Finding Well Therapy is a space to bring the hard stuff—intergenerational trauma, systemic oppression, hopelessness, and everything in between. Here, we focus on understanding the systems and experiences that shape us, rather than blaming the individual. We resist oversimplifying your experience, instead exploring complexity and nuance, and honoring your full story without reducing it to binaries or imposed limits.
We believe curiosity is the gateway to insight, change, and ease.
About
Finding Well Therapy
Hey Y'all I'm Briana.
I grew up in central Texas, in a two-parent home with my younger brother. I was the kid who designed dream-house floor plans, rode my bike with neighborhood friends, and binge-watched teen dramas and crime shows—always curious about people and what shapes them.
Because of my dad’s Army career, I lived in a multicultural military community tucked inside a rural Texas town. Inside the gates, diversity was the norm; outside them, I often felt out of place. That contrast gave me early insight into belonging, identity, and the systems that shape our lives. Even with the stability the military provided, my family still faced financial stress, chronic stress, and loss—experiences that later drew me toward supporting others through complexity with curiosity.
My cultural background blends my dad’s Caribbean roots with my mom’s third-generation Black American heritage. Those differences weren’t talked about directly, but I felt them in the rhythms of our home—our food, coping styles, unspoken expectations around emotions and achievement, and the blend of Christian traditions they each came from. My parents loved us deeply, but without the support or tools they needed to thrive, much of my emotional development came from navigating life with my own child-sized strategies: over-functioning, people-pleasing, and hyper-independence.
Outside of work, you’ll find me dancing, on my yoga mat, rearranging a room for the hundredth time, or savoring a slow day with a book or the sun on my skin. These small joys remind me of the beauty of simply being—a value I hope to help you rediscover in yourself.
stories that shaped the person
University of Texas at San Antonio B.A Psychology.
University of Colorado Denver M.A Couples and Family Counseling.
Emotion Focused Therapy-Externship, Core Skills & Individual therapy.
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing Therapy I & II
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy Immersion & Essential skills.
AEDP-Shame Transformance.
AEDP-Using the Somatic Portal
Holistic Life Navigation: Healing Stress and Trauma.
200 Yoga Teacher Training.
Specialized Training
I’ve always been drawn to people’s stories—the experiences and turning points that shape their life path. That curiosity first led me to work in K–12 education, supporting students and teachers with academic and social–emotional needs. I valued that work, but I wanted to go deeper into the “why” behind people’s struggles and growth.
This pulled me toward psychology and therapy. I earned my bachelor’s in Psychology from the University of Texas at San Antonio and my Master’s in Couples and Family Therapy from the University of Colorado Denver, where I learned how personal history, relationships, and systems all influence our well-being.
Moving through predominantly white spaces in graduate school, as a racial minority sharpened my awareness of what people carry and what they learn to hide. That perspective shapes my work today—supporting clients who are navigating marginalization, intergenerational patterns, or internalized oppression.
Since becoming a therapist, I’ve worked in intensive outpatient programs, couples and family therapy, and employee assistance settings. I’ve supported clients through anxiety, depression, attachment trauma, ADHD, life transitions, and the layered impact of the pandemic and systemic racism. My approach is grounded in curiosity, compassion, and honoring each person’s unique story.