Bright Wire Creative / About
I know what it costs
to follow a calling.
01 — Who I Am
I'm Branden Barnett — a licensed psychotherapist, songwriter, and musician based in St. Petersburg, Florida.
For the last 15 years I've worked clinically with creative people: musicians, writers, visual artists, performers, and entrepreneurs who are extraordinarily gifted and extraordinarily stuck. I've watched people with real talent hold themselves back from the work they were made to do — not because they lacked ability, but because anxiety, ADHD, perfectionism, and fear got there first.
I also know this from the inside.
02 — The Inside View
I've spent over 20 years as a songwriter and performer. I've felt the pull of a calling so strong it kept me up at night, and I've felt the weight of a life that made following it feel impossible. I've sat in the studio at 2am with something real on the line and felt the fear try to talk me out of it. I've written songs about the things I couldn't say any other way.
I still do.
That dual life — therapist and artist — is not incidental to the work I do with clients. It is the work.
When you sit across from me, you're not working with someone who studied creativity from the outside. You're working with someone who has lived the paradox: the brain that makes you extraordinary and exhausting at the same time, the calling that feels like the most important thing in your life and the most terrifying, the gap between who you are in your best moments and who you are at 3pm on a Tuesday when nothing is working.
03 — My Approach
Working with the brain you have.
I draw primarily on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness, and Buddhist psychology — frameworks that were practically built for the creative mind. Instead of trying to eliminate anxiety or fix your ADHD, we learn to work with the way your brain actually functions.
We get clear on what matters most to you. We build toward that, directly and honestly, without pretending the hard parts aren't hard.
04 — My Background
Credentials, training, and the rest.
I'm a licensed psychotherapist (LMHC) with a specialization in creativity and ADHD. I've trained in ACT and mindfulness-based approaches and have spent over a decade working with creative professionals in private practice.
I'm also the songwriter and driving force behind Ghost Shirt, released on Anyway Records, and a solo artist with over 20 years of recorded work. I record and write from a professional studio in St. Petersburg, Florida, where I live with my family.
Let's Work Together
Ready when you are.
If any of this sounds like the support you've been looking for, I'd love to connect. A free consultation is the place to start.
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