Rate: $225individuals or $250 couples/ (53 min session), although he works on a self-pay basis, he is able to provide documentation for clients to submit for out-of-network reimbursement from their insurance provider. (Works with individuals ages 7+)Accepting New Clients
All Ages (7+), Individuals, Couples, and Families
In-Person: Media, PA; Virtual: PA
Fully Licensed: LCSW
For the past 35 years, Brian Gallagher has dedicated his life to understanding one question: What helps people genuinely heal?
His work has convinced him that people are built to heal. The mind and body naturally move toward health when they have the opportunity to safely release old emotional pain, untangle difficult experiences, and reconnect with who they really are. Brian believes lasting change is not simply about learning to think differently. It begins when the nervous system is finally able to let go of what it has been carrying.
Brian works with individuals, couples, and families facing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, addiction, relationship struggles, and life’s many transitions. He is known for listening deeply, not just to the distress someone brings into the room, but to the healthy person underneath it. He believes that beneath fear, shame, anger, and hopelessness is a person’s natural capacity for clarity, connection, resilience, and growth.
His approach is active, practical, and collaborative. He helps people recognize the patterns that have shaped their lives, safely release emotional burdens that no longer serve them, and develop practical tools that strengthen communication, relationships, and everyday life.
A significant part of Brian’s practice is devoted to working with couples and families. He believes most relationship problems are not caused by a lack of love, but by patterns of misunderstanding and disconnection that develop over time. Rather than deciding who is right, Brian helps people slow difficult conversations down, truly hear one another, communicate more effectively, and rebuild trust. His goal is for every person to leave feeling better understood and better able to understand the people they love.
Background and Experience
Brian earned both his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Social Work and has spent his career counseling individuals, groups, couples, and families. He has served as the lead trainer for a nationally recognized violence prevention program in Philadelphia, taught social work at Temple University, directed the Peer Counseling Program at The Haverford School, facilitated workshops for schools and organizations, and served as a nonprofit executive consultant.
For fifteen years, Brian also worked professionally as an actor, filmmaker, and performance coach. Studying human behavior through storytelling deepened his understanding of communication, relationships, and emotional life, and continues to influence the way he listens to clients today.
Above all, Brian believes that healing happens in relationship. When people feel deeply heard, can safely express what has been difficult to express, and experience genuine human connection, they become freer to build stronger relationships, make clearer decisions, and live with greater confidence and purpose.
