Brendan Turner, LCSW(He/Him/His)

Brendan Turner is a licensed clinical social worker who works with teenagers and adults, offering safe spaces to overcome obstacles to healthy development and fulfilling relationships. He has extensive experience assisting individuals and families navigating trauma grief and anxiety. With ten years of clinical experience in Louisiana, and informed by his personal journey through 18 years in recovery from alcoholism, Brendan brings a unique skill set establishing relationships grounded in trust, empathy and acceptance with his clients.

Brendan Turner specializes in assisting teenagers and adults of all genders, and families through challenges related to relationships, grief, anxiety, trauma and low self worth. His practice fosters healing and well-being through a collaborative approach, building on clients' inherent strengths and providing guidance for self-exploration and wholeness. With a focus on men, he challenges detrimental societal expectations to empower clients to embrace their authentic selves and achieve their goals. His clinical work incorporates trauma-informed CBT, grief and trauma intervention, psychotherapy for compassionate self-exploration, and mindfulness practices for managing emotions.

Brendan's therapeutic process is centered on the client's specific goals and daily stressors to identify and address unhelpful patterns and provide some immediate relief. He and his clients collaboratively explore the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to address the root causes of pain. Mindfulness offers practical tools for emotional management and shifting perspective, allowing clients to see old habits as survival strategies, thereby fostering self-compassion and resilience. Through processing past experiences, clients begin to feel unburdened, enabling new, healthier patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to emerge and align with their current needs. As these positive behaviors become established, clients experience greater fulfillment and peace in their careers and relationships through intentional self-care and acceptance.