Chris Bruno
Chris works with:
Adults feeling anxious, stuck, or overwhelmed
Couples in conflict or disconnection
Women navigating relationships, identity, boundaries, or self-trust
Intern Therapist
Who I work with
I work with adults and couples navigating anxiety, depression, anger, rumination, relationship strain, and questions about work, identity, or what comes next. Many of the people I work with are used to handling things on their own, even when life feels overwhelming.
I am particularly drawn to working with people navigating neurodivergence—personally or as a parent—LGBTQ+ clients, young adults navigating greater independence, women exploring relationship patterns, identity, boundaries, or self-trust, and people dealing with the pressures of work or major life changes. Whatever brings you in, I am interested not only in what is difficult right now, but in how your experiences, relationships, expectations, and sense of self have shaped the way you move through the world.
My approach to therapy
Therapy with me is collaborative, conversational, and engaged. I listen closely, ask thoughtful questions, and help you make sense of what is happening beneath the surface. I believe therapy can give us room to notice patterns we have stopped seeing, question assumptions we have carried for a long time, and get clearer about what matters and what we want to change.
My approach is integrative, with roots in person-centered, existential, and relational therapy. I see clients as the experts on their own lives, and my role is not to hand you a formula but to bring curiosity, honesty, and another perspective to the work we do together. I aim to offer a relationship where you can feel both safe enough to be fully yourself and challenged enough to see familiar patterns in new ways.
With couples, I also draw from Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), paying attention to the recurring cycles that can leave partners feeling hurt, defensive, or disconnected. Rather than deciding who is right, we work to understand what is happening underneath those patterns and create more connected ways of relating.
A bit about me personally
Before becoming a therapist, I spent more than two decades working in finance, digital media, and technology. That experience gives me a real understanding of high-pressure workplaces, ambition, career changes, and the complicated relationship many of us have with achievement.
I grew up on Long Island and studied accounting at Boston College before moving to Seattle in 2005. Outside the therapy room, I enjoy spending time with my family, reading, cooking, running, playing tennis or golf, watching movies, and getting out for a hike whenever I can. I live in Seattle with my wife, our two kids, and Walter, our very small Biewer Terrier with a very big personality.
Pronouns: he/him
INDIVIDUAL THERAPY
$90 / 50-minute individual session
chris@selfspaceseattle.com. | (206) 414-8918 ext. 24