Bryan Busse

Bryan Busse is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 28 years of clinical experience. He helps people who are facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and major life changes including divorce and separation. He also supports those coping with compassion fatigue, parenting challenges, relationship concerns, addiction, ADHD, and caregiving strain.

Bryan takes an open, practical approach in sessions. He focuses on building a trusting, empathic relationship where people can talk through what matters to them. He adapts his methods to each person rather than sticking to a single formula, using tools drawn from many therapies he has used over his career.

His training includes a master’s degree with honors in Counseling Psychology and a long history of work in diverse settings. Early internships included substance use programs, high school counseling, and residential care for at-risk youth. He later worked in a neuropsychology practice treating traumatic brain injury, dementia, and pain management, and trained in neurofeedback and biofeedback.

Bryan has provided care in private practice and clinical environments and developed a focus on geriatric and end-of-life issues after caregiving for a family member with Alzheimer’s disease. He has also worked with hospice, home health, assisted living, and memory care settings.

Outside of professional work, he draws on life experience as a father and stepfather, a person who has experienced divorce in both his family of origin and marriage, and a survivor of family health crises. These experiences inform a grounded, solutions-oriented style in sessions.

Therapeutic approaches and online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, stress, and making major life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence current patterns and helps people build safer, more secure ways of relating to others. That approach can be useful for relationship and attachment concerns. Client-Centered Therapy puts the person’s experience and goals at the center of sessions, offering empathy and acceptance while clients find their own solutions.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist collaborates with each person to identify which methods fit best based on their needs, goals, and preferences. He uses a mix of approaches rather than relying on one technique, and he reviews progress with the client so adjustments can be made.

Confirm current session options before booking because formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people schedule sessions around work or caregiving responsibilities, which can make consistent progress more achievable.