- cognitive behavioral ideas
- brief therapy model
- humanistic perspective
About Brenda
Brenda Blake is an Ohio LPCC - Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with 25 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and addictions. She also supports those struggling with relationship and intimacy concerns and with feelings of guilt and shame.
Brenda sees a wide range of issues, including bipolar disorder, panic attacks, trauma and abuse, and challenges with sleep or eating. She also helps people with career questions, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and questions about life purpose. Her practice includes LGBT-related concerns and situations that involve control issues or isolation and loneliness.
Her stated approach blends cognitive and behavioral ideas with brief therapy methods and humanistic and existential perspectives. That means sessions often involve looking at thoughts and behaviors, trying a few focused techniques, and talking about values and meaning. Conversations are interactive and paced to the person in the room.
In a typical meeting she will listen for what matters most, offer practical steps to try between sessions, and adjust the plan as progress or new issues come up. She describes her work as respectful and sensitive, and she aims to shape the dialogue to the client's needs.
People considering therapy are invited to think about the problems they want to address and the goals they have. The site notes a short matching questionnaire and scheduling process to set a first session with Brenda.
How Brenda uses evidence-based techniques online
Brenda describes using cognitive-behavioral approaches, which focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors. This approach can help with anxiety, panic attacks, shame, and problems like insomnia by teaching practical skills to test and shift thinking patterns.She also uses brief therapy methods that concentrate on a few clear goals and steps to reach them. Brief work is useful when someone wants focused, time-limited work on a specific problem, such as coping with a recent loss or reducing panic symptoms.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Brenda will work with the client to match techniques to their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts plans as progress is made or new issues appear.
The biography does not list which online session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions helpful because they fit into a workday, can be shorter check-ins when needed, or remove travel time. Therapists and licensed professionals can use online work to support skill practice, check progress, and maintain continuity between in-person meetings when that is useful.
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
Ohio
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, and guilt and shame among many other concerns.
How would she approach feelings of shame or guilt?
Her stated approach mixes cognitive-behavioral techniques with brief therapy and humanistic ideas to look at thoughts, behaviors, and personal values in practical ways.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 25 years of experience as a counselor working with a broad range of psychological and life concerns.
What credentials and location does she hold?
She is an Ohio LPCC, which stands for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, and is based in Ohio.
Can I work with her in other languages or from other countries?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm the current session options before booking.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.