About Brian
Brian Lussier is a Connecticut clinical psychologist with 36 years of experience helping people cope with stress and anxiety. He works with parents and individuals facing a broad range of concerns, including depression, anger, ADHD, grief, relationship strain, and sleep problems. He aims to make sessions straightforward and practical so people can use what they learn soon after a meeting.
He draws on a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs.
Background and approach
He talks about feelings, thoughts, actions, and physical health, while also noticing how work, relationships, and family affect daily life. Sessions focus on building coping skills, problem-solving, and using strengths that people already have. Brian has long experience in school settings and significant work supporting parents of children with disabilities.
That background shapes how he helps people manage parenting stress and fatherhood concerns. He frames challenges in clear terms and offers steps people can try between appointments. He favors an encouraging, down-to-earth style and sometimes uses gentle humor to ease tense moments.
His goal is to help people gain understanding and practical tools to handle life’s changes and ongoing struggles. People who choose his care can expect direct conversation, skill practice, and collaborative planning. Sessions typically combine short-term problem solving with attention to deeper patterns that affect mood and relationships.
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Brian often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood. CBT is practical and often includes exercises to try between sessions. He also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people understand and shift patterns in close relationships by naming emotions and trying new ways to respond.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. He will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt methods as needed. That collaborative process helps tailor care to each person’s situation and priorities.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging can support quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing between-session contact. These options make scheduling easier and let people work on stress and anxiety from varied locations and routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 36 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English
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