I provide counseling, therapy, consulting and coaching services to individuals, couples, and families. I enjoy working with adolescents, adults and couples. Compassion, warmth and objectivity are what I offer each individual that walks into my practice. Clients are accepted for who they are while receiving encouragement to become self-aware, grow and thrive within their communities. My goal is to create a safe space for revival of soul (Mind, Will, & Emotions); rebuilding weakened and destroyed personal, family and social foundations;(revealing) putting into proper perspective life's challenges and their effectiveness for advancement, and experiencing restoration of the total being.

I'm a clinical psychologist who enjoys working with adults to solve life's challenges in individual and couples therapy. My clients mostly struggle with anxiety, depression, relationship issues, and difficulties adjusting to life changes. I also work with couples to gain a more satisfying relationship based on friendship and intimacy. While therapy can seem like an uncertain journey, it often leads to remarkable growth and self-discovery with the right professional support.

Everyone has a necessary journey throughout life and sometimes additional support is needed along the way. My interactions with clients are grounded in compassion, respect, empathy, and an understanding of cultural impacts. I consider the role of a therapist as helping to educate and empower clients so that they develop the insight and skills necessary to overcome their own personal and situational challenges.

Sometimes life events can leave us feeling disconnected, from ourselves and from others. You may find yourself sleeping too much, or too little. Aches and pain may be showing up in your body. Perhaps you are finding yourself playing out the same old patterns in your relationships and are wondering, “How did I get here?” Maybe you don’t feel quite like you are living life the way you dreamed you would.

I have a warm and empowering approach to therapy. My first priority is to understand you as a person and listen deeply to what you are struggling with and how you desire to grow. Many of the clients I work with are suffering due to events that they, their ancestors, and/or their community experienced which may have involved oppression, attachment wounds, mood related difficulties, loss, or others impacts. I offer a place where you can identify and explore emotions without experiencing judgment, learn ways to sit with pain without it becoming overwhelming, and begin to feel whole, valuable, and connected.

Tired of facing this alone? Need someone to trust to listen without placing judgment? So often, we try to handle things alone for too long. By the time we ask for help, the problem feels out of control. I want to help you to figure this out and get out from under whatever burden or decision is on you. Whether it is the past, work stress, grief over a loss, regret, anxiety, depression, or a behavior interfering with your life goals, I will work with you to try to figure this out.

Sometimes life is just hard; it hurts and things just don’t seem fair or right. Perhaps you are experiencing loss, a struggle, dealing with grief, setbacks in life, feelings of sadness or despair, anxious or just unsure of how to cope. Life feels upside down. While such feelings are difficult and real, pain and growth in life can coexist. What is most important is, today you have taken a positive first step seeking support. You have made a choice to do something different with your life. Our mind, which means our thinking, our brain and our body serve as indicators of what's working or not. Thinking gets stuck or we miss signals.

I am a female Psychologist and a Certified Professional Life Coach who works with women dealing with weight loss, binge eating, emotional eating, mid-life crisis, grief, menopause and other issues. Let's meet your life goals. The Time is NOW! www.TherapyForwomen.com or www.WeightLossCoachForWomen. I live in the Raleigh/Durham NC area, but can see clients as a Life Coach instead of a Psychologist via long-distance communication. Note phone number change from website pages (New number: 919-908-6801; New e-mail is brendeer@hotmail.com

Life is like an ocean of possibilities. There are times in life that you are floating along just fine, times were you are riding high on the waves, and then there are times you feel like you are caught in a strong under current, struggling to keep from drowning. Whether you are dealing with depression, emotional challenges, trauma, relationship issues, or difficult life transitions and circumstances, you do not have to navigate them alone. My role as, your therapist is to support and challenge you to reach your personal goals, with compassion and understanding, in a empathetic, judgment free partnership. I do offer tele-heatlh

January 2017: I am not currently taking new patients at this time. I am a warm and charismatic provider and am excited to become a resource and support for you. If you have become overwhelmed by anxiety or depression, are worried that you have developed an addiction, or are managing other transitions, you may be at the precipice of profound growth. Together we can create a safe space to navigate your change efforts in a gentle and affirming way. I employ the relational-cultural model.

It has been pointed out to me by clients, colleagues, family and friends that they find it easy to talk to me. It is not uncommon for strangers to share there challenges and successes with me after a few words of casual conversation. If I were to list what I thought allows me to build rapport so easily, I would have to say that I believe it is because people are able to sense that I care about them genuinely. As a therapist, I care about seeing each one of my clients reach the goals that they set for themselves.

Life can be hard. No matter how healthy, smart, hardworking or successful we may be, we can find ourselves facing unexpected challenges and feeling overwhelmed or confused. I work with adults of all ages and walks of life. Some are depressed or anxious or angry or grieving. Some want to grow or understand themselves better. If you want to grow; if you are struggling; if your challenge is too complex to work through on your own; if you do not want to burden family or friends; then working with a therapist can be helpful and emotionally safe.

I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and a Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist (LCAS). I specialize in populations dually diagnosed with Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders. I am trained in Multi-Systemic Therapy; a family focused evidenced based model. Other training include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Trauma Focused Therapy and Motivational Interviewing which is primarily used with populations battling chemical addiction.

Our day to day can get overwhelming and it can be difficult to take action in order to make changes in our lives. Stepping outside of the box can be scary. You have the ability to rise up to the occasion to take more control of your own life experiences. You can feel more confident & free and truly live your life.

My work as a therapist is inherent to my belief that people want to love and be loved, feel a sense of belonging and acceptance, and fulfill a higher purpose in life. Appreciating the courage, work, time and commitment it requires to change, I work to guide and support people through their personal journey to identify, focus and work to achieve what's important to them in living a more fulfilled life.

I strive to assist my clients in removing barriers to freedom, peace, and balance. We will focus on establishing your personal goals and work together to develop a plan to achieve them.

Distress? Growth? Transition? Insight? Conflict? Support? These are among the reasons many seek out a therapist. I work primarily with adults in individual and group settings to address issues like these. I bring to our therapeutic relationship experience with nutrition, anthropology, spiritual formation, psychology, cross cultural work and experience with sexual orientation and gender issues.

I AM CURRENTLY UNABLE TO ACCEPT NEW CLIENTS I see the breakdown of communication as a primary problem in couples, stepfamilies and friends. Being able to really listen and understand and talk is critical to building good relationships. Knowing your own feelings, being able to express anger and hurt constructively- these are skills we often don't learn growing up but need to have for our own growth and for relationships. I have marital training from Terry Real Institute (Level I) and Gottman Institute (Level II)