Brian Fields

I have extensive experience running anger management groups and helping military veterans better understand their relationship with everything from minor irritation to uncontrollable rage. Anger is a normal emotion but one that too easily leads to life-long impulsive and reactive behavior. I appreciate the significant improvement I see in clients who incorporate a few important principles to manage their anger.

I am trained in CBT for Anxiety and have adopted effective mindfulness practices that can greatly benefit clients struggling with constant or acute stress and worry. I have experience working in crisis situations including suicide prevention and adolescent/teen crisis. I have helped others manage anxiety resulting from trauma as well as generalized anxiety, social anxiety, and panic disorder.

My training in CBT for Trauma and my continued work with the veteran population has allowed me the opportunity to better understand the complexities of trauma (combat, childhood/developmental, sexual), how it develops, how it can affect us over the course of our lives, and how we can come to terms with these experiences to achieve acceptance and an improved self-worth.

I am trained in Individual CBT for Depression, Anxiety and Trauma and have used it extensively while working with the veteran population. CBT looks at the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, more specifically how negative thinking impacts our mood. CBT is a relatively short-term treatment designed to help clients manage this thinking and, in turn, have greater control over their emotional state.