- Client-centered care
- Bilingual English Spanish
- Practical coping tools
About Brittanie
Brittanie Pena is a licensed clinical social worker who uses a compassionate, client-centered approach to help people manage anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She brings 16 years of experience and focuses on practical steps clients can use right away. Brittanie works in English and Spanish and provides care from New Jersey.
She often helps people cope with trauma, grief, and the fallout of difficult relationships. Common concerns she addresses include codependency, attachment worries, intimacy challenges, and parenting strain. Brittanie also supports people navigating ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, anger, and work stress.
Her sessions emphasize simple tools and clear goals. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and dialectical behavior ideas to build emotional regulation skills. Mindfulness practices and emotionally focused work are used when they fit the client’s needs.
Brittanie aims to make therapy a collaborative process. She listens first, then helps set priorities and small action steps. Many clients leave sessions with one or two tangible practices to try before the next meeting.
Over her career she has worked with people facing immigration challenges, domestic violence, blended family issues, and complicated feelings like guilt and shame. Her background informs a practical, strengths-based approach that helps people move toward clearer boundaries and healthier relationships.
How Brittanie’s Approaches Work Online
Brittanie uses client-centered therapy to create a supportive space where the client's goals guide the work. This approach centers on hearing each person’s story and building goals together, which can help with relationship, self-esteem, and life transitions.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify and change patterns of thinking and behavior that increase anxiety or depression. CBT offers practical exercises and small behavioral experiments that translate well to remote sessions. Dialectical behavior therapy techniques are used to teach emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills; these skills can be practiced between sessions and reviewed with the therapist.
Finding the right approach is part of the process, and Brittanie collaborates with clients to choose methods that match their needs and preferences. She will talk through different options and adjust techniques as goals change so the work stays useful and realistic.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm the available online options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people use mindfulness and homework tools from their everyday environment. Licensed professionals can tailor pacing and practice to fit a client's routine while keeping the focus on clear, actionable steps.
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Experience
16+ years
Credentials
New Jersey
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Brittanie address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy-related issues, trauma and abuse, ADHD, parenting concerns, career stress, and codependency among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
The approach is collaborative and client-centered, using practical strategies drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, emotionally focused work, and mindfulness.
How much experience does she have?
Brittanie has 16 years of clinical experience supporting people through emotional and relational challenges.
Where is Brittanie licensed and practicing?
She holds the credential LCSW, listed as NJ LCSW, and practices from New Jersey.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are sessions priced and paid for?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working together?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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