Brian Byerly, LCSW
About me
I am a licensed therapist serving clients in North Carolina with a compassionate, holistic approach to mental health. My practice focuses on supporting individuals through complex life challenges, including stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and interpersonal dynamics. I specialize in helping clients navigate transitions, relationship difficulties, and personal growth.
My therapeutic approach is deeply attuned to individual needs, offering support across a wide range of experiences—from young adult challenges to caregiver stress, workplace issues, and family dynamics. I create a supportive environment where clients can explore their emotions, develop coping strategies, and work towards healing and personal empowerment.
I am committed to understanding each person's unique journey, offering guidance that respects their individual experiences and goals. Whether you're struggling with anxiety, processing past trauma, or seeking to improve communication and self-understanding, I'm here to support you with empathy and professional expertise.
Professional experience
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Eating disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Aging and geriatric issues, Attachment issues, Avoidant personality, BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture, Blended family issues, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, Fertility issues, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Hoarding, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Immigration issues, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Phobias, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sex addiction, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexual dysfunction, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Traumatic brain injury, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Systemic Therapy
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License information
NC LCSW C011761