About Brian
Brian Willshire, LPC, offers counseling focused on stress, anxiety, and life transitions. He listens carefully and helps clients sort through upsetting thoughts. He guides people toward clearer thinking and firmer boundaries so daily life feels more manageable.
He frames emotional struggles as often linked to a shortage of love and connection, while acknowledging biological and psychological factors. Brian blends practical thinking skills with values that matter to each person. He is open to discussing faith when a client wants that approach, and he also works with people who have little or no religious belief.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize straightforward tools. He uses thought-focused strategies to catch unhelpful patterns and replace them with useful habits. Mindfulness techniques are added to help people notice their moment-to-moment reactions without getting swept away.
Brian draws on two decades of clinical experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor in Michigan. He helps people who are coping with grief, relationship stress, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem, and depression. The work often mixes short-term solutions with steps that build longer-term resilience.
His style is calm and direct. He listens first, then suggests small steps to try between sessions. Brian encourages clients to set clear boundaries and practice new ways of relating that fit their daily life.
How CBT, Mindfulness, and Solution-Focused Work Online
Brian uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to notice and change unhelpful thought patterns. CBT helps people who struggle with anxiety, low mood, and repetitive worries by breaking problems into small, doable steps.He also offers Mindfulness Therapy to build awareness of emotions and physical reactions. Mindfulness helps people pause before reacting and practice gentler responses to stress and anger.
Solution-Focused Therapy is used when clients want quick, practical changes. This approach highlights past strengths and current resources, then sets clear, measurable steps to move forward.
Finding the right mix is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each client about goals and preferences, then try approaches that fit those needs. Clients and therapist decide together which tools to use and when to adjust them.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and practice work. Phone sessions can fit a busy day or lower bandwidth. Live chat or text is handy for brief check-ins, short skill coaching, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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