Brennan Holt

Hi, I’m Brennan and I’m glad you’ve found my page.

I hope that means we’ll get to speak more about what you need and what you’re struggling with. That can be hard to do and therapy can help make things clearer and ways forward feel more accessible. There isn’t a wrong way to do therapy but it still might feel terrifying to start. You won’t need to know where to begin. We can work that out together in a way that feels right for you.

People come to therapy for many reasons but one way I have come to look at it is this: when the world around us reacts negatively to us we often internalise it and come to see ourselves as the problem. This can create a lot of pressure to be someone else, to change how we behave or feel. People can often end up frustrated with their inability to change.

Our sessions together can be different. Change can come without the pressure.

In my experience change starts to happen once you feel safe. It is important to me that you can share yourself freely at the pace you want to without fear of judgement, rejection or other defensive reactions you may have experienced. I think everyone deserves to feel safer and I am committed to offering a less threatening space where you can exist more freely. This extends particularly to people who face sexism, racism or transphobia and those who feel excluded from normative spaces that can’t accommodate your ways of moving, thinking or feeling.

I work a lot towards making therapy a less oppressive profession so I really do welcome these conversations as part of our working together.