About Briana
Briana Barbour is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, and big life changes. She writes plainly and listens closely to understand what each person is dealing with. Briana aims to make the first step feel manageable for someone who is worried or overwhelmed.
Briana uses practical tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and change day-to-day habits. She mixes that with Motivational Interviewing to support people who want to make a change but feel uncertain or stuck.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on short, usable strategies and clear goals rather than abstract theory. She has five years of experience and holds a Florida LMHC license. That background informs a straightforward approach to recovery and coping.
Briana pays attention to how past events affect current choices and relationships. Common topics she addresses include panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, substance use and relapse prevention, and communication problems. She also helps people manage guilt, shame, isolation, and the stress that comes with major transitions.
Work in sessions usually includes skill building, goal setting, and regular check-ins on progress. Briana encourages realistic steps and honest conversation. She aims to help people feel less overwhelmed and more able to handle daily demands.
The focus is on steady progress and practical coping tools that fit into real life.
How Briana's Approaches Work Online
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying thoughts and habits that keep problems going and replacing them with more useful behaviors and perspectives. It often helps with anxiety, depression, panic, and patterns that undermine recovery.Motivational Interviewing centers on a person's own reasons for change. It uses guided conversation to strengthen motivation and reduce resistance, which can be useful for addictions, ambivalence about treatment, and making lasting life changes.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Briana will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they will try strategies and adjust the plan based on what fits and what produces progress.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people juggling work, family, or recovery. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick reflections, tracking goals, and staying connected between longer sessions. These options let people pick formats that fit their routines and comfort while still working on concrete skills and goals.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Isolation / loneliness
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English