About Aen
Aen Brauer is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of practice in Washington. She focuses on practical help for people coping with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and life changes. Her approach is straightforward and supportive, with an emphasis on listening and shared problem solving.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through difficult feelings. Sessions aim to clarify what matters most and identify small, doable steps toward change.
How Aen works
The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Her background includes experience addressing addiction, eating and body image concerns, and issues connected to adoption and foster care. She also supports people dealing with cancer, chronic illness, caregiver strain, and first responder stress.
Relationship strains, parenting challenges, career transitions, and forgiveness work are part of her practice as well. Aen uses evidence-informed methods such as acceptance and commitment work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and client-centered principles to help clients build new habits. Dialectical behavior ideas are included when emotional regulation and coping skills are needed.
She helps people apply these tools to real life situations rather than just talking about them. People who want clear steps, steady support, and a respectful listener will find a practical ally in Aen. She speaks English and offers online formats suited to different schedules and preferences.
Aen lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Aen works with
The areas below are the ones Aen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Washington |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Aen draws on acceptance and commitment approaches and cognitive behavioral methods to guide online work. Acceptance and commitment work focuses on clarifying values and taking meaningful action even when feelings are hard, which can help with anxiety, depression, and grief. Cognitive behavioral techniques look at unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teach practical skills to change them, often useful for stress, mood, and coping problems.Finding the right approach is part of the process. She collaborates with each person to choose or combine methods that fit their goals and preferences. Sessions include discussion, skill practice, and real-world assignments to test what works between meetings.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer brief check-ins, ongoing encouragement, and flexibility around schedules. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try approaches in the moment they are needed.
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