Author biography

M. Brandon Blue

American nonfiction author, existential therapist, narrative therapist, and counseling pastor writing at the intersection of story, meaning, psychological integration, and spiritual formation.

About Brandon

M. Brandon Blue, MA, LPCC, NCC, is the author of Aligned: Living Whole: Body, Soul and Spirit, published by Kendall Hunt Publishing Company. His work examines how personal narratives, relationships, embodied practices, and spiritual commitments shape identity and support a more integrated life.

Many readers, colleagues, and clients know him simply as Brandon Blue; his books and professional writing are published under the name M. Brandon Blue.

As an existential therapist and licensed professional clinical counselor, Brandon draws from narrative, existential, meaning-centered, and values-based approaches. He writes for counselors, ministers, and reflective readers seeking language for the complexity of inner life without separating psychological insight from theological reflection.

Counseling, ministry, and education

Brandon serves as Counseling Pastor at New Life Church and directs the New Life Institute of Mental and Behavioral Health. He is completing doctoral studies in Counselor Education and Supervision at Liberty University and is a United States Navy veteran.

His primary areas of interest include narrative identity, counselor education, spiritual formation, meaning-making, values-based living, and the development of practical resources for counselors and ministry leaders.