About Brandi
Brandi Horak uses a client-centered approach to help people make meaningful changes. She is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 11 years of experience. Brandi focuses on clear, respectful conversation and practical steps that fit each person's life.
She works with a wide range of concerns including addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and relationship or intimacy-related issues. Parenting stress, self-esteem struggles, anger, and career questions are also part of her practice.
How Brandi works
Brandi supports people through life transitions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Her sessions aim to be collaborative and down-to-earth. Brandi listens first and then helps build a plan that feels doable.
She blends client-centered principles with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy when helpful. Brandi also draws on existential and Jungian ideas to help people find meaning and insight in their experiences. That can include looking at patterns, personal values, and deeper sources of motivation.
She adapts the conversation to what matters most to the person in front of her. People can expect straightforward language and focused goals in sessions. Brandi explains options and works at a pace that feels manageable.
Her aim is to help people move toward a more balanced and fulfilling life.
Brandi lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
What Brandi works with
The areas below are the ones Brandi selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Client-centered therapy puts the person at the center of the work and focuses on listening, empathy, and collaborating on goals. It helps when someone needs a supportive space to talk through feelings and decide what matters most to them.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It uses practical exercises and skill-building to reduce symptoms like depression or anxiety and to change unhelpful patterns.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal skills. It can be useful for strong emotions, relationship conflicts, and managing overwhelming stress.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will help figure out which methods fit a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online sessions offer flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited; live chat or text works well for shorter check-ins or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to continue care across different locations.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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