About Brenda
Brenda Burrell uses a client-centered approach to help people make meaningful changes. She focuses on what each person brings to the room and helps them find practical ways forward. Brenda is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - with 18 years of experience and works from Mississippi.
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, and depression. She also supports those coping with addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, and low self-esteem.
How Brenda works
Her work includes addressing bipolar challenges, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and life transitions. Brenda blends several approaches to match each person’s needs. She uses cognitive behavioral methods to spot and shift unhelpful thinking patterns.
She draws on dialectical behavior skills to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are part of her toolkit as well. Mindfulness helps people slow down and notice the present moment.
Motivational interviewing supports readiness for change and builds internal motivation. In sessions she aims to create an open, nonjudgmental atmosphere where people can speak honestly. Conversations focus on clear goals, small practical steps, and skills that can be used between meetings.
Brenda encourages steady progress and supports people as they try new ways of coping.
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What Brenda works with
The areas below are the ones Brenda selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- 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
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Mississippi |
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Online support options
Approaches that work well online
Brenda often uses cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy in online sessions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress. DBT teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving distress tolerance, useful for anger, trauma reactions, and mood instability.She also draws on client-centered practices and motivational interviewing to make sure therapy fits each person's goals. Finding the right approach is collaborative - the therapist and client look at symptoms, daily challenges, and personal preferences and then try methods that make sense for them.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversations and screen sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when a simple check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and text messaging let people send short updates, ask quick questions between sessions, or manage appointments more flexibly. These options help therapy fit into work, family, and travel schedules while keeping focus on progress and practical skills.
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