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I’m Brian Licensed Psychologist Pronouns: he/him/his I specialize in helping adults and adolescents navigate difficulties with anxiety, depression, relationships, emotions, self-esteem, identity, and trauma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694644871-IC85FNH781UNZSZEGHDR/Aro+Ha_0428.jpg Meet Brian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694583486-2PQT0LQ193RL7MCB6DX4/20140228_Trade+151_0046.jpg Meet Brian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847767761-J2M1HI20BXRQ9XCR0HUD/Large+JPG-Aro+Ha_0387.jpg Meet Brian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg Meet Brian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fb1a50feda832694bb8f55/5f7a24ec-1c32-4c10-83a2-e1047ee3c70e/PXL_20231126_212214967%7E2.jpg Meet Brian https://www.drbriantrager.com/faqs daily 0.75 2024-01-24 https://www.drbriantrager.com/services daily 0.75 2024-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fb1a50feda832694bb8f55/1655752301061-4NHEODAKDMMK7MZDGMAC/unsplash-image-Zyx1bK9mqmA.jpg Services - Group Sessions Group Therapy is the perfect place to address a wide range of personal issues and understand yourself within relationships. We all have habitual relationship patterns that block us with friends, lovers, coworkers, and family. Group acts as a microcosm of reality and is the ideal social environment to evoke these patterns and help you recognize and overcome them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fb1a50feda832694bb8f55/1655752700916-HS81D2SJXC2R7JIW2HA7/unsplash-image-mG-HdjYiPtE.jpg Services - One-on-One or Couples Sessions Sometimes what we really need is quality one-on-one attention. Most people benefit from being able to express a full range of emotions in the safety of a therapeutic relationship. As such, I offer individual and couples therapy to focus more specifically on issues you’re wanting to address. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fb1a50feda832694bb8f55/d4ceb605-df85-4edd-9ce7-c0f202e50f83/javier-sierra-6jopFhZkGGk-unsplash.jpg https://www.drbriantrager.com/grouptherapy daily 0.75 2024-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fb1a50feda832694bb8f55/4bf9eb0e-4de7-40ac-876e-c0bc0dfc314d/shane-rounce-DNkoNXQti3c-unsplash.jpg Group Therapy - How Does Group Work? We all have habitual relationship patterns that block us with friends, lovers, coworkers, and family. Group is the ideal social environment to evoke your interpersonal patterns and learn to overcome them. You’ll practice being vulnerable, feeling your emotions, and having deep, honest conversations with other group members. As this process unfolds, all of our unconscious relationship patterns play out in real-time. Members are given the opportunity to examine how they relate to themselves and others, and receive direct feedback about their impact on others. Each individual begins to understand their relationship expectations and uncover the strategies they deploy as mechanisms for protection from vulnerability, emotional closeness, and intimacy. As individuals become conscious of relationship patterns, they begin to notice similarities between the relationships formed within the group and those outside it. Group acts as a reflection and recreation of each participant’s outside world relationships. It also becomes evident that relationship dynamics are reflections of moments from our past and childhood. Over many months and years, group unearths the root causes of the challenges we face in relationships, allowing individuals to overcome the patterns that are keeping them stuck in the past. Instead, individuals begin to relate to themselves and others in healthier, more adaptive ways. As daunting as this may sound, the essence of group lies in the cultivation of a sense of community and belonging. Both the group leader and fellow members offer support every step of the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fb1a50feda832694bb8f55/9e3dd5e6-be92-480b-9867-944491feb66f/pexels-tima-miroshnichenko-5711175.jpg Group Therapy - What Does A Group Session Look Like? Groups are typically 8-12 members in size, meet once per week for 90 mins, and have a fixed rate per session. The group meets in a private room where chairs are arranged in a circle so that members can see each other clearly. Free-flow dialogue is the main focus; this means that the direction of the group session is decided by the members and the therapist helps to facilitate. No topic is off limits. Group members work to understand themselves and the other group members by communicating their thoughts and feelings towards other members and the leader, and discussing why they have them. Participants are empowered to connect by taking a portion of the talking time each week. They share the emotionally significant story of their lives and discuss important aspects of life with the group. Group members are encouraged to express their thoughts and feelings out loud, fostering intimate connections with others in the group. This is the material through which the group session flows and in which lasting transformation occurs. https://www.drbriantrager.com/individualcouples daily 0.75 2022-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fb1a50feda832694bb8f55/97d6e5e8-5fb4-46d3-84a7-6eeb6c70a7be/unsplash-image-wSBQFWF77lI.jpg Individual&Couples - Couples Sessions Relationships are hard work. But not all of us were taught the skills to maintain satisfying connections with others. While communication is important, connection is key. My priority is to help you and your partner feel more deeply connected with one another. That way you can brush off the little things and face the big things in life together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fb1a50feda832694bb8f55/1655847027956-HD1G2DQVIXL01O4RPMTR/unsplash-image-vRAYwESFc-U.jpg Individual&Couples - One-on-One Sessions You may find yourself feeling stuck, frustrated, or repeating the same patterns or mistakes. One-on-one sessions allow us to look more closely into these unconscious patterns and help you get unstuck, so life doesn’t feel so challenging anymore. https://www.drbriantrager.com/contact daily 0.75 2024-02-02 https://www.drbriantrager.com/team daily 0.75 2024-02-24