Brantly Iracleanos, LCISWA
(THEY/THEM)
LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER ASSOCIATE
Many of us are suffering. We struggle with crushing isolation, overwhelming anxiety, or existential dread. Many of us aren’t getting the love we want or having the sex we want. Our relationships with our parents or families might feel unsafe; we might be disconnected from them in some way, looking to reconnect… or to let go. We have all been through so much.
Sometimes, it can feel like we have lost ourselves under the weight of competition, oppression, and trauma. Losing ourselves in this way can lead us to behave or think in ways disingenuous to how we’d like to be. It is so easy to feel out of control or to feel like you’re going crazy. You are not crazy.
My name is Brantly. I am a white/Middle Eastern/Greek-American non-binary therapist with my own long history of interactions with the healthcare and mental healthcare systems, both for myself and my loved ones.
My approach to therapy is informed by community care and the connection between our thoughts, feelings, bodies, and history. As a therapist coming from the social work field, I practice from a liberatory and decolonial framework, using principles like Transformative Justice and Liberation Psychology to support your well-being as a person within an environment.
In our practice together, we will look both within yourself and towards the outside world to find empowerment and self-compassion. We might begin our time together with me asking you, “What brings you here today?” What brings me here today is a need to face suffering and to support important community members—like you—in increasing your capacity to hold that suffering by feeling connected to your wisest self, your own body, and your community.
I do this work because it is the right work to do and because my own story has uniquely equipped me to support folks through the darkest moments of their lives. I lost my mother to brutal health consequences following long-term substance use. Her sister—my aunt—died by suicide a few years later. While I could not save them or change the outcome of their lives, they showed me that bearing witness to each other is a great privilege of this life.
If you feel like you’re too much, too complicated, or too messed up: I am here to say that you are not. These things happen, and my goal in our work together is to guide you through processing the pain, grief, joy, and possibility.
Outside of my therapy work, I spend my time sport climbing, playing Dungeons and Dragons, and deepening my connection to yoga. I’m currently in yoga teacher training, and my practice often informs my therapeutic approach in meaningful ways. I’m also passionate about farming and food, and I hope to integrate these sustaining interests into my therapy practice when possible. Before becoming a therapist, I had a career as a chef in Los Angeles and Seattle, which continues to shape my appreciation for creativity and nourishment in all its forms. At home, I share my life with two wonderfully silly cats, Cheddar and Eggs.
Finding a therapist can be stressful and confusing, to say the least. Choosing the right therapist is essential to your work because, at the end of the day, it is our alliance that propels your work forward. If you feel like I might be a good fit for you, please request an appointment and mention that you would like to work together.
Brantly’s work at Modern Therapy Seattle is currently being supervised by Haley Krenzke, MS, LMFT, CST LF66180424.