Andrea Bryant · LMFT, MDiv, PMH-C
Andrea Bryant
Therapist. Founder. Speaker. I talk to companies, congregations and rooms full of women about burnout, leadership, relationships and the decisions we keep putting off.
Atlanta, Georgia · Available nationally and internationally · In person and virtual
The hats I wear
Four, and they all feed each other.
Therapist & Founder
Licensed marriage and family therapist, and founder and CEO of YouWell Collective, a group therapy practice in Atlanta serving individuals, couples and families.
Speaker
Keynotes and workshops for companies, colleges, churches, conferences and women's organizations — burnout, leadership, communication, motherhood and faith.
Coach
I work with a small number of women carrying significant responsibility at work, at home and in the lives of others. Forward-looking and goal-driven, and separate from my clinical work.
Host, The Well Room
A show about how women actually live. Not personalities, not experts on a stage — real women and the arrangements nobody says out loud. Watch it here.
How I got here
Corporate felt great until it didn't. I sold a lot and felt like a rockstar. I also know what it's like to show up every day because you need the paycheck, and feel disconnected from all of it. Seminary taught me pastoral care, and chaplaincy training in a hospital changed how I sit with someone. The therapy room put it all together — a safe and sacred space where people say the things they can't say to their boss, and sometimes can't say to their spouse.
I live in Atlanta with my husband and our two children.
Most talks make people feel something for an afternoon.
That isn't the goal here.
I speak to the person actually in the seat — the leader making a call they're not sure about, the employee who is quietly done, the woman holding more than she'll admit, the founder nobody has thought to ask about in a year.
Three careers sit behind every talk I give, and they all circle the same question: what is this actually costing you? That's why I can talk about performance and pressure in the same breath. I'm warm and I'm direct. I skip the advice the room has already heard.
Audiences leave with language for what they're experiencing, a clearer read on themselves and the people around them, and something they can actually use on Monday.
What I speak about
Every talk is shaped around the room in front of me. These are the ones I'm asked for most.
High-Functioning, Barely Holding On
Burnout that doesn't look like burnout
The people closest to breaking are often the ones still hitting their numbers, which is why leaders miss it until someone quits. Continued productivity is not proof that someone is well. People won't stay if they're expected to keep producing while burned out — and even when they do produce, it isn't their best work.
Best for — corporate teams, managers, leadership offsites, HR and benefits audiences
You Can't Lead People You Can't Talk To
Communication and conflict on real teams
Most workplace problems aren't skill problems. They're conversations nobody wanted to have. This takes what works in couples therapy — repair, listening, saying the hard thing without doing damage — and puts it to work on teams. I help leaders understand what their people may not feel safe enough, or have the language, to say.
Best for — managers, intact teams, leadership development programs, organizational offsites
The Founder Nobody Checks On
Leadership, isolation and building something that outlasts you
Everybody asks how the business is doing. Nobody asks how the founder is doing. For the person who built the thing and now can't put it down — the loneliness at the top, the identity fused to the work, and the difference between a business that depends on you and a business that works.
Best for — founder communities, entrepreneurship programs, small business and accelerator audiences
The Woman Everyone Depends On
What it costs to be the one who holds it all together
She's the one people call. At work, at home, at church, in her family. She's competent, and competence is expensive. This names what happens to a woman who's become everyone's steady place — the resentment she won't say out loud, the exhaustion she keeps explaining away, and the identity she built on being needed. Then it gives her something to do about it.
Best for — women's conferences, ERGs, professional associations, leadership retreats
Between What Was and What's Next
Moving through disruption, transition and reinvention
Waiting is a decision. It just doesn't feel like one. For people in the middle of a transition they didn't choose or a change they can't seem to make — job loss, a career pivot, the end of a chapter. What to keep, what to change, what to add and what to let go of, and how to move before you feel ready.
Best for — career transition events, women re-entering the workforce, conferences on change and reinvention
The Part No One Prepares You For
Motherhood, identity and ambition
Everyone prepares a woman for the baby. Almost nobody prepares her for who she becomes afterward. As a perinatal mental health certified therapist and a mother of two, I talk honestly about the identity shift, the ambition that doesn't disappear, the support system nobody builds until they're drowning, and what actually helps.
