Gillian Brown

It’s hard to open up when you’re not sure who will actually understand. Maybe you’ve been navigating stress or anxiety for so long that it just feels normal now. Or you’re feeling off in ways you can’t quite explain, pulled between wanting to feel better and not knowing where to start.

I work with adults, and I’m especially experienced in helping people through stressor-related disorders like PTSD and adjustment issues, as well as anxiety, mood disorders, and ADHD. I also support clients who identify as neurodivergent and those navigating complex trauma, psychotic disorders, or personality disorders.

Our work together will be collaborative, respectful, and rooted in whole-person care. I’ll never assume I know more than you do about your own life. My role is to offer tools, insights, and space to walk with you while you make sense of what matters most to you. I like to share psychoeducation when it’s helpful, and I also trust that you bring your own knowledge, history, and wisdom to the table.

In our sessions, we’ll look at what’s working, what’s not, and how your values, what actually matters to you, can shape the way forward. I support clients in practicing self-regulation skills and exploring the impact of trauma and life stressors with honesty and care. I integrate dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and internal family systems (IFS), depending on your needs. IFS is an attachment-focused modality that can help you identify limiting beliefs, explore inner dynamics, and strengthen your relationship with yourself and others.

My approach is compassionate, curious, and nonjudgmental. I want therapy to feel like a space where you don’t have to edit yourself, where you can show up exactly as you are and trust that we’ll figure things out together. I’ve worked with individuals in rural, suburban, and urban communities, and my generalist social work training helps me understand the systems that shape our lives, family, work, school, relationships, identity, and how they intersect with our mental health.

Before becoming a therapist, I worked in psychiatric rehabilitation with people experiencing serious and persistent mental illness. That experience taught me how deeply mental health is connected to safety, housing, connection, and access to care, and it continues to shape how I show up in the therapy room: with respect for your story, and a belief in your capacity for change.

Outside of therapy, I recharge by listening to music or podcasts, catching up with friends, gardening when it’s warm out, drawing with oil pastels, and stretching. Therapy is serious work, but I bring warmth and humanity into the room, too.

If you’ve been feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure if therapy will help, I get it. You don’t have to commit to anything long-term. Just reach out. We’ll take it one conversation at a time.