About Brenda
Brenda Perea is a licensed clinical social worker with 33 years of experience. She brings a calm, respectful presence to sessions and focuses on practical skills that people can use right away. Her approach is warm and nonjudgmental.
She listens to each person's story and helps them set realistic goals. Sessions emphasize building coping skills for daily life and managing strong emotions. Brenda uses a mix of approaches to match what each person needs.
How Brenda works
She draws on client-centered methods to create a collaborative space, cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts, and mindfulness practices to build present-moment skills. She also works with trauma-informed methods when trauma is a concern. People come to Brenda for many reasons, including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, parenting strain, relationship conflict, and career concerns.
She also supports those coping with bipolar mood shifts, compassion fatigue, and life changes. Additional focuses include multicultural concerns, prejudice and discrimination, sexual assault and abuse, jealousy, phobias, and seasonal affective disorder. Brenda offers sessions in English and Spanish from her Colorado practice.
She accepts international clients and adapts approaches to fit cultural needs and individual preferences. Her goal is to help people feel more capable and steady as they move forward.
Brenda lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 33 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
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Online support options
How Brenda’s approaches translate to online care
Brenda uses client-centered therapy to build a respectful, collaborative relationship where people set goals and guide the process. This approach helps when someone needs a supportive space to talk and sort priorities.She also employs cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress because it gives concrete tools to change daily patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Brenda will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then adjust methods as needed. The choice of method is collaborative and can change over time.
Online therapy with Brenda is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for quicker check-ins, and messaging helps keep reflection going between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and allow therapy to fit around work, caregiving, or travel.
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