Briton Kolber, MA, LMFT
Behold the Family Nose
Briton Kolber is a family therapist focusing on geeks as a special population. He has taught Applied Improvisation at SAGA School, General Assembly, and Aspiring Youth/Ryther. He has done many odd things ranging from Research Scientist Associate at Applied Research Laboratories to Board Member of Washington Association for Marriage and Family Therapy to computer sales to performing regularly with ComedySportz Austin to working in the film industry in Los Angeles. He spent his youth split between mountains, culture, and extended family in Austria and a ranch, live-stock, space technology, and energy culture of Houston. In what little free time he has left after grand adventures with his family, he runs, skis, writes sketch comedy, has conversations with his cats, and tries not to set himself on fire while cooking.
Again.
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Why I Wrote This Book
Chances are I've had a job or experience that relates to yours. Many jobs, failed ventures, aborted careers, and lots of lovely experiences later, I enrolled in graduate school for psychology at Antioch University Seattle. I finished in 2012 and have been in private practice ever since.
What really lights me up is helping geeks. I have done great work with the socially awkward, the obsessed, the passionate con attenders, the cosplayers, the D&D players, the sci-fi enthusiasts, the philosophers, the engineers, the scientists, the coders, the developers, and so much more.
My specialties revolve around the most common issues facing geeks. I see the kind of depression that leaves one feeling empty, stressed, disconnected, and unsatisfied. I have helped people frazzled from a grind of inboxes and deadlines and deliverables and sloppy code and utter pointlessness. I help the individuals, couples, and families with all of these issues.
Do you have trauma? Do you have the chaos of ADHD? I have advanced training in those. I'm a (cis-gendered) heterosexual male and I'm always doing my own work to own the privileges that I have. I'm also inclusive of conservative views and families while embracing social justice practices.
I am only practicing in the state of Washington in the United States.
Why I Wrote This Book
Why I Wrote This Book
Why I Wrote This Book
Maybe you've been a little bit different all of your life…fitting in a little bit sometimes and not at all sometimes. Maybe you wish people would see who you really are and have the appreciation that you crave. Maybe you have a little one who is starting to notice that they don't get invited to parties like they used to. Maybe they start to lose that old creative enthusiasm and stop playing.They stop imagining and drawing and painting with the same care-free attitude. This has happened to me, many people I know, and so many of my clients. Strangely, the age this happens is around 8-10. That's why I wrote this book. Not Fishy Enough is for the kids who want to light up again, the adults who cut out their childhood self to feel safe, and the people who care about them.
Greetings. I'm Briton Kolber. I'm the only Briton Kolber on the entire internet, and apparently, the world. I've gotten used to being a little unusual from a small age. And yet I also masked up to fit in. I pretended a bit so that I would be liked. Over time, I found that I had a knack and passion for helping people be better versions of themselves.
Parents, kids, teachers, therapists, and lots of other people have found this book hilarious, kind, and helpful. I hope you do, too. About half of it is a story. The other half is a resource for deep, fun, and difficult conversations for therapists, classrooms, and groups. I have comments and questions designed to be inclusive of political and moral viewpoints.