LMHC, 5 years of experience
Hi! My name is Brianna Stallings, and I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. I received my Master's Degree from the University of Central Florida and have been working with adult trauma survivors and elementary aged students for 5 years now. I want you to feel comfortable through the counseling process and know you are in control of your healing. I am here to help, and it is an honor to sit with clients and assist them in reaching their mental health goals! I am also a Christian therapist, and I am more than happy to bring faith into our sessions by request. It's important to me to provide the care you are seeking, so bringing faith into counseling or leaving it out is entirely up to you.
My goal is for clients to feel better with each session, including the very first one! You can expect sessions with me to include coping skills to get you through the next week as well as diving deeper into issues to provide true healing from trauma. The counseling relationship is extremely important to me, so I also welcome any feedback you have for me in terms of how we are working together and what you need from me. If something about our sessions or me isn't working for you, I genuinely want to know, so that you are getting the counseling experience you are looking for our of our sessions.
I believe I shine in my patience, encouragement, and creativity. I absolutely love how each person is a unique individual and that gives me the opportunity to be creative in finding solutions that work for you through this process! I have also been told on many occasions that I have a very calming presence, which is always my goal in sessions. I always want to provide a safe space to talk about and work through hard things. EMDR therapy is a huge passion of mine and a major healing agent that I lean on. Of course, every client is different, and I will always meet you where you are at. I love to provide psychoeducation about this therapy process, and if it's not for you, no worries!! I never have any expectations of my clients, and I always try to provide as much reassurance through this process as you need.
I am extremely passionate about working with adult trauma survivors as well as those with anxiety/panic disorders and symptoms. I love fostering hope and healing for these clients that are often experiencing hopelessness about ever feeling better. Trauma effects every area of life and, unfortunately, does not end when the event is over or the environment is left. Your brain and body hold on to those things and often need help processing those traumatic events. I am here to help with that. I have been very successful in helping my clients heal, and I love being that support person for my clients!
This is an amazing treatment method that is an extremely fast and effective way to heal the brain from trauma and many other mental health struggles as well. Utilizing this method, you will learn how to quickly calm your brain in and out of session as well as process out trauma and physically change your brain naturally.
To me, person-centered therapy means that we go at your pace because this is your healing process. We also will discuss what you are ready to tackle and wait when you are not ready to discuss deeper wounds. You are in control, and I will never push you past what you are comfortable with in our sessions.