BRIANA MESSERSCHMIDT (she/her/hers)

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I am a compassionate, well-trained, EMDR certified, LMFT trying to do my part to make the world more beautiful and less f***** for everyone.

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in Los Alamitos, CA

About My Clients

I am here and ready to help you move past your past. I believe your mind and body has what it needs to heal and sometimes just needs a little guidance. My clients have a great diversity amongst them; all are extremely courageous to be going to therapy and getting closer to becoming the people they want to be. My clients appreciate my extensive knowledge regarding EMDR therapy and trauma informed work care, as well as my flexibility, humor, and genuine human openness.

My Background and Approach

Difficult life events can feel like they consume our existence; however there is hope. I have seen the incredible resiliency in people as I have helped clients overcome trauma, anxiety, depression, and other emotional obstacles. I truly believe that you too will be able to get through this with guided support and my expertise. My path in life and therapeutic training has led me to specialize in working with clients like you who have experienced difficult events and are looking for help. I work with my clients using a feminist perspective alongside the lasting effects of EMDR, expressive arts, sandtray, and meditation to suit your unique need. To many of us, our pets are family members rather than mere animals and their loss is an often under-recognized and terrible pain. For this reason, I specialize in pet bereavement and anticipatory loss. I will understand what you are going though and help you gain strength, understanding, and a deeper love of your pet and what it means to be alive

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I want to make the world a better place than how I have found it. I try to use my many privileges to help those around me and am a passionate accomplice for the LGBTQIA+ community, Black Lives Matter, BIPOC and women's rights movement. I believe we can be better with endless effort and relentless transparency. My personal beliefs have been created through my life experiences, not all of which have been positive. I believe that although traumatic events can be the worse thing in a person's life, humans also have the unbelievable ability to overcome and experience Post Traumatic Growth. Animals, so many peoples first secure attachment figure, is a big part of my life and my practice as I incorporate both my therapy dog and cat. Due to my personal experience with the darkness of this world (and my own personal therapy) I have been forged to be a strong, think-skinned yet utterly human, well-trained, well-educated, compassionate and empathetic therapist to go on your healing journey.

Insurance Plans Accepted
  • Out of Network
I offer online counseling in the following states:
I have experience with the following
  • Agnosticism
  • Atheism
  • Buddhism
  • Christianity
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
  • Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Judaism
  • Taoism
  • Wicca/Paganism
  • Multifaith

At A Glance

  • Experience: 11 years of practice
  • Languages: English
  • Rate: $225 - 225/session

Info

Email BRIANA
5212 Katella ave
#103-B
Los Alamitos, CA 90720

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