Bryant Kusy, LCPC​

ABOUT BRYANT:
After college and dabbling in medical research and then computer networking, Bryant earned his Master's in Counseling from NMSU in 2003. He has since provided direct care, supervision and mentoring in the therapy field for 22 years. Bryant has worked in home visiting, hospital outpatient, and private practice settings alongside teachers, doctors and parents in both urban and rural areas. He specialized in attachment and bonding (IMH) work for many years and then added trauma-informed models including EMDR. His primary lens in therapy is "existential" which is what YOU deem to be most important for living a fully brave life. He has a special fondness for working with those struggling with depression (all ages) and young adults with Asperger's. 
 
A FEW WORDS FROM BRYANT:
Life can be really hard. And sometimes how we THINK about and react to events makes it harder. Life can be really complicated, but often we complicate current life decisions from ideas that used to work, but don't any longer. Sometimes we hold onto things we ought to LET GO of and carry regret. When we lose sight of our INTERNAL COMPASS, then decisions seem impossible. I believe that often - not always - depression and anxiety occur when we have unintentionally allowed our life to shrink trying to PROTECT from how full and intense life can "feel". When we LEARN how to move into or towards these emotions, we can GROW and again act FREELY from our unique, brilliant, even perhaps - quirky - selves. 

Therapy is for me a collaborative adventure. It is one that is very serious yet also best includes laughter. Therapy can be a lot of work since change is not easy, but you should always feel safe as you grow.  

OTHER INTERESTS:
I love time on my mountain bike feeling the air in my hair just like I did as a young child. I enjoy poetry (both reading and writing it) and time with dear friends who know how to laugh. But I also love a good snoreful nap!​

"They tell you to develop a thick skin so things don't get to you. What they don't tell you is that your thick skin will keep everything from getting out, too. Love, intimacy, vulnerability . . . Thick skin doesn't work anymore. I want to be transparent and translucent . . . I won't put what you say about me on my load."
~ Viola Davis