Alan D. Brast, PhD, CCHT, CSA, NLP
Emotional Trauma Specialist/Clinical Director
Specialties
- Crisis Management
- Grief/Trauma Counseling
- Anticipatory Anxiety & Panic
- Suicidal Ideation
- Habit Management & Control
- Behavior Modification
- Medical Hypnotherapy / Analysis
- Mindfulness
Education
BA, Aviation Science
University of Miami/Embry Riddle
MS, Human Relations
Pacific Western University
PhD, Human Relations
Pacific Western University
Credentials
Clinical Certified Hypno Therapist
Certified Senior Advisor
Neuro Linguistic Pathology
Specialty Training
Medical Hypnotherapy & Analysis
Neuro Linguistic Pathology
Suicidology
Professional Affiliations
American Psychological Association
California Psychological Association
American Association Of Suicidologists
American Council Of Hypnotist Examiners
American Academy Of Medical Hypnoanalysts
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Dr. Alan Brast has been a healthcare professional for over four decades. His primary areas of expertise include suicidology, medical hypnotherapy/analysis, grief and emotional trauma counseling for suicidal ideation, rape, emotional and physical abuse, dread disease anxiety, phobia disorders and other areas of medical/psychological trauma. He has expertise in crisis management and facilitates hospital support groups for cancer patients.
Dr. Brast lectures locally and world wide. His patient focus is to help patients manage and eliminate their trauma induced anxieties, rid themselves of anticipatory worrying, and bring high quality back into their lives.
Dr. Brast volunteers significant amounts of time for community education, the Wounded Warriors Project (playing guitar and singing for seriously ill hospital patients), and teaching new volunteers for the Contra Costa Crisis Center.
When not working, he loves hiking, playing pickle ball, and bike riding as well as playing his guitar and trumpet. He and his wife Fran have travelled extensively and love meeting people of other cultures. They have three daughters and six grandchildren.