About Brittney
Brittney Barton-Wagner is a licensed counselor and marriage and family therapist who focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, and relationship struggles. She brings 13 years of clinical experience and a practical, straightforward style to sessions. Her work aims to reduce overwhelming feelings and improve daily functioning.
She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people break unhelpful patterns and build new coping skills. Brittney pays attention to how past wounds and family-of-origin issues shape present behavior.
Background and approach
She guides clients through ways to handle trauma, depression, parenting strains, and the emotional fallout of divorce or separation. Many sessions focus on improving communication, increasing emotional awareness, and finding concrete steps forward. Brittney supports people dealing with abandonment, attachment concerns, blended family challenges, and commitment or control issues.
She also addresses caregiver stress, co-morbidity, and struggles with emptiness and forgiveness. Her approach is collaborative and goal-oriented. Clients can expect a mix of talking, skill practice, and small exercises to use between sessions.
Brittney adapts strategies to each person's day-to-day life and priorities. Brittney practices in Texas and holds the LPC credential (Licensed Professional Counselor) and the LMFT credential (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist). She offers sessions in English and uses a variety of formats to make therapy workable for different schedules.
Evidence-based approaches for online anxiety and relationship work
Many clients benefit from structured, evidence-based techniques that focus on immediate skill building. Cognitive-behavioral approaches help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that fuel anxiety and depression. These methods teach practical tools for reducing worry, improving mood, and handling stressful situations. Attachment-focused techniques look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This work helps people understand fear of abandonment, attachment issues, and how those patterns affect relationships and parenting decisions. It uses reflection and new ways of relating to build more supported interactions. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and daily life demands to decide which techniques fit best. Clients try methods in session and adapt them between meetings to see what works in real life. Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more interaction is helpful. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when hands-free check-ins are needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let clients send updates or do brief check-ins between sessions to keep momentum going.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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