Today we’d like to introduce you to Briana Lefman.
Hi Briana, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
Briana Lefman, MS, CRC, CCTP, LPCC is a licensed psychotherapist specializing in the treatment of substance use disorders, sexual trauma, betrayal trauma, and co-occurring conditions. With over two decades of experience, she has worked across residential, outpatient, and private practice settings, supporting individuals, couples, and families through their most vulnerable chapters.
Briana is known for her direct, compassionate, and highly integrative approach to healing. She facilitates a wide range of specialized support groups for both men and women—including those navigating infidelity recovery, compulsive behaviors, codependency, emotional dysregulation, and bipolar disorder. She is also a national trainer and continuing education provider, offering advanced clinical trainings on topics such as chronic infidelity, sexual trauma, and post-betrayal syndrome.
Licensed in California, Florida, Colorado, and Idaho, Briana’s work is rooted in authenticity, accountability, and a belief that deep transformation comes from doing the hard, honest work. She is the founder of Hamsa Healing Space, where healing meets structure, connection, and truth.
My history:
I had a very traumatic life – from childhood through young adulthood. I was the primary caregiver to my mother who acquired a Traumatic Brain Injury and I lost my brother to an overdose. I experienced many personal losses, have lived through complex grief, and have developed skills to teach others how to leave abusive partnerships.
I specialize in: Addiction (Drugs and Alcohol), Porn and Sex addiction, Bipolar disorder, Infidelity and Affair recovery for couples, Addiction and the impact on Couples and Families and Traumatic Brain Injuries, and the impact on Family systems and caregivers.
I have lived in the Middle East, traveled the world, adore unique cultures, languages, foods, and animals. My favorite place on earth is outdoors, away from screens. My most peaceful feeling? Cuddling my puppy!
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Far from it. The road has been incredibly challenging and, at times, treacherous. After returning from living abroad, I experienced the profound loss of my brother, which deeply impacted me. Not long after, I left an abusive relationship marked by chronic dishonesty and infidelity. Amidst navigating that personal turmoil, my mother suffered a severe traumatic brain injury. She lost her ability to speak, write, walk independently, and had no short-term memory, requiring 24-hour care. I became her primary caregiver during that time, balancing an overwhelming amount of emotional and physical responsibility.
Despite the chaos and trauma surrounding me, I remained committed to my education and goals. I maintained a 4.2 GPA throughout both college and graduate school—something I’m deeply proud of. These experiences shaped my resilience, deepened my empathy, and fueled my passion for the work I do today. The road has been anything but smooth, but every hardship has helped carve out the path that brought me here.
I built my Psychotherapy practice, began offering community groups, mentoring new Therapists and became a Continuing Education provider to other clinicians. I built a training program in which offers a unique lens to other providers. I adore my patients, adore the couples and families that I work with and thoroughly enjoy the diversity in my business.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about Hamsa Healing Space?
Hamsa Healing Space is a psychotherapy practice dedicated to helping individuals heal from trauma, addiction, betrayal, and relational wounds with honesty, structure, and compassion. What sets us apart is our commitment to going far beyond surface-level symptom management—we do deep, transformative work that often starts where traditional therapy stops.
I specialize in treating substance use and process addictions (sex, drugs, alcohol, porn), betrayal trauma, sexual trauma, and emotional dysregulation. I offer individual, couples and family therapy and highly targeted, clinician-led (by me) support groups for men and women—many of whom are navigating complicated cycles of infidelity, compulsive behaviors, codependency, or grief. (I developed all of the curriculum). My groups are not generic or drop-in styled; they are structured, closed cohorts that offer safety, psychoeducation, accountability, and meaningful connection.
What I’m most proud of—brand-wise—is that Hamsa Healing Space has become a place where people feel seen in the most unfiltered parts of their lives. There is no sugar-coating, no one-size-fits-all treatment—just real conversations, solid clinical interventions, and spaces where people are allowed to be both messy and motivated to change.
As a licensed clinician in multiple states, a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, and a continuing education provider, I also train other therapists through CE courses on topics like chronic infidelity, sexual trauma, and post-betrayal syndrome. My goal is to raise the standard of care in these nuanced areas by offering frameworks that are honest, evidence-based, and rooted in real-world clinical experience.
Ultimately, Hamsa Healing Space is for people who are ready to do the work—and want the structure, support, and clinical skill to actually move through it.
My FAVORITE populations: Men who self sabotage, have long term struggles with: lying, cheating, lashing out in anger, no impulse control. Couples who have been impacted by cheating and infidelity and/or addiction, and Families impacted by these issues or Traumatic Brain Injuries.
How do you think about happiness?
“What makes me happiest is watching people step into truth—when they stop avoiding, stop rationalizing, justifying and defending their bad behaviors and start owning their story, and commit to doing the real work. I’m most fulfilled when I can hold space for that transformation—whether it’s in a therapy session, a support group, or a training for other clinicians. At Hamsa Healing Space, I don’t sugar-coat healing. We WILL get honest, we get structured, and we grow from the inside out.”
In my personal life? I never had simplicity or quiet in my childhood. Now? I relish with the simple things like taking my puppy to the beach while listening to my favorite music and becoming gleeful when I see dolphins.
Pricing:
- $65.00 for each group (8 week commitment for group)
Contact Info:
- Website: https://hamsahealingspace.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hamsahealingspace
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HamsaHealingSpace
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hamsa-healing-space/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@HamsaHealingSpace
- Other: https://hamsahealingspace.com/continuing-education/
Image Credits
Patricia Fortlage, Photographer – AMAZING WOMAN!
