About Brandon
Brandon Porsandeh is a California licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, and self-esteem struggles. He also supports those coping with relationship and family concerns, career shifts, life changes, and challenges tied to ADHD. Brandon uses straightforward, practical methods to help people feel less overwhelmed and more in control.
He draws on eight years of clinical experience working with a range of concerns, including obsessive-compulsive symptoms and panic.
How Brandon works
Brandon keeps sessions focused and concrete. He helps people learn skills they can use between meetings and talks through real-life situations during sessions. Brandon prefers an approach grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, behaviors, and feelings interact.
He uses this to help people test assumptions and build different habits. Sessions often include exercises to try at home and step-by-step plans for managing symptoms. He is direct but compassionate and aims to normalize the courage it takes to ask for help.
Brandon explains options and works at a pace that fits each person’s needs. His style is practical and goal oriented, with time for listening and problem solving. Brandon offers therapy for concerns such as OCD, mood disorders, social anxiety, impulsivity, communication problems, isolation, and personality-related struggles.
He meets people where they are and helps them move toward manageable, specific change.
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What Brandon works with
The areas below are the ones Brandon selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How CBT-Based Care Works Online
Brandon uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice how thoughts and behaviors affect feelings. CBT aims to break unhelpful cycles by testing thoughts and trying different behaviors. This can help with anxiety, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, low mood, and trouble managing daily stress.Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Brandon will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels manageable. Together they choose techniques and adjust the plan as progress is made and needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and in-the-moment skill practice. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not wanted. Live chat or text is useful for shorter check-ins, coping strategies between meetings, or when writing out thoughts feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, school, or family schedules.
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