Brianne Bennett

Bri Bennett is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who believes that every client possesses the strength, resilience, and capacity for growth within themselves. Her role is to create a safe, supportive environment where clients feel seen, heard, and empowered to better understand their emotions, overcome obstacles, and create meaningful change.

Bri works with children, adolescents, adults, experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions. She is especially passionate about helping clients strengthen emotional regulation, improve communication, build confidence, and develop practical skills that support lasting change both inside and outside of therapy.

Bri utilizes a personalized, strengths-based approach, recognizing that no two individuals heal the same way. She integrates a variety of evidence-based interventions, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT), EMDR, play therapy, experiential therapy, and equine-assisted therapy. Sessions are tailored to each client’s unique needs, developmental stage, and goals, creating a therapeutic experience that is both engaging and effective.

Known for her ability to quickly build trust and genuine connection, Bri has a natural gift for working with children, adolescents, and individuals who may initially feel hesitant about therapy. She creates a relaxed, nonjudgmental atmosphere where clients feel comfortable expressing themselves, often finding connection even with those who have struggled to engage in previous therapeutic relationships.

Bri leads Balanced Mind Counseling’s equine-assisted therapy program in Arizona, providing individual, family, couples, and group equine-assisted therapy experiences. She also oversees the practice’s mobile mini horse therapy program, partnering with residential treatment centers, intensive outpatient programs (IOPs), group homes, transitional living programs, schools, and other organizations by bringing experiential mental health services directly into their settings.

Her expertise is supported by two nationally recognized equine-assisted credentials (PATH & EAGALA) that focus on the ethical partnership between horses and humans. Combined with her clinical training, Bri helps clients experience healing through meaningful interactions that foster self-awareness, emotional regulation, confidence, communication, and connection.

Bri earned her Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Southern New Hampshire University, with academic training emphasizing child and adolescent development, psychotherapy, and equine-assisted mental health. 

Whether meeting in the office, through equine-assisted therapy, mobile equine services, or via telehealth, Bri strives to ensure every client feels respected, understood, and supported as they move toward healing, growth, and living a life aligned with their values.