About me
Hello, my middle name is actually Happy and that's what I go by, so feel free to say my name often lol. I have been working with children and teens for over 20 years professionally and 20 years clinically. I have also been a foster Father off and on for close to 30 years. I have a great deal of experience working with children and teenagers who have had tremendous challenges thrust upon them and who simply need some guidance to get them through. I will need parental involvement and work a great deal with helping parents to understand where their children are from and what they may be going through that would make the greatest challenges.
Specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationships
- Family conflicts
- Trauma, Abuse
- Depression
Addictions , Grief , Parenting issues , Anger management , Self esteem , Career difficulties , Bipolar disorder , Coping with life changes , Coaching , Compassion fatigue , ADHD , Abandonment , Adoption and Foster Care , Read more...
Clinical approaches:
Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
Services offered
Messaging
Live Chat
Phone
Video
Licensing
TX LCSW 32818
Reviews
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Brian "Happy" Bryanson. 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.
Fantastic, helped me get better in a positive way!
Happy has helped me for two years in my therapy journey. I have learned so much about myself from him that I never thought I’d know. Great therapist, down-to-earth person, and he’s someone who really cares for helping you.
Very supportive and open - always offers me what i need and makes me think harder about my feelings
Happy has truly changed my life for the better. I was an angry angry person who always got into trouble, and Happy has helped me change my whole outlook on life. There are still areas that need working on, but that’s why I continue to see him every week. I really don’t know where I would be without his constant support and guidance. It’s a blessing that I am paired with him!
I really like Happy. He's honest, kind and knows what he's talking about. Plus he can be quite funny.
Brian is absolutely wonderful! He holds strong silence to allow for thoughts to flow, asks good follow-up questions and gives meaningful "homework". I look forward to weekly sessions with him to chat and explore my grief and family inner workings. Sessions with Brian leave me feeling lighter and give me more mental space to find joy in everyday life.
Thanks Brian!
Happy is a patient and caring therapist
I appreciate his direct communication. It helps me focus on the real issues and not get worked up over emotions etc.
good man
The sessions help a lot and I feel like he understands my challenges. I feel better after each session.
Thank you for listening!!
Happy is very attentive and understanding, but he also asks the hard questions that sometimes you do not like to think about. He pushes you to strive through the past and channel it into something else.
Brian has deeply helped my husband and I feel more connected and communicate with each other more clearly. He also gives us attainable goals, which has greatly helped our marriage. We love him!
I felt better after talking to him.
"Happy" is great. He's a great listener and good communicator. I'm glad to have him as my counselor.
I came to teencounseling.com with some degree of skepticism, have never used an online therapy service before. I was happily surprised by the quality of the therapy I have been receiving . I very quickly found it more helpful than the handful of in person therapies I pursued previously. Brian "Happy" Bryanson is a fantastic interlocutor. He has been giving me weekly writing assignments which allow me to carry our practice into my daily routines and engage in short but powerful reflective and discursive exercises. I wholeheartedly recommend Brian "Happy" Bryanson.
Happy is the best, great listener with amazing advice. Highly recommend him
Great to work with, very solution orientated but in a supportive way
Brian is very attentive and welcoming. He challenges you to better yourself
Awesome fella!
Happy gets to the point straightaway, doesn't mince words. He doesn't waste much time explaining what's wrong with you, he is rightaway focused on work required to navigate your challenge. Every single time I interact with him, there is a tremendous release of energy for the next few days and I get so much work done in the right direction.
Great experience. Tremendous help through a major life change experience.
Happy is the best. He helped me navigate a very complicated and difficult time in my life. He listened closely and asked me questions that really helped me to see situations in a new light. Things would have been really hard without his counseling. My self-esteem has never been better and I feel really good about my direction in life. Thank you so much Happy!!!
After decades of counseling/therapy with many different people with various degrees and approaches, Happy has led me to insights about myself to a depth that I have never experienced. He has helped me gain a sense of freedom from a prison that I didn’t even know I was in.
Happy is an outstanding counselor and the perfect one for us. I was super impressed with him after our first session, and have continued to be impressed, weekly, for over two months.
Happy is highly skilled and talented in what he does. In our couple’s counseling, he’s not only able sift through the clutter and truly hear what our hearts are saying, but is also able to be a “translator” of sorts and explain in a concise way the other person’s meaning behind the words. By not shying away from asking the tough questions, he has helped us to make progress.
If you’ve been fortunate enough to be matched with Happy, you are lucky indeed and great things await!
Brian is an amazing listener, and very experienced dealing with people's shitty situations. He helped me with my addiction, and gave me a roadmap to how I should deal with it. His recommendations, thoughts and reflections on my behavior were very insightful, and were very honest. They helped me remain accountable, to him and to myself. Most importantly, he gave me a listening ear and I can't say enough good things about how helpful that was. All the actions to healing and recovery were or will be taken by me, but Brian was the wise guide that was there to encourage me every step of the way. Highly recommend him, thank you so much Brian!
I felt very confident talking to Brian right away. At first I was a bit nervous because it was over video chat and I have never done this before but Happy made me feel ver comfortable to talk about the reasons I was here.
Instead of doing chit chat he went right into the problem which I really appreciate so we could work on it and not waste time.
After the sessions I feel great being able to talk about everything that is going on and I rethink about what he said and how my life and past effect my current problems.
Very thankful for happy and teen counseling.
Happy is really helpful and caring. This is my first time doing therapy and I am really grateful that he’s my counselor. He listens, understands, and gives really good advice.
+1 he has a really good sense of humor that can cheer you up anytime
Happy was great with my son. His years of experience with teens and foster/adoption situations is very evident! I enjoyed that he included the family in the conversations and offered tips on how to make things better. Happy is relatable and easy to talk to. We are so grateful for his help!
He has helped me understand a lot about myself and when I ask him questions on what I can do to do better, he gives me a great answer. Not only is he helpful, but he's a very caring person and wants you to do your best.