Brian Aiken (He/him)

EMDR powerfully addresses traumatic memory and dysregulation through a somatic framework. Accessing memory through our bodies, when our minds have reached their threshold, is a means of healing and integrating our traumatic memory into a more connected and regulated whole. I also incorporate IFS and a parts understanding in mapping out patterns of dissociation.

In September 2026 I will begin a 4-year analytic training program at The National Institute of the Psychotherapies. Having begun analysis myself, and having received supervision from a psychoanalytic supervisor, I value the relational and interpersonal dimensions of psychoanalysis as it relates to the therapeutic relationship.

Having trained in family and couples work at ICP (Institute of Contemporary Psychotherapy), I approach much of my work from a relational family systems perspective. The patterns that repeat in our individual lives are often blueprinted by our most significant relationships. Our attachment relationships and traumas often hold the key for better understanding our interpersonal and intrapersonal realities.

Depression casts a wide net and can be conceptualized in many ways.

So much of who we are ties back to our relationships to primary caregivers, family members and those close to us growing up. Better understanding these relationships and their lasting impacts sheds light on our current challenges and emotional responses.

Depression casts a wide net and can be conceptualized in many ways.

Depression casts a wide net and can be conceptualized in many ways, but its impact is perpetually deadening. While medications can offer support, understanding the mechanisms that underlie depression, loss, melancholy and grief can help to gain insight into this complex infrastructure that informs how we feel to ourselves and to offer relief.

I approach trauma through a combination of EMDR and psychodynamic therapy. EMDR is body-centric while talk therapy addresses the more narrative aspects of trauma. I find the interplay of these two modalities, offered in a safe and compassionate space, to be of deep value and impact in helping to heal.