About Brennan
Brennan Fitzgerald is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with 11 years of experience practicing in California. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, career questions, coaching needs, and ADHD. She aims to create a calm, straightforward space where someone can talk through what’s most worrying them.
Brennan builds sessions around what each person brings in. She listens without judging and helps set clear, practical steps people can try between meetings.
Background and approach
That may include small behavior changes, ways to manage anxiety in the moment, or tactics for organizing work and daily tasks. Her approach draws on client-centered methods that prioritize the person’s goals and pace. She also uses cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thinking and mindfulness practices to steady attention and reduce reactivity.
Motivational interviewing is used when someone needs help clarifying their priorities and moving toward change. Sessions aim to be collaborative and down-to-earth. Brennan encourages realistic goals and checks in regularly about what is or isn’t working.
She wants to support people as they experiment with new skills and build routines that fit their life. People who reach out often want help balancing work and wellbeing, managing intense feelings, or improving focus and productivity. Brennan offers guidance with patience and practical steps geared to each person’s strengths and challenges.
How Brennan’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the person's pace. The therapist creates space for someone to describe what matters most and then helps them decide what to try next. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior that keep stress and anxiety active and teaches practical skills to change them.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Brennan will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels doable. Together they choose or combine approaches and adjust tactics over time so the plan matches real life and current needs.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat or text messaging work well for shorter check-ins, quick problem-solving, or when someone prefers typing. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, school, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- ADHD
- Coaching
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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