About Brianna
Brianna Gaines is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on practical support for anxiety and stress. She uses a calm, down-to-earth style to help people sort through hard moments and find steady ways to cope. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and mindfulness techniques.
These tools are used to address worry, depression, trauma, and problems that strain relationships or work life. Sessions center on clear steps and simple skills people can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Her approach is client-centered and flexible. She listens first, then helps people notice strengths and set realistic goals. Conversations are straightforward and often include small exercises to practice new responses to stress and anxiety.
Brianna has three years of experience and holds an LCSW credential, licensed in Texas and Oklahoma. She offers resources and homework when helpful and adjusts the pace to each person’s needs. The tone is compassionate with a warm sense of humor when appropriate.
Many people seek her help for issues like grief, addiction, self-esteem, ADHD, parenting strain, anger, and career changes. She also supports work on communication problems, guilt and shame, forgiveness, and rebuilding intimacy. Her goal is to help people develop practical habits that make daily life more manageable.
Online approaches that focus on skills and values
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, low motivation, or feeling stuck by teaching simple ways to move forward even when emotions are uncomfortable.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing them with real-world experiments. It is often used for worry, panic, depression, and stress by teaching step-by-step techniques to change responses and build new habits.
Mindfulness Therapy encourages paying attention to the present moment without judgment. It supports managing strong emotions and reducing reactivity by practicing short, guided exercises and grounding techniques.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and daily life. That process includes trying techniques, reviewing what helps, and adjusting methods over time so the approach stays useful.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video works well for in-depth conversation and exercises, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat or text supports quick check-ins, and messaging lets people share thoughts outside scheduled hours. These options provide flexibility and practical ways to keep momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma, Texas
- Languages
- English
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