About Brittany
Brittany Simons is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and related struggles. She supports concerns such as compassion fatigue, addictions, anger, low self-esteem, career stress, and ADHD. Brittany focuses on practical steps people can use right away and values a respectful, down-to-earth style.
She draws on a mix of approaches to fit each person’s needs. Somatic work and mindfulness help people notice how their body holds stress.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at thoughts and actions to reduce symptoms. Dialectical Behavior Therapy and motivational interviewing add skills for distress tolerance and change. Brittany frames therapy through a trauma-informed lens and pays attention to how past hurt shows up now.
Sessions aim to increase self-awareness and build concrete tools for daily life. She often blends talking with body-focused practices when that feels helpful. Her style is collaborative and straightforward.
Brittany helps clients set small goals and tracks progress together. She uses plain language and practical exercises rather than jargon. She is licensed in Illinois as an LCSW.
Her background includes five years of direct clinical practice working with people facing a range of mental health symptoms. That experience informs how she tailors sessions to fit each person’s situation.
Approaches that translate to online work
Somatic Therapy helps people notice and work with bodily sensations tied to stress and trauma, often using gentle body-awareness practices to reduce tension. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to ease anxiety and low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers practical skills for managing strong emotions and improving coping in daily life.Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and choose methods together. That collaborative process helps create sessions that feel useful and realistic for home life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for busy schedules. These options let people fit skill practice and check-ins into their routine, access sessions from home, and use brief messaging when a quick touchpoint helps between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Life purpose
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English