About Brenda
Brenda Perea is a licensed clinical social worker with 33 years of experience. She practices in Colorado and speaks English and Spanish. Brenda has worked with people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and parenting strains, and career challenges.
Brenda keeps sessions warm and straightforward. She listens first, then helps people identify small, practical steps. She teaches coping skills for stress, anger, grief, and mood swings.
Sessions are paced to the person’s needs and comfort.
Background and approach
Her background includes long experience helping people after traumatic events and with ongoing anxiety. Brenda blends talk-based support with skill-building methods so clients leave with tools they can use. She also addresses multicultural concerns, prejudice and discrimination, and seasonal mood changes.
Brenda uses a mix of approaches that fit the person and the problem. She may draw on cognitive behavioral methods to change unhelpful thinking, dialectical skills to manage emotion, or mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity. When trauma is part of the story she can include trauma-focused techniques appropriate to the situation.
Sessions can be conducted in English or Spanish and are available to international clients. Many people come for help with stress, parenting pressure, relationship conflict, or coping with life changes. Brenda aims to make therapy feel practical and approachable, with clear steps to try between meetings.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's experience. The therapist creates a respectful, nonjudgmental space and follows the person's pace to identify goals and next steps. This approach helps when someone needs validation and a steady, supportive process.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It teaches practical exercises and homework to shift unhelpful thinking and change patterns that feed anxiety or low mood. CBT works well for stress, anxiety, and many everyday problems.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. Skills include distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness that can be practiced between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That process can start in the first few sessions and adjust over time as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual cues help the conversation, while phone calls require less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and messaging support brief check-ins or ongoing skill coaching between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 33 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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