Helping people work through what they have been carrying privately.
Brian Granneman
LMHC, CAP, CCTP
Hey there, I’m Brian, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Addiction Professional, and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. My work focuses on trauma, addiction recovery, relationship patterns, anxiety, shame, depression, emotional reactivity, and the repetitive cycles people often understand intellectually but still struggle to change.
My career has taken me through law enforcement, child protective investigations, community mental health, addiction treatment, trauma work, and private practice. Those roles gave me a grounded view of human suffering, survival, responsibility, denial, resilience, and change.
I have sat with people in crisis, people rebuilding their lives, people trying to repair relationships, people in recovery, people carrying family pain, and people who have spent years looking fine while privately feeling anything but fine.
Many of the people I work with are used to being capable. Some are professionals, helpers, clinicians, first responders, business owners, parents, partners, or people others depend on. Others simply know what it feels like to keep functioning while carrying grief, trauma, addiction patterns, anger, resentment, fear, shame, or relationship pain underneath the surface.
The work we do is about making room for honesty without humiliation. It is about looking directly at the patterns that keep repeating, understanding where they came from, and building a different relationship with yourself, your choices, your past, and the people who matter to you.
Brian Granneman
LMHC, CAP, CCTP
Part of My Journey
My path to becoming a counselor was shaped by my own transformative experience.
After a 12-year career in law enforcement—serving in patrol, traffic, investigations, and field supervision—I faced my own battle with addiction. Seeking help was one of the hardest but most rewarding decisions of my life, and it was in treatment that I realized the profound impact counselors can have. That experience ignited a passion in me to help others find hope and healing.
I went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Addiction Counseling: Integrated Recovery for Co-Occurring Disorders from the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies, where I graduated with a 4.0 GPA, received the Chief Academic Officer’s Award of Excellence, and served as the student-elected cohort representative.
Today, I use my lived experience and clinical expertise to bridge the gap between understanding and healing for my clients.
Therapeutic Approach
My work is direct and structured. We figure out the pattern, look at what it’s costing you, and decide what needs to change.
I draw from DBT, EMDR, IFS "parts work", Motivational Interviewing, Emotionally Focused Therapy and Gottman Method while keeping the language plain and useful. We focus on what’s actually happening in your life—the triggers, the reactions, and the habits that keep repeating—and build practical ways to handle them differently. Insight matters. Change matters more.
Clients experience me as steady and real. I respond to messy material with steadiness, respect, and directness. I’ve lived enough life to understand struggle from the inside. I also address patterns that are hurting you or the people around you.
When something needs to be challenged, we challenge it. When something needs to be slowed down and understood, we slow it down. The work is honest, adult, and focused on helping you build a life you can actually respect.
Beyond the Therapy Room
When I’m not working, I enjoy playing music, gardening, exercising, hiking, travel, reading, and spending time with my partner and our rescue pets. I remain actively engaged in peer-led recovery communities, recognizing the importance of connection and lifelong growth.
Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.
This picture was taken at an award ceremony at the height of my police career as a supervisor, where I received medals for Officer of the Year and for saving someone’s life.
I was also dying of alcoholism at 34 years old, and I went to treatment less than a month later.
