About Brittany
Brittany Bordonaro helps people facing relationship and family concerns as well as trauma, anxiety, depression, and stress. She is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, LICSW, with 15 years of experience. Brittany uses straightforward, practical methods to help people feel heard and make changes that matter.
She works in the District of Columbia and offers sessions in English. Brittany favors a client-centered approach that starts with listening and building trust.
How Brittany works
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify patterns of thinking that get in the way. Motivational Interviewing and Narrative Therapy are part of her toolbox when exploring change and personal stories. Many people seek her help for intimacy issues, infidelity, communication problems, and family conflict.
She also supports those coping with trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, sleep or eating concerns, and stress related to caregiving or work. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, veteran and first responder issues, and concerns related to body image and self-esteem. Sessions aim to surface practical steps clients can try between meetings.
Brittany uses solution-focused techniques when people want concrete strategies for immediate relief. Her style is respectful and direct, with an emphasis on identifying strengths and small achievable goals. Brittany’s background includes years of work in community and military settings.
That experience informs how she understands life stressors tied to service, relocation, and family systems. She encourages collaboration and helps people tailor an approach that fits their situation.
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What Brittany works with
The areas below are the ones Brittany selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | District of Columbia |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. It helps people feel understood and decide their own goals for change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and teaches skills to shift unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress.Choosing the right approach happens together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then suggest techniques drawn from these methods. That collaborative process can include trying an approach for a few sessions and adjusting if something else fits better.
Online formats used include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well when real-time conversation and visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging allow brief updates, problem-solving between sessions, or a written way to process thoughts. These options make scheduling easier and let people access licensed professionals from varied locations.
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