 2020 after therapy with Brian for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, and stress, anxiety

Brian has already helped me and. after only 2 sessions I feel stronger. He has compassion, reassurance and gives me hope - all the things I need right now.

Written on Oct 19, 2020 after therapy with Brian for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and self esteem

Brian is very reassuring and an excellent listener. He does radiate a calm energy which is helpful for those of us who suffer from anxiety-related issues. Additionally, he comes up with an individualized action plan for each specific client. I was also overseas, so it was really great that Brian made our time difference work for therapy sessions.

Written on Oct 10, 2020 after therapy with Brian for 3 weeks

Brian is an extremely calm and peaceful presence who exudes wisdom and expertise. He is extremely warm and I cannot reccomend him highly enough!

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