About Brendeen
Brendeen Longoria-Spencer is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 22 years of experience. She draws on long clinical experience to help people manage anxiety, stress, grief, and life changes. Her approach is practical and results-oriented, aimed at helping clients feel more capable and satisfied in daily life.
She blends solution-focused methods with parts work and cognitive behavioral techniques to create short-term goals and clear steps. That mix helps break down overwhelming problems into manageable actions.
Background and approach
The therapist writes plans with clients and checks progress each session. Brendeen pays attention to relationships and system dynamics when they matter, bringing in family patterns and communication habits as useful context. She also addresses issues like self-esteem, abandonment feelings, attachment concerns, and body image in straightforward language.
Sessions aim to identify strengths and values that support change. Her background includes work in varied and demanding settings, which shaped a flexible style that adapts to each person’s needs. She is based in Utah and holds LCSW credentials in Utah and Nevada.
English is used for sessions, and she accepts international clients. Practical matters are part of the work. Brendeen uses goal-setting, symptom management, and skill-building to help people cope with chronic pain, caregiver stress, financial worries, and transitions.
The focus is on clear tools clients can use between sessions. People who want direct, down-to-earth help with anxiety or major life shifts tend to find her approach useful. She aims to collaborate on a plan that fits each person’s life and values.
How evidence-based techniques work online
Brendeen uses evidence-based techniques that focus on practical change. Cognitive behavioral approaches break thoughts and behaviors into parts you can change, helping reduce anxiety and manage stress through clear exercises and homework. Parts work helps name and talk to different internal voices or feelings, which can ease shame, abandonment fears, and self-criticism.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She will work with each person to pick techniques that fit their goals and day-to-day life, and adjust methods over time based on what helps most. Clients and therapist set goals together and review progress regularly.
Online sessions offer flexibility across formats: video calls for a face-to-face experience, phone sessions when bandwidth is limited, live chat for quicker check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or mobility limitations while keeping momentum toward goals.
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What this therapist works with
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- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Nevada, Utah
- Languages
- English
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