Meet The Team

Brian Shiers, MA
LMFT, CMF
Co-Clinical Director
Clinical Supervisor

  • I specialize in helping teens and adults overcome anxiety, confusion, depression, and dissatisfaction with life by leading them to discover the deeply hidden resources of their own minds in entirely new ways.

    My psychology philosophy is simple: Everyone has within them a fundamental aspect of themselves that instinctively seeks safety, clarity, autonomy, connection with others, purpose, and meaning. For many of us, this part of the mind is obscured, distorted, or in some cases has never even been recognized. But it is there in you—it is the very nature of your mind’s essence. That’s the heart of our work together. Through the connection we build together, we’ll explore your history, your worldview, and your ideas about your struggles, and how they relate to your emotions, feelings, and behavior, so your self-awareness grows and your understanding of what prevents your happiness becomes clear. When we understand what’s in the way, the path toward living a more meaningful and joyous life appears.

  • • Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy with a concentration in Mindfulness & Psychotherapy -- Phillips Graduate University

    • Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist --CA Board of Behavioral Sciences, Lic. # 114627

    • Certified Mindfulness Facilitator (UCLA MARC)

    • Certified Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapist (Journey Clinical)

    • Enhanced Stress Resilience Training Instructor (UC San Francisco Center for Mindfulness in Surgery)

    • Intensive Clinical Training: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (Westside DBT)

    • Certified Anywhere, Anytime Meditation Instructor (Tergar International – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche)

Lindsay Thompson, MA
Clinician, LMFT

  •  I specialize in helping individuals and couples navigate relationship challenges, life transitions, emotional disconnection, anxiety, and patterns that leave them feeling stuck. I support couples in reconnecting, strengthening communication, and rebuilding emotional safety, as well as navigating disconnection or separation in a thoughtful, healthy way. With individuals, I help clients better understand themselves, shift long-standing patterns, and develop a more compassionate relationship with their inner world. 

    My therapeutic philosophy is rooted in the belief that we all have an innate capacity for connection, healing, and growth—both within ourselves and in our relationships. At times, life experiences, attachment wounds, and unprocessed emotions can create patterns that leave us feeling disconnected, overwhelmed, or unsure of how to move forward. These patterns often show up in how we relate to ourselves and the people we care about most. 

    Using an integrative lens that includes attachment theory, somatic therapy, and nervous system regulation, I help you build self-trust, improve emotional regulation, and cultivate greater clarity and self-compassion. In our work together, we’ll explore your experiences, relationships, and the different parts of yourself that may be shaping your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. 

    For individuals, this process can lead to a deeper understanding of internal patterns and a more connected, compassionate relationship with yourself. For couples, our work focuses on creating emotional safety, improving communication, and helping each partner feel more seen, understood, and supported. Whether we are working toward reconnection or navigating a thoughtful and intentional separation, my goal is to help you move forward with clarity, care, and a stronger sense of alignment with yourself and your relationships. 

    •  Master's in Counseling Psychology - Pacifica Graduate Institute 

    • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - CA Board of Behavioral Sciences, Lic. #137450 

    • Advanced Training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy 

    • Certified Changing Marriage Institute Divorce Support Therapist (Changing Marriage Institute) 

    • Level 1 and Level 2 Brainspotting (Pacific Trauma Center) 

Laurie Shiers, CPCC
Creativity Coach

  • I specialize in working with smart, high-functioning folks who suffer from anxiety and imposter syndrome. My clients are usually great at talking around what’s happening and less great at feeling what’s really going on. The work I do helps them slow down, get out of their heads and into a quieter space where they can regulate and rediscover what they truly want.

    My approach is rooted in a simple belief: that beneath the noise, the pressure to perform, and the patterns we’ve internalized lies a deeper intelligence—expressive, curious, and wired for meaning. It doesn’t need to be taught; just remembered. That’s the heart of our work together. 

    Using Embodied Creative Processing (ECP), which includes expressive arts, guided reflection, and play, we create space to access that inner knowing. Rather than relying solely on analysis, this approach supports self-awareness through experience—what we make, move, sense, and feel. This isn’t about performance or producing a beautiful end product. It’s about permission.

    My work is not therapy but can be deeply therapeutic. It’s a complementary space where insight arises through making, moving, and feeling. Where you’ll begin moving toward alignment—with your values, your vitality, and your next meaningful step. And as clarity returns, so does confidence.

  • • Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (Co-Active Institute)

    • Professional Certified Coach (International Coaching Federation

    • Certified Expressive Arts Coach (Flow Coaching Institute) 

    • Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate (The Embody Lab)

    • 200 RYT (Rising Lotus Yoga)

    • Bachelor of Arts in Human Development with a focus on Social Change (Pacific Oaks College)

Steven Glass, Psy D. Co-Clinical Director Clinical Supervisor

  •  Steven Glass, Psy 

    Steven Glass, Psy.D. PSY 18509 

    Licensed Clinical Psychologist 

    Philosophy I specialize in helping adults and couples work through depression, anxiety, addiction, relational struggles, and long-standing patterns that keep them unfulfilled. I draw upon three decades of clinical practice and a deep grounding in psychodynamic, experiential, mind/body, and contemplative traditions. My approach is integrative and depth-oriented. I believe that healing, change, and the transformation of consciousness are supported by deep connection, a safe and nurturing environment, and our innate creativity and drive toward wholeness. Together, we'll create a space to explore your inner and outer worlds and face the challenges of your life with support, curiosity, kindness, and creativity. 

    My clinical work is informed by sustained training and practice across several experiential and contemplative traditions. For more than 25 years, I have studied Gestalt Awareness Practice, a tradition developed at the Esalen Institute that draws on Gestalt therapy, meditative traditions, Taoism, and other contemplative lineages, and that emphasizes present moment awareness, embodied experience, and the relational field as primary sites of therapeutic change. Over a comparable span of more than 25 years, I have trained in mind-body work in the lineage of Ernie Rossi and Milton Erickson, a depth psychological approach that addresses the root causes of symptoms and draws on embodied, creative resources to facilitate healing and change. My clinical attention and therapeutic presence are further shaped by more than 30 years of contemplative practices, which have cultivated my capacity to work skillfully with non-ordinary states of consciousness. Building on these foundations, I have completed training in Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy and additional psychedelic assisted psychotherapy modalities, with particular emphasis on the preparation and integration phases that mediate durable change. 

    • Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.) 

    • Licensed Clinical Psychologist: CA Board of Psychology, Lic. # PSY 18509 •

    • Faculty experience at the master's and doctoral levels: Substance Abuse Treatment, Psychological Disorders, and Clinical Practicum 

    • Gestalt Awareness Practice: 25 years of study 

    • Mind-Body Work: 25 years of study 

    • Contemplative Practices: 30 years 

    • Trained in Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy and additional psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy modalities, with emphasis on preparation and integration 

    • Co-creator and co-host, Beyond the Journey, an international summit focused on preparation and integration for psychedelic psychotherapy  

    • TEDxUCLASalon Speaker — The Mat Meets the Couch: How Martial Arts Informs Clinical Psychology