About Brian
Brian D'Agnolo is a licensed independent clinical social worker with 40 years of professional experience. He focuses on anxiety and stress and helps people who are coping with trauma, anger, addictions, and major life changes. He aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can name difficult feelings and try new ways of responding.
He uses clear, down-to-earth conversation rather than jargon. Sessions often begin by hearing the full story and identifying practical steps that feel doable.
Background and approach
D'Agnolo draws on approaches such as Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and practice different choices. Motivational Interviewing is part of his work when someone needs help finding reasons to change and keeping momentum. He also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at longer-standing patterns that repeat in relationships and behavior.
Solution-Focused Therapy supports short-term goals and helps people find small wins to build on. Over four decades he has worked with challenges like low self-esteem, depression, compassion fatigue, and social anxiety. He also helps people facing codependency, questions about life purpose, and issues common to veterans and armed forces members.
Process addictions such as problematic porn, exercise, or gambling are also in his experience. People can expect straightforward conversation, practical tools, and encouragement to try things between sessions. The style is collaborative and paced to the individual's needs.
Approaches that guide online work and practical steps
Client-Centered Therapy centers the person and their experience. The therapist listens closely and follows what matters most to the client, helping them feel heard and supported while exploring concerns such as anxiety, low self-esteem, or relationship patterns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses clear, practical exercises to notice unhelpful thoughts and try alternative responses, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.
Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and strengthen commitment to goals. It is useful when someone feels stuck or uncertain about taking the next step.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to match methods to goals, preferences, and the pace they want. That conversation happens in early sessions and may shift as needs change.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when bandwidth and time permit. Phone sessions can be a good option when a lighter connection or less bandwidth works better. Live chat and text-based messaging provide brief check-ins, reflections, or between-session support without scheduling a full-length call. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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