About Bridget
Bridget Bauersfeld is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, depression, relationship concerns, trauma, and family strain. She brings 23 years of experience to sessions and uses straightforward techniques to help clients move toward change. She practices from an integrated psychodynamic and relational foundation, using talk and reflection to understand patterns that keep people stuck.
Bridget mixes client-centered work with cognitive therapy tools and mindfulness exercises when they fit the problem at hand.
Background and approach
She also uses EMDR for trauma processing when appropriate. Bridget trained at Bucknell University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and earned a Master of Social Work from the University of Maryland in Baltimore. Her early work included residential treatment settings and school-based mental health programs, which shaped a practical style grounded in real-world challenges.
Over two decades she has provided trauma-focused care in outpatient and hospital settings and worked in early intervention and community programs. That experience influences her focus on coping skills, emotion regulation, and clearer communication. In sessions she aims to be empathic and direct.
Conversations focus on small, concrete steps people can try between meetings. She helps clients identify patterns, practice new skills, and track progress toward goals.
Approach and online options for anxiety and trauma work
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current connections. In practice this means looking at how people form expectations in close relationships and learning different ways to relate and respond. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, concentrates on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors; it is often useful for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and practical coping skills that can reduce overwhelm.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, past experiences, and what feels manageable. Together they adjust methods over time, mixing talk work, skills practice, mindfulness, or EMDR as needed to match progress and preference.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people see one another and work through emotional material, phone can be lower bandwidth and useful for a quick check-in, and messaging supports brief updates or skill coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit care into busy schedules and to continue work from different locations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Depression
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Maryland
- Languages
- English
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