About Brenda
Brenda Burrell is a licensed clinical social worker who uses client-centered care to help people find clearer ways forward. She builds straightforward, respectful sessions where people can talk about what’s going wrong and what they want to change. Brenda speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps that fit into everyday life.
She brings 18 years of experience to work on stress, anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. She also helps people managing addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
ADHD is included among her areas of focus when attention and organization are affecting daily life. Brenda blends approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach skills for thinking differently and handling intense emotions. She uses Mindfulness and Motivational Interviewing to help people notice patterns and build motivation for change.
Sessions move at a steady, practical pace so clients can try new strategies between meetings. People meet her for relationship concerns, communication problems, guilt and shame, low self-esteem, and post-traumatic stress. She also supports those facing veteran and armed forces issues and bipolar mood challenges in everyday terms.
Brenda aims to make the work useful, not confusing. Her practice is based in Mississippi and she works in English. Initial steps are simple: a short intake, a plan for what to work on, and follow-up that adjusts as progress is made.
Brenda focuses on what helps someone function better day to day.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a strong working relationship, with the therapist following the client's lead to address what matters most. This approach helps people feel heard and decide which goals to work on first.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills for changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and many everyday struggles by setting small, testable steps between sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds concrete tools for managing intense emotions and improving coping skills. It can be useful when feelings become overwhelming or when people want better ways to handle conflict and stress.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before, then try methods that fit the person’s needs. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps.
Online therapy brings these methods into formats that suit daily life. Video calls let clinicians watch expressions and teach skills in real time. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging provide quick check-ins, skill reminders, and brief coaching between appointments. These options make it easier to work on stress, ADHD-related organization, relationships, or mood concerns without rearranging a whole day.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin, Mississippi
- Languages
- English
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