About me
I am excited for you that you've chosen to take a step towards healing. It can be scary to face your own judgments and fears. I also think some of the most beautiful experiences come from when we truly embrace our most authentic selves and it requires true strength and bravery to show up for yourself in your most authentic way vulnerabilities and all.
I know what it feels like to be lost, broken, confused, or frustrated in life. Together we can help you strengthen your abilities to cope with the twist and turns of life. Don't feel like you currently have any abilities to cope? Don't worry we can find them in you and develop them too. I believe in the healing nature of secure relationships. When you engage in therapy it's my goal to create a safe environment for you to express and explore your story. This helps us both better understand what's happening that brought you to therapy.
I work compassionately while monitoring my own life experiences and judgments to ensure I am showing up for you in the most authentic and helpful way. I welcome feedback on our work so I can improve how I work with you. Therapy with me is very collaborative, I listen and gather information, and then listen more. I want to understand you and your unique struggles. Our work together will focus on your goals and help you see improvements in the things that matter most to you. We can identify ways to cope more effectively and change old-held beliefs for a more adaptive outlook on life.
My work experience has a vast range. I've worked in homes with developmentally disabled adults, residential, day treatment, and intensive outpatient substance abuse rehabilitation centers, working on the streets with our homeless and those with severe persistent mental illness, in private practice, community mental health agencies, and in schools. Because of the various environments and unique people in each environment, I have been blessed to meet, work with, and alongside some truly amazing people. I have worked with ages 5 to 80+ years of age.
I was born and raised in Provo Utah and went to New York University for graduate school. Having spent time in two very different environments I have again been exposed to a variety of backgrounds which has made my life richer. I love to travel, I have visited England and India while seeing the inside of airports in Germany and Iceland so far. I hope to add Italy, Ireland, and Scotland to the list soon. My friends and family describe me as warm, friendly, silly, passionate, and easy to talk to.
I have often said to my clients, I may be the one with a fancy paper on the wall, but you are the expert in your life, with the ability to enact the most amazing changes. Sometimes we just have to have some guidance, support, and unconditional love and acceptance. I think you should always feel comfortable with your therapist, If you meet me and decide I am not the right fit, that is fine I would encourage you to find the therapist that is the right fit. It's when we feel supported and safe that we are better able to explore and enact lasting change in our lives.
Relationships take work. My approach to couples therapy is to help identify the strengths in the relationship and identify how to turn those strengths into a helpful change in the relationship. I don't take sides, I wanted to help you as the couple get onto the same page and learn to externalize the problems so you face them together instead of feeling like you're on opposite sides of the problem or that it's within one or both of you. Sometimes sessions can feel like the focus is mostly on one person, this is not to say that one partner is the problem and the other is blameless, sometimes sessions provide more content to work with from one partner. When this happens I strive to still include the other partner and make sure there is mutual benefit to all. I want this experience to be helpful and provide healthy results, so I like to also ask for feedback on our sessions to make sure we are getting what you're seeking done instead of pushing my own agenda or making you feel like I am the expert in your relationship.
Specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBTQ+
- Relationships
- Trauma, Abuse
- Depression
Addictions , Family conflicts , Intimacy-related issues , Parenting issues , Self esteem , Career difficulties , Coping with life changes , Compassion fatigue , Abandonment , Attachment issues , BDSM, Kink, Alternative Sex Culture , Read more...
Clinical approaches:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Gottman Method, Mindfulness Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
Years of Experience: 9
Services offered
Messaging
Phone
Video
Licensing
UT LCMHC 8287475-6004
Reviews
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Brandon Bunker. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with Regain might be different.
Great to work with, very accommodating with appointments, I feel like he listens and responds well. Have enjoyed working with him.
Brandon has been amazing in helping my husband and I. Brandon is very caring and knowledgeable.
Brandon is a wonderful couple's therapist. He is good at listening and translating what is happening to both people. Seeing him has already greatly improved our relationship.
Appreciate your professional experience. Your attention to both of us at this time means a lot for our relationship strengthening. Thank you Brandon.