About Brianna
Brianna Abbott is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people facing depression, addiction, trauma, and family stress. She creates an affirming space for LGBTQ+ clients and for people working on self-love, shame, and communication. Her tone is practical and supportive, aimed at people who want straightforward help and tools.
Brianna draws on five years of clinical experience in Massachusetts to guide conversations toward workable steps. Sessions focus on understanding what feels stuck and trying small, concrete changes.
Background and approach
She uses plain language and steady questions to help people notice patterns and find options that fit their life. In sessions she pays close attention to how past hurt shows up now. That might mean naming painful memories, setting boundaries, or practicing how to say what’s needed in a relationship.
For addiction and depression, she focuses on small habits and coping skills that reduce overwhelm day to day. With LGBTQ+ clients she aims to be explicitly affirming and nonjudgmental. For parents or people affected by divorce and separation, she helps untangle communication problems and manage guilt or shame.
Body image and self-love work centers on building kinder daily habits and realistic goals. People who choose Brianna can expect collaborative goal-setting and practical exercises between sessions. She blends listening with concrete practice so progress is trackable.
Brianna holds an MA and practices as an LMHC in Massachusetts.
Practical therapeutic approaches for online care
Brianna uses evidence-based techniques that focus on real-world changes and emotional processing. One approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors in daily life to reduce symptoms of depression and addiction. Another approach centers on processing past traumatic events and learning how those memories affect current choices and relationships; this helps people who feel stuck by old pain.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and comfort level. Sessions start with clear goals and shift as progress is made so the plan stays useful and practical.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection and short updates between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and maintain continuity when schedules change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English