BriAnne Hall

BriAnne has lived most of her life by the ocean in Atlantic Beach FL and Santa Cruz, CA. She began spending her summers in Mt. Shasta and along the Trinity and Klamath Rivers when she was 20 as a commercial river guide, and made the decision to call Humboldt County her forever home in 2014. In 2020, BriAnne became a mother, which has inspired her work towards early childhood intervention and maternal mental health support. Looking at the world through the eyes of an infant has deepened her perspectives of brain development, attachment bonds and exploring ancestral lineages and healing. She is a registered Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor through the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Her focus is towards Ecopsychology and Somatic oriented therapies. As a feminist therapist, BriAnne also believes each individual exists within the context of a greater collective community, and aims to consider the social, cultural and environmental impacts of an individual’s experiences in life as well as their path of healing and wholeness. BriAnne has walked many paths and worn many hats before becoming a clinical mental health counselor. She became involved with outdoor leadership roles while studying Community Studies at UC Santa Cruz. She spent several years working in local food movements and on organic farms studying and advocating for permaculture, sustainability and equitable access to healthy and affordable food. She worked as a commercial River guide for ten plus years, guiding immersive wilderness trips in California, Oregon and Washington. This experience gave her a deep appreciation of the more than human - natural world and it’s potential as a therapeutic ally and inspired her to pursue her graduate certificate in Ecopsychology alongside her Master’s degree from Lewis & Clark Graduate School. BriAnne also carries certifications in teaching yoga (E-RYT 500) and worked leading immersive Yoga teacher trainings through Yoga Alliance from 2013-2016. BriAnne completed her Master of Science degree in Professional Mental Health Counseling from Lewis & Clark Graduate School in 2020. She was awarded a National Board Certified Counselor Scholarship for committing to serving rural communities. BriAnne’s Master’s Thesis was an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis examining Somatic Experiences of Micro-dosing Psilocybin for therapeutic purposes. She worked as a therapist intern at The Center at Heron Hill a nature based and equine therapy center outside of Portland, OR. She currently works in Arcata and Willow Creek, CA providing trauma conscious mental health counseling and Ecotherapy services to youth & adults. She volunteers for Humboldt Psychedelic Commons supporting education and awareness around safety, integration, exploration , protection and decriminalization of psychedelic plant medicines & entheogen’s and non-ordinary states of consciousness. She sits on the organizing committee for the Arcata Out of Darkness Walk for the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention. BriAnne is trained in these models of therapy: Ecopsychology and applied Ecotherapy Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) w/special focus on Children & Adolescents Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM) Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) Ketamine Assisted Therapy (KAP) Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS)/Parts Work Somatic Therapy and Trauma Informed Yoga ILF Neurofeedback, Othmer Method DIRFloortime FAN Level 1