About Brendeen
Brendeen Longoria-Spencer is a licensed clinical social worker with 22 years of experience. She draws on long practice helping people move past stress, anxiety, grief, and low self-esteem. Brendeen works with respect for each person's background and beliefs.
She favors practical approaches that focus on small changes that add up. Sessions often start by looking at what is most urgent and what strengths are already present. Brendeen helps people sort through painful feelings, set clear goals, and try steps that fit their life.
How Brendeen works
Her work addresses the ripple effects of loss and major life changes. She supports people coping with abandonment and attachment concerns, chronic illness or pain, caregiver stress, and relationship communication problems. Issues like body image, guilt, shame, and impulsivity are also common topics in her work.
Money worries, midlife questions, and searching for life purpose come up in sessions too. Brendeen helps people weigh options and make decisions that match their values. She balances practical problem solving with attention to feelings.
Brendeen uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person. She offers help in English and sees clients in Utah and internationally through online formats. Her style is straightforward, compassionate, and goal oriented.
What Brendeen works with
The areas below are the ones Brendeen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 22 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Utah |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Brendeen uses practical, evidence-based therapeutic techniques that help people make steady changes. Cognitive behavioral techniques focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Parts work helps people understand different internal voices or impulses and build a kinder, more cooperative inner system to manage shame, impulsivity, and self-criticism.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Brendeen collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, values, and daily life. She adjusts plans over time and invites feedback so the work stays relevant and useful.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people use visual cues and more natural conversation, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or being on camera is a concern. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, step-by-step coaching, or continuing work between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit sessions into work, caregiving, or travel schedules.
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