Best for — mothers' events, parenting groups, perinatal and maternal health conferences, working-parent ERGs
Faith That Makes Room for Help
Mental health, spiritual care and the healing that uses both
Faith communities have carried people through impossible things. They've also told people to pray about things that needed treatment. With a Master of Divinity from Emory and a clinical license, I can stand in both rooms without dismissing either one. Honest about where faith communities have missed it, and clear about what they uniquely get right.
Best for — churches, ministry leadership, faith-based conferences, women's ministry events
Don't see what you need? Most engagements are custom-built. Tell me what your audience is walking in with and I'll shape the talk around it.
Formats & audiences
Formats
- Keynote — 30 to 60 minutes
- Workshop — 60 to 120 minutes
- Conference breakout — 45 minutes
- Half-day and full-day retreats
- Panels, podcasts and fireside chats
- Organizational consultation
Audiences
- Corporations and business teams
- Churches and ministry leadership
- Nonprofits and community organizations
- Women's and professional associations
- Colleges and universities
- Conferences and leadership retreats
- Founders and executive leaders
Recent engagements
Lyft Her Up: A Mother's Day Reset
A 45-minute workshop on the mental load of motherhood, building a reset ritual, and the difference between self-care and community care.
Balance Stress Before Burnout
Staying confident and overcoming anxiety, for a working audience carrying more than they let on.
Natural Hair and Mental Health
On the journey of transitioning to natural hair, and what identity and belonging have to do with mental health.
Dear Me: It's Okay to Take a Break
Pilates, sound bath and conversation — permission to rest, for women who don't give it to themselves.
Invite me to speak
Tell me about your event — who's in the room, what they're walking in with, and what you want them to leave with. I'll come back to you within two business days.
Questions organizers ask
What does Andrea Bryant speak about?
Burnout and workplace wellness, women and leadership, relationships and communication, motherhood and identity, faith and mental health, and founder leadership. I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist with a Master of Divinity and more than twenty years of working life across corporate sales, ministry and clinical practice.
Where are you based, and do you travel?
I'm based in Atlanta, Georgia and speak at events nationwide. I also deliver virtual keynotes and workshops.
What kinds of organizations book you?
Corporations, churches and faith-based organizations, nonprofits, women's professional associations, conferences, retreats, universities and founder communities.
How long are your talks?
Keynotes run 30 to 60 minutes. Workshops run 60 to 120 minutes. Half-day and full-day retreat formats are available.
Do you customize your talks?
Yes. Every engagement is built around the audience. I ask about your goals and what your people are currently facing before I finalize the content.
What is your speaking fee?
Fees depend on format, travel and length. Share your event details and budget range through the inquiry form and you'll get a direct answer.
Can you speak to faith-based audiences?
Yes. I hold a Master of Divinity from Emory University's Candler School of Theology and speak to churches and ministry leaders. I also speak in fully secular corporate settings — the faith content is included only where it fits the audience.
Do you offer coaching?
Yes. I take a limited number of one-on-one and small-group coaching clients — executives, founders and women navigating a major transition. Coaching is forward-looking and goal-driven. It isn't therapy, and I don't coach current or former therapy clients.
Is a speaking engagement the same as therapy?
No. My speaking, consulting and coaching engagements are educational. They aren't therapy and don't create a therapist-client relationship.
How far in advance should we book?
Six to twelve weeks is ideal for keynotes and workshops. Reach out anyway if your date is sooner — some dates open up.
Credentials
Clinical, theological and corporate — the three together are the reason the talks land where they do.
Licensure & Supervision
- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
- Approved supervisor for interns, associate-licensed and pre-licensed clinicians
Education
- Master of Divinity — Emory University
- Graduate Certificate, Systemic Couples and Family Therapy — Capella University
- BS, Management & Marketing — Canisius College
Certifications & Training
- Advanced Perinatal Mental Health Psychotherapy Certificate — Postpartum Support International
- Clinical Pastoral Education (chaplaincy) — Emory University Hospital Midtown
- Gottman Method, Level 1
- Emotionally Focused Therapy externship
- SYMBIS Certified Premarital Counseling Facilitator
- Star Behavioral Health Providers, Tier One — military and military-connected
Business & Affiliations
- Founder & CEO, YouWell Collective
- Goldman Sachs Black in Business
- American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
- Georgia Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
- Alpha Kappa Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Andrea Bryant
Andrea Bryant, LMFT, MDiv, PMH-C
Therapist. Founder. Speaker.
Atlanta, Georgia
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