Brian Viscusi, MA
Associate Marriage & Family Therapist
You're not here
for a pep talk.
You're here to change.
Expect friction. Expect relief. Expect to laugh.
Brian Viscusi, MA
Associate Marriage & Family Therapist
Expect friction. Expect relief. Expect to laugh.
Approach
I listen, earn your trust, and then we move toward something different. That part might be uncomfortable. That's how you know it's working.
If I ask the wrong question or miss something, we slow down and examine that too.
We notice when things get hard. When you shut down, take control, chase approval, pick fights, disappear, or pretend you don't care. We get curious about the patterns—and then we do something about them.
This isn't therapy where you vent for an hour, feel heard, and nothing changes. We go after what actually drives you: desire, fear, the habits you hide, the gap between who you act like and who you are.
Focus
What We Go After
We talk about what you actually want—not what you think you're allowed to want. We look at how family, culture, and other people's rules got into your head, and what it would mean to write your own.
That might mean you reimagine what a relationship looks like—or whether you want one at all. You figure out what you're into and why it scares you. Or you say the thing out loud for the first time.
Across sexuality, gender identity,
and relationship structures —
this is an affirming space.
About
I'm an associate marriage and family therapist based in Los Angeles. I started my career working on college campuses—residence life and student leadership—supporting students as they were figuring out how to grow up. Later, I spent years in recruiting, training, and consulting. The thread was always the same: people trying to understand who they were becoming. Eventually, I stopped circling the idea of becoming a therapist and did something about it.
When I'm not thinking about thinking, I wander through bookstores and museums. I collect art from my travels. I own more books than I'll ever read. The Japanese call it tsundoku—the comfort of books you haven't gotten to yet. I'm not fighting it.
I'm a political junkie. When I want to escape reality, I read gay fiction—the spicy kind. To decompress, I turn to thrillers. I've read every Jack Reacher—twenty-something and counting.
I drink too much coffee. I permanently retired suits and ties.
I take this work seriously. I don't take myself quite as seriously.
Sessions
The first session is about getting the lay of the land—your background, the patterns in play, and what needs to shift. We'll handle the consent and practical pieces up front, then move into the real work.