About Brandy
Brandy Colson is a licensed clinical social worker with 11 years of experience offering practical, compassionate care. She works with people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, family conflict, grief, and life transitions. Brandy focuses on clear steps clients can use right away to feel steadier and more in control.
Her approach centers on simple, goal-oriented methods that break big problems into manageable parts. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
She also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy to identify small changes that lead to noticeable improvement. Clients often come with histories of trauma, parenting strain, or relationship challenges. Brandy listens for strengths and builds practical coping tools for anger, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue.
She helps people sort through complicated feelings after loss, abandonment, or infidelity so they can make forward-moving choices. Sessions include clear collaboration about goals and next steps. Brandy explains techniques in everyday language and practices skills during sessions so clients can try them between meetings.
She also supports people facing substance-related concerns, codependency, and blended family issues. Based in Florida, Brandy holds LCSW and CSW credentials. She works with adults on career questions, parenting stress, and life-stage changes.
Her style is direct, warm, and focused on building small wins that add up.
Practical approaches for online support
Brandy uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. This approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress because it links changes in thinking to changes in how you feel.She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to spot small shifts that lead to progress. That method helps when you want quick, concrete steps for improving relationships, parenting strain, or work stress. Both approaches translate well to online work because they focus on clear goals and homework between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Brandy discusses options with each person and tailors methods to their needs, goals, and preferences. She collaborates on goals and checks in regularly to adjust techniques as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a short break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when writing helps organize thoughts. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent when life is full.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Georgia
- Languages
- English
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