Bryony Shaw, PhD, LMFT

I help children find calm in their bodies, couples find their way back to each other, and adults recovering from addiction find solid ground to stand on.

I'm Bryony Shaw, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a PhD in Psychology, and I split my clinical focus between two things I care about deeply: helping adults untangle addiction, mood struggles, and relationship patterns that have overstayed their welcome, and helping children find their footing when big feelings get too big to talk through.
My approach is relational and body-aware rather than purely cognitive. With adults and couples, that means we slow down enough to notice what's actually driving a conflict or a pattern, rather than just describing it from the outside. With children, it means play and movement instead of a chair and a checklist. Kids process through their bodies, not through conversation, and I meet them there.
I offer both online sessions and mobile, in-home visits, because therapy works better when it fits into your life rather than demanding you rearrange it around a waiting room. Whether you're logging on from home or having me come to yours, the goal is the same: a space where real change can actually take root, not just get talked about.
I also bring a research background in dreamwork and the unconscious mind, which quietly shapes how I listen, even in sessions that never mention a single dream. People bring more to therapy than the words they use, and I've spent a long time learning to hear the rest of it too.