About Brenda
Brenda Ticknor is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She brings more than 21 years of experience and focuses on practical steps to improve daily life. Brenda aims to make the first steps feel manageable for someone who is worried or overwhelmed.
She works with people dealing with addiction, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and depression. Brenda also supports those navigating abandonment, attachment issues, body image concerns, caregiver stress, chronic pain or illness, and other relational or personality-related struggles.
Background and approach
Her approach is grounded in respect, sensitivity, and compassion. In sessions she adjusts the conversation and care plan to match each person’s needs. She uses tools from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior ideas, emotionally-focused methods, and mindfulness practices.
That mix is used to build coping skills, address patterns, and strengthen emotional awareness. Brenda is licensed in Iowa and Nebraska as an LMHC and LIMHP. She offers help in English and is available to work with people both inside and outside the United States.
Practical matters such as session formats and scheduling are handled to fit a person’s routine. For someone seeking a steady, experienced clinician who focuses on anxiety and stress, Brenda offers a direct and compassionate way to move forward. She aims to help people feel more capable and balanced one step at a time.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. It helps people feel heard and guides sessions by their concerns and goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses practical exercises to change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and is often useful for anxiety and depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for emotional regulation and distress tolerance, which can help with intense emotions and relationship struggles.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Brenda will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then tailor methods to fit each person. That collaborative process helps identify whether more skill-building, emotion-focused work, or reflective listening is best for the situation.
Online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues during conversation, phone calls can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging work well for quick check-ins or continued support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Nebraska, Iowa
- Languages
- English
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