Briana Kuhl (she/her)

Throughout my career, I have focused on providing compassionate, supportive care for individuals who have experienced abuse or assault. I have worked with survivors of abuse in a variety of settings including as a crisis response therapist, trauma focused narrative group therapy, and individual counseling.

Self-harm is something that is often shared about and focused on by my clients. I approach self-harm with a calm, trauma-informed lens that focuses on the safety of the individual as well as addresses the underlying causes and contributing factors. I have worked with clients who engage in self-harm in a variety of settings including immediate crisis response, intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization, and outpatient individual and group therapy.

My clinical specialization is on emerging adulthood, trauma processing, and identity based exploration and oppression. In all of these areas, we often see struggles with self-esteem, self-worth, and body-image. I take a self-compassionate and body neutrality based approach to treatment when working with each of these topics.

I consider it an honor to get to journey with individuals who are doing the difficult, scary, and courageous work of addressing, reprocessing, and seeking treatment for trauma. With that approach in mind, I have received training on trauma-informed care, narrative group therapy with a focus on childhood trauma, and trauma-informed crisis response and continue to pursue additional learning on trauma treatment.

Mindfulness is at the core of how I approach all mental health treatment. My style of therapy can be summarized as a mindful and self-compassionate based approach focused on empowering, partnering with, and support individuals on their journey of increased wellbeing and mental health.