About Brian
Brian Flynn is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience helping people navigate anxiety, stress, depression, grief, and trauma. He works with individuals facing relationship and intimacy struggles, questions about sexuality, and the special pressures that affect first responders. His approach aims to make sessions straightforward and useful for everyday life.
He favors solution-focused work that looks for practical steps you can try between sessions. He also uses trauma-focused methods when past events continue to cause distress.
Background and approach
Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or unsure about change. Brian emphasizes listening first. He asks about your goals and what you hope to feel differently.
From there he suggests small, achievable changes and checks in on how they worked. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. He aims to create clear plans for coping with anxiety, handling grief, and responding to stress after disasters or critical incidents.
He also addresses compassion fatigue and the burnout that can come from caregiving roles. Brian practices in New York and holds a LCSW credential, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker. He offers care to people who identify as LGBT and to men facing gender-related concerns.
He connects practical strategies with attention to personal strengths. If you want to begin, he invites prospective clients to share their hopes and priorities so the work can focus on real, attainable change.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Motivational Interviewing focuses on helping a person find their own reasons for change. It uses a conversational style to explore goals and to build motivation when someone feels stuck, which can help with anxiety and coping with life changes.Solution-Focused Therapy centers on small, practical steps and what already works. Sessions focus on setting short-term goals and trying simple strategies between meetings to see what helps most in daily life.
Trauma-Focused Therapy looks at how past events affect current feelings and behavior. It includes careful pacing and strategies to reduce distress tied to trauma, useful for people dealing with post-traumatic stress or responses after disasters and critical incidents.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Brian will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. He asks about what matters most to you and adapts plans as progress is made.
Online formats offer flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quicker check-ins, and text-based messaging lets people share thoughts between sessions. These options make it easier to maintain steady work on anxiety, grief, trauma, and relationship concerns without traveling to appointments.
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- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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