Works with
- Anger
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
How Brenda works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Washington
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Brenda
Brenda Wilson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Washington. She brings 20 years of experience working in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Brenda focuses on helping people manage strong emotions and life challenges with calm, direct support.
She works with people facing addiction, mood disorders such as bipolar and depression, anxiety, and stress. Brenda also helps with anger, grief, intimacy concerns, sleep and eating problems, and parenting strains.
Background and approach
Her approach is practical and tailored to each person’s needs. Brenda draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to build clear goals and step-by-step plans. Sessions focus on skills you can use between meetings, like emotional regulation, coping strategies, and problem-solving.
She adjusts pacing and methods to match how someone learns and heals. Brenda aims to treat everyone with respect and sensitivity. She talks plainly and listens carefully so people feel understood.
Her style is supportive and empowering while remaining realistic about the work involved. People often come to her when life feels overwhelming or when patterns keep repeating. She helps break those patterns by identifying triggers and practicing new responses.
The goal is better daily functioning, fewer crises, and more control over strong feelings.
What Brenda works with
Everything Brenda lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Brenda's practice.
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Evidence-based approaches for online work
Brenda uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and behavior change. One approach emphasizes developing emotional regulation skills so people can notice triggers, slow down, and respond differently. This helps with anger, anxiety, and mood swings.Another commonly used approach centers on problem-solving and behavioral change. It breaks problems into small, manageable steps and tests new behaviors to see what works. This is useful for addiction, depression, and daily functioning struggles.
Finding the right way to work together is a collaborative process. The therapist and client review needs, goals, and preferences and choose methods that fit. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit care into a busy life and maintain steady progress.
Questions people ask about Brenda
What concerns does Brenda commonly address?
She helps people with addictions, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, anger, grief, intimacy issues, and stress among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is direct and practical, focusing on skills and step-by-step plans. Sessions emphasize tools you can use between appointments.
How long has she practiced clinically?
She has 20 years of experience working in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, practicing in Washington state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
Brenda offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging formats.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.