About Brittany
Brittany Meredith is an Illinois licensed counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and motivation struggles. She brings five years of clinical experience and a straightforward, supportive approach. She talks in plain language and focuses on small steps that fit into busy lives.
Her sessions center on the person's own goals and strengths. She uses client-centered methods to listen closely and build on what is already working. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) tools are used to spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
Background and approach
Brittany also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotional regulation and Mindfulness techniques to reduce reactivity. These practical tools are mixed with open conversation so people can try new strategies in everyday situations. She encourages clear, manageable actions between sessions.
She works with a broad range of concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, ADHD, sleep problems, anger, bipolar and depression, chronic illness and caregiver strain. Additional areas of focus include attachment and abandonment issues, adoption and foster care, body image, and communication problems. Brittany communicates in English and welcomes clients from Illinois and beyond.
Sessions are paced to the individual and aim to make therapy useful and relevant from the start. She supports people through life changes and the hard work of building steadier coping skills.
Therapeutic approaches in online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building on a person's own strengths. The therapist aims to understand each person's story and support goals the person sets, which helps when adjusting plans online or by message.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to notice unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going. It is useful for anxiety, sleep problems, motivation, and mood differences because it breaks issues into clear steps to practice between sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers tools for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. These skills can help with anger, relationship strain, and times when emotions feel overwhelming.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences and then try methods that fit best. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online therapy provides flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat are useful for short check-ins and quicker support between appointments. These options help people fit sessions around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping therapy focused and practical.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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