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Brandy Brinkley, LPC - Therapist at Grow Therapy

Brandy Brinkley

Brandy Brinkley

LPC
6 years of experience
Virtual

I am licensed in Texas with over 5 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, & motivation, self esteem, and confidence. I work with my clients to create an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage and I am proud of you for getting started!

What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?

In our first session together, we'll start with brief introductions, then dive into the specific challenges you're facing. This will help me create a tailored plan for us to work through in Follow-up sessions.

Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.

Having worked in social services for over 18 years, I have worked with children, adolescents, and adults who have been hurt or experienced trauma. I have developed a tried-and-true playbook for helping you (a) identify the root cause of your challenges and (b) create a tailored plan that leads to measurable progres

Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.

STRESS, ANXIETY FAMILY CONFLICTS TRAUMA, ABUSE SELF ESTEEM, MOTIVATION DEPRESSION Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Relationship issues, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and Foster Care, Aging and Geriatric Issues, Antisocial Personality, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Avoidant Personality, Blended Family Issues, Body image, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain illness and disability, Codependency, Commitment Issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster, Dependent Personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic Violence, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Eating and Food-Related Issues, Emptiness, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, Fatherhood Issues, Fertility Issues, First Responder Issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Hospice and End of Life Counseling, Immigration Issues, Impulsivity, Intellectual Disability, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Mood disorders , Multicultural Concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, Compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Postpartum Depression, Post-traumatic stress, Prejudice and Discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-Harm, Self-love, Sexual Assault and Abuse, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young Adult Issues Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems

Appointments

Virtual

My treatment methods

Family Therapy

Family Systems Theory is a scientific theory of human behavior created by a psychiatrist, Dr. Murray Bowen, based on his research and work experience from 1946-1959 at the Menninger Clinic and the National Institute of Mental Health. Bowen's Family Systems Theory is significantly structured around at least two core concepts. The first is that a family is a system to which systems theory research and observation apply. The second is that emotion is a primary or dominant force in human development within the family system. Combining these two core concepts leads to the characterization of the family system as an emotional unit in which each family member influences the others to some degree. Therefore, according to Bowen, families should be studied in the context of the sum of all their internal systemic relationships. Inevitably, each family relationship in the family system is affected by all the others.

Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is a type of psychotherapy. It may help you to change unhelpful or unhealthy ways of thinking, feeling and behaving. CBT uses practical self-help strategies. These are designed to immediately improve your quality of life. CBT can be an effective way to treat depression and anxiety.

Christian Counseling

Christian counselors will help you explore your faith alongside your relationships, emotions, mental health, and physical well-being.