brenton

guice

Missouri License: #2022014251

MA, LPC, RDH

Brenton Guice, queer-affirming therapist in Kansas City, Missouri

hey there!

I’m Brenton

For a long time, I couldn’t picture a future where I felt settled in myself. I spent years feeling unsure, misunderstood, and disconnected from who I was supposed to be. I know what it’s like to wonder if something is wrong with you or if you’ll ever fully understand yourself. Honestly, I never expected to become someone who helps others navigate those same questions.

I believe therapy works best when it feels real. That means showing up with kindness, curiosity, and the understanding that growth isn’t always tidy. There’s room here for honesty, humor, and the well-placed curse word, because healing doesn’t require perfection.

My work centers on collaboration and relational meaning. We’ll make sense of your experiences together, move at a pace that respects your nervous system, and build something that feels grounding rather than overwhelming. You don’t have to perform or have it all figured out to be here.

Pronouns: he/him/his

Therapy office space at The Mental Hug in Kansas City, Missouri

What brings people here?

People often reach out because something feels unsettled. Whether that is internally, relationally, or both. Sometimes it’s identity questions, grief bubbling up to the surface, or trying to understand how past experiences are still shaping the present.

The individuals I often work with usually are exploring or managing:

Identity and self-understanding (sometimes for the first time)
The impact of trauma, grief, or unresolved past experiences
Life transitions that feel heavy, confusing, or all-consuming
Overthinking brains that seem to never quiet and the loneliness of others’ not understanding it
Moving through major life transitions that change how you see yourself or your relationships

I work from an affirming, relational lens with queer, trans, and gender-expansive people, as well as with adults who want therapy to feel human, collaborative, and grounded rather than clinical or performative.

At times, the work doesn’t live solely within one person it lives in the space between people. I support partners who want to communicate more clearly, reconnect emotionally, and navigate change with more care and understanding.

Partner work often focuses on:

Improving communication and emotional attunement
Strengthening connection and intimacy
Navigating stress, conflict, or life transitions together
Exploring relationship dynamics with honesty and curiosity

I work with a range of relationship structures, including monogamous, polyamorous, and ethically non-monogamous relationships with a specialty of working with gay male couples. My practice does welcome multiple partners in the room with space to allow up to three people!

When relationships are a part
of the work

values

& identities

Therapy doesn’t happen in a vacuum. The social, political, and cultural realities we’re living in shape our nervous systems, our relationships, and our sense of safety. Pretending otherwise doesn’t make therapy neutral, it makes it incomplete.

I am a cisgender, queer, white, able-bodied male therapist who works intentionally to remain aware of systems, privilege, and responsibility within the therapy space. My work is rooted in affirming and actively supporting LGBTQIA+ people and other marginalized communities both inside and outside the therapy room.

I don’t believe in neutrality when it comes to harm. While therapy isn’t a place for debate or political persuasion, I’m transparent about where I stand: I care deeply about human rights, gender-affirming care, bodily autonomy, and the dignity of those most impacted by harmful policies and rhetoric.

This space is meant to feel grounded, collaborative, and human where your lived experience is taken seriously, your boundaries are respected, and you don’t have to leave parts of yourself at the door to be supported.