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Colby Bruner (He/Him)

Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist | KS, MO, CO, IL

Verified by Psychology Today

Navigating our relationships and mental health can feel overwhelming, and often, people feel hopeless and like things won't get better. As a narrative-based, attachment therapist, I'm here to help you find hope and offer you tools to better your relationship to yourself and the most important people in your life through story-telling, collaborative conversations, and identifying the tools that will help you get your life (and relationships) back on track. I have experience working with attachment injuries and/or instability, depression, anxiety, and neurodiversity. I also love working with folks navigating the dating and hookup scene, as well as those working to better their work-life balance and create a stronger sense of purpose in their life and career. Additionally, with couples, I am passionate about helping couples prepare for long-term commitment and pre-marital therapy. .

Session Fees:

Individual Therapy Session Fee per 50 minute session: $150 or Insurance

  • Aetna

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City | New Directions | Lucet

  • Optum (including United Healthcare)

Couples & Family Therapy Session Fees per 50 minute Session: $150 (Private Pay Only)

 

Treatment Modalities:

  • Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)

  • Attachment-Based

  • Collaborative Assessment & Management of Suicidality (CAMS-Care)

  • Contextual Family Therapy

  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

  • Existential

  • Experiential

  • Gottman Method (Level 1, Trauma & Affairs)

  • Narrative

  • Psychodynamic

  • Strength-Based

 

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​​KC Character Develoment is an LGBTQ therapy center providing the queer community with couples therapy, individual therapy, life coaching, marriage preparation, polyamorous therapy, friend therapy and so much more. We offer our services throughout Kansas. Colby is also Clinically Licensed in Colorado and provides teletherapy across Kansas, Colorado, and Illinois. Our services are easily accessible from the following locations:

In Kansas: Kansas City, Overland Park, Olathe, Roeland Park, Johnson County, Wichita, Lawrence.

In Colorado: Denver, Colorado Springs, Boulder, Aurora, Fort Collins, Lakewood, Thornton, Arvada, and Westminster.

In Illinois: Chicago, Winnetka, Hinsdale, Glencoe, Riverwoods, South Barrington, Long Grove, Kildeer, Lake Forest, North Barrington, and Barrington Hills

Additionally, our services are easily accessed in Missouri, including: St. Louis, Lee’s Summit, Independence, Springfield, and Columbia.

Gay Couples might find themselves looking for things to do in Kansas City or for wedding planning might realize that one of the foundations in building a stronger relationship is by starting with couples therapy and marriage prep courses. Let our LGBT therapists help.

Before you book your wedding venue for your gay wedding, consider meeting with one of our talented relational therapists for marriage prep counseling. Weddings can be stressful and overwhelming; it’s easy to lose sight of what matters most: the love you have for each other.

If you and your partner are constantly fighting and bickering, it may be time for you to try out couple’s therapy. Our team of marriage and family therapists are trained to help you navigate relational conflict in ways in which you are both seen and heard.

If there has been an affair or infidelity, couple’s therapy is a great place to heal and find your way back to the person you love.

Maybe you and your partner are exploring polyamory for the first time and need help creating a structure and identifying boundaries to ensure that your relationship to each other is strengthened rather than weakened. Many polyamorous couples find support in relational therapy and can better communicate their feelings, wants, and needs.

If you’re looking for queer and trans-affirming therapists will find that in our team of LGBTQ therapists. KC Character Development prioritizes the needs of our community by providing online therapy. Some of our specialties include internal family systems, attachment, emotion-focused therapy, narrative therapy, and adult children of emotionally immature parents.

Maybe you’re coming into your identity as a gay, queer, or transgender person and you need a safe place to process and explore your gender.

If you find yourself needing a consult for a gender affirming surgical letter, We’ve got that covered, too.

Colby specializes in working with depression and OCD, as well as suicidal ideation. Additionally, they provide gender-affirming care. Colby has experience working with both trauma, eating disorders, bipolar disorder and anxiety.

You might have already looked on the LGBT therapy guild Kansas city, betterhelp, psychology today, and therapy den for LGBT online therapy, LGBT therapy near me, LGBT therapist Kansas City or LGBT Therapist Denver and still have struggled to find the right therapist for you. Schedule a consult with us and see how we show up in the therapy room. Kc Character

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