Brian Kees, LPC

Brian Kees is a licensed professional counselor with eight years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, and relationship concerns. He practices from Texas and draws on practical therapies to help clients find clearer thinking and healthier routines.

He favors Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot patterns of thought that fuel anxiety and depression. He also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness techniques to teach emotion regulation and reduce impulsive reactions. Sessions focus on small, doable steps rather than big, abstract promises.

Brian works with people facing trauma, grief, intimacy-related issues, and struggles with self-esteem and life purpose. He also addresses concerns such as codependency, communication problems, substance use, and men’s issues. He pays attention to how stress shows up in daily life and offers tools to change that pattern.

His style is direct but compassionate. He helps people build skills for coping with anger, isolation, and feelings of emptiness. Conversations in sessions often include goal setting, behavior experiments, and skills practice between meetings.

He accepts international clients and offers sessions in English. People who choose to work with him can expect a collaborative process that emphasizes practical strategies, steady progress, and attention to the real pressures of everyday life.

Using CBT and DBT online to build real skills

Brian commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT breaks problems into small parts so clients can test new ways of thinking and behaving, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress.

He also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques and mindfulness practices to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance. DBT-style skills focus on handling strong emotions, reducing impulsive actions, and improving interpersonal effectiveness.

Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will review concerns, goals, and personal preferences and then suggest which methods to try first. Plans can shift over time based on what is helpful and what feels manageable for the client.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls work well for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth, and chat or messaging is useful for short check-ins and skills reminders. These options help people keep therapy consistent around busy schedules and life demands.