BRANTLY Iracleanos, Lciswa

(Pronouns: they/them)

Associate Individual & Relationship Therapist

Sex therapist

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. Our friendships and romantic partnerships might feel difficult beyond belief, leaving us lost and frustrated. 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.

About Me

My name is Brantly. I am a Queer white trans masculine non-binary therapist with ethnic roots in Greece and the Middle East. My own long history of interactions with the healthcare and mental healthcare systems, both for myself and my loved ones, informs how I approach this work with earned lived experience. 

My approach to therapy is informed by community care and the connection between our thoughts, feelings, bodies, ancestors, sense of place, and relationships over the lifespan. I work with individuals, couples, and relationships of all kinds (polycules, friendships, households, families, etc). In our practice together, we will look both within yourself, towards the outside world, and towards the relationships you bring to our work to find purpose, worth, and healing. I am a steward, here to meet you on the path to personal and collective liberation. I believe that your body, mind, and spirit knows how to heal itself and therapy can be part of that healing path. Along this journey, I integrate practices such as EMDR therapy and Internal Family Systems. Both of these therapies can be powerful ways of making meaning of trauma and lived experience to metabolize the burdens we carry into transformation. 

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.

Outside of my work as a therapist, I find purpose by telling stories through Dungeons and Dragons, sport climbing, and practicing yoga. I am a 200 hour RYS, and my practice often informs my therapeutic approach in meaningful ways. I am openly polyamorous and a part of the kink community in Seattle, and love working with folks in similar communities. I’m also passionate about farming and food justice. Before becoming a therapist, I had a career as a chef in Los Angeles and Seattle. I love animals and live with two cats, Cheddar and Eggs.

Beginning Our Work Together

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.

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.