Meet Briana, LCSW

Welcome, it’s an honor to walk alongside you on your healing journey. I am a licensed clinical social worker and a certified EMDR therapist and EMDRIA approved consultant. I have been working in the trauma field for the past 10 years and specialize in complex trauma. I received my Masters in Social Work from CSUF and my bachelor's from Pitzer College. I completed my 200-hour Yoga Alliance certification to teach yoga in 2017 and became trained in trauma-informed yoga and breath practices. I incorporate all of this with clients in order to access healing and connection between mind, body, and spirit.

                 Expertise

I specialize in working with Adults and Children who have experienced trauma, stress, anxiety, grief, etc. I help clients find their inner resilience and learn healthy coping skills and distress tolerance. I work from a trauma-informed and somatic lens to address what is going on within. I utilize EMDR and somatic psychotherapies such as trauma-informed mindfulness, breath work, sound, yoga, art therapy, DBT, and reiki to work through the present symptoms and triggers as ways to ground and release emotional pain. EMDR works through trauma, grief, stress, anxiety, fear, etc at a much faster pace than traditional talk therapy. I offer EMDR intensives (anywhere from 3 to 6 hours) for those who don’t have time to come to therapy weekly or want to work through their symptoms at a faster pace.