Brandon Houston

Get to know Brandon.

Brandon is a Gestalt-informed coach and somatic psychotherapist. He specializes in helping folks cultivate and work with their inner worlds so they can more fully show up to the demands of their lives and companies. With his clients, Brandon focuses on promoting increased ease, self-compassion, and the willingness to be with one's ongoing experience, no matter how difficult. From his view, when we are more in touch with ourselves, our innate inner resources and wisdom are more available to us.

Brandon is deeply rooted in ecological views of the self, and he sees all experience as helpful as long as it is held with warmth and compassion. People come to Brandon to be able to hold and be with the challenges of their lives with less reactivity and avoidance.

People often report being able to "drop in" and connect to themselves in deeper ways through working with Brandon. He helps them see that they can be with their experiences and continue to show up to all the demands of their lives without sacrificing connection to themselves.

Location

Brandon belongs to Pilea's
San Francisco Chapter

Email

Feel free to email Brandon at brandon@joinpilea.com

  • "Brandon is a true navigator of the emotional realm. He is able to discern the subtleties between fear and worry, anger and frustration. He helps you navigate the stresses of life so that you can make peace with what doesn't serve you and bring more of yourself to your everyday."

    Victor Mathieux | Miracle Brands

  • "My sessions with Brandon are always like a little oasis from whatever trials and tribulations may be at hand, and I emerge from them with improved perspective, new ideas, and a more peaceful disposition as I focus on building a more productive, loving, and passionate life."

    Michael Silverman | Entrepreneur and Investor

  • "I would 100% recommend Brandon to anyone wanting to expand their emotional capacity as a leader whether it is in business or life."

    Victor Mathieux | Miracle Brands

Trainings & Certifications

  • Undergraduate training in Interpersonal Psychology

  • Studied transformations of consciousness at the Institute of Noetic Sciences

  • Licensed mental health counselor with over eight years of active Gestalt training

  • Ongoing somatic training from The Somatic Psychotherapy Training Institute – Pacific NW

Specialties & Experience

  • Gestalt-informed coaching

  • Over 15 years of meditation experience as a contemplative within the Zen tradition of Buddhism

  • Workshop development