Therapy and Coaching with Marcus, Bandwidth Care Founder
Tech-Centered Therapy
Therapist Marcus Brittain Fleming provides therapy for people whose lives are deeply shaped by technology, including tech workers, industry leaders, and individuals struggling with digital dependency or burnout. His approach combines psychodynamic insight with cognitive and somatic tools to help clients understand how technology mediates their sense of self, relationships, and reality. With tech professionals, he explores the emotional toll of high-performance cultures, productivity pressure, and blurred work-life boundaries. With those affected by compulsive or traumatic tech use, he helps rebuild presence, attention, and authentic connection beyond the screen. Across all clients, Marcus creates a reflective space to examine how technology both empowers and alienates—and how to reclaim agency and meaning in a hyperconnected world.
More about Marcus
What was my path to becoming a therapist?
My work as a therapist came into focus after many years of working in other helping roles. Before I was a therapist, I was a public school teacher, community organizer, tech worker, and dance teacher/performer. These roles helped me develop relationship-building and conflict-resolution skills. Through these experiences, I learned that there is nothing more powerful and fulfilling than a meaningful relationship. Relationships are both the bedrock of individual, family, and collective trauma AND also possible sites of repair, growth, and emotional stability. I fold my belief in the power and purpose of interpersonal connection into my therapy practice, where I now employ modalities such as psychodynamic, CBT, and trauma-based approaches. At the end of the day, my work as a therapist melds so much of what I love together into one calling. I think my passion for the work shines through daily.
What should someone know about working with me?
Finding a therapist can be harder than it needs to be. This being said, I try to make it as easy as possible for you to try therapy out. I offer a free 30 minute video session to all potential clients. This initial meetup helps us get to know each other, talk about your goals, and figure out any bookkeeping stuff. I leave whether or not you want to continue working together completely up to you because, at the end of the day, therapy is all about supporting you in being you. Allowing this kind of self-determination is paramount in my practice from start to finish, with the eventual goal of you completely guiding your therapy journey. Of course, I’ll be here to assist, take notes, and provide psychoeducation along the way, but I will always make sure that you feel like you’re in the driver’s seat. This “driver’s seat” feeling is—after all—what we are looking for in the long run. I can meet you wherever you are and offer challenges in stuck points along the road if need be.
How do your own core values shape your approach to care?
Before you talk with someone, you see them and you draw your own conclusions. They, in turn, do the same. This dance of assumptions is very much part of being human. Stereotyping, assuming, and what therapists call "transference" play a major role in all interactions, both inside and outside of therapy sessions. I believe therapists must attune to the relationship dynamics that arise from gender, racial, economic, ability, and age-based differences between us and our clients. Therapeutic relationships are not immune to larger oppressive structures. This being said, part of my job as a therapist is to understand my own position as a white, male-socialized, queer therapist while keying into ways the differences and similarities between myself and my clients affect treatment. The goal here is to work together to become aware of how intersectional identity affects everyone's self-concept, relationships, and overall mental health.
As someone deeply invested in digital wellbeing and tech worker wellness, I also explore how technology complicates our lives; sometimes integrating this nuance in session. I center the belief that technology has fundamentally changed how we relate to ourselves and each other. I have worked extensively with tech executives, tech workers, and tech users who have dealt with workplace stress, burnout, cyber hate crimes, and other forms of tech-related duress.
The Office Space
Located in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, my office is in a cozy, centrally located part of the city. In-person sessions are available for CA residents. I also work virtually with NY and CA residents.
Sign Up For a Free Consultation
If you are interested in doing therapeutic work with me, please sign up for a free 30 minute video consultation session by contacting me here. If a 15 minute phone consultation works better for you, we can do that too. You can also email me directly at bandwidth.care@gmail.com with any questions or inquires.