About J.
J. Phyllis Brannen is a Florida LCSW with 25 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, mood changes, and life transitions.
Her tone in sessions is interactive and practical, aiming to build everyday coping skills that fit each person's life. She uses client-centered methods to listen closely and respond to what matters most to the individual. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is part of her work when looking at patterns of thought and behavior that feed anxiety or depression.
Background and approach
Sessions often involve learning small, practical tools to reduce worry, manage panic, or handle cravings. Her background includes independent practice, community mental health, and work with an Alzheimer’s organization. That range shaped an ability to support people facing caregiver stress, aging-related concerns, and long-term mood or substance issues.
She also addresses relationship strain, self-esteem, sleep and eating problems, and parenting stress. Therapy with her tends to be collaborative. She helps people set realistic goals, try different strategies, and adjust plans when needed.
Conversations are straightforward and focused on what will help between sessions. People come for relief from overwhelm, help after loss, or guidance through big life changes. She accepts clients from Florida and also works with international clients in English.
Session formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How her approaches work with online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes the person in the room, focusing on listening, empathy, and helping people identify what matters most to them. This approach is useful for issues like grief, low self-esteem, relationship strain, and adjusting to life changes because it centers the person's goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors influence feelings. It teaches practical strategies to reduce worry, manage panic, change unhelpful habits, and cope with addictive urges. CBT sessions often include exercises to practice between meetings.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative planning can change over time as progress is made and new challenges arise.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for a full-session conversation and visual cues. Phone calls can fit a break at work or when internet bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing support, and practicing short skills between visits. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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