Working in mental health, I understand just how difficult it can be to reach out for help. Hi, I’m Brianna! I am a mental health counselor with a MS in Applied Psychology and trained to treat co-occurring diagnoses. Currently, I am pursuing my Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology. I have ten years of experience as a mental health professional working with individuals trying to overcome severe trauma, anxiety, OCD, depression, eating disorders, and self-harm/suicidal ideation. Additionally, I have extensive training in comprehensive dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), EMDR, and exposure/response prevention. I offer compassionate, collaborative, and caring support throughout the healing process, fostering a safe environment where clients can comfortably explore challenging issues. My approach centers on tailoring every aspect of treatment to meet each individual's unique needs, ensuring they receive the personalized care they deserve. I am a firm believer that therapy is what you need it to be. My toolbox includes evidence-based modalities like DBT, TF-CBT, ERP, and EMDR Additionally, with my trauma specialty, I inner child work and art therapy into sessions. Let's team up and face the challenges of mental health care together – I'm ready when you are! :)
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
In our first session together, we will start with brief introductions and I will answer any questions you may have. From there, I will ask you a bunch of questions about your history and current symptoms (this is called a biopsychosocial). This will help me create a tailored and collaborative plan for us to work with in follow-up sessions. I an a very individualistic therapist - and will oftentimes want to meet with clients two times per week to start counseling, especially if there are a lot of "high risk" behaviors or symptoms!
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
I pride myself on creating a safe and uplifting environment where people can feel safe discussing their struggles. I am a highly compassionate and caring individual that goes above and beyond for my clients to make sure that they are achieving their goals.
Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.
I am interested in working with women primarily, focusing on teens and women with a history of trauma, eating disorder behaviors, or self-harm/suicidal ideation!
About Brianna Doran
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Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Many individuals experience significant distress in which CBT would be a highly effective modality. CBT would be used in treatment to help individuals learn to change their cognitive process so that they can successfully challenge their negative thoughts - most often associated with anxiety and depression.
Daialectical Behavior (DBT)
DBT is often used for individuals that struggle with self-esteem, suicidality/suicidal ideation, borderline personality disorder, or eating disorders. DBT utilizes CBT principles with the added component of strengths-based framework and mindfulness/acceptance, and judgement-free principles.
Exposure Response Prevention (ERP)
ERP is a modality that I use frequently often in conjunction with CBT for individuals that I work with that are experiencing symptoms of anxiety and OCD. This often involves creating a "fear hierarchy" and working on "systematically desensitizing" the individual to what causes them distress and anxiety.
EMDR
EMDR is a leading modality in helping individuals that are struggling with PTSD and C-PTSD. Oftentimes, people that experience a traumatic event have parts of that trauma trapped in their brain and are unable to access the trauma feelings to process them successfully. EMDR allows individuals to access those trauma feelings in a safe/secure environment to successfully process the trauma and begin moving forward.
Trauma-Focused CBT
Trauma-focused CBT is a subtype of CBT that focuses on helping people recover from traumatic events through the use of CBT principles. It is a highly effective means of helping kids and teens work through their trauma, and I generally use it in conjunction with EMDR.