Aen Brauer, LICSW

Aen Brauer is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in Washington with 15 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and life changes. She also supports those coping with addictions, body image concerns, LGBT matters, eating issues, and career or parenting strains.

She creates an open, nonjudgmental space where clients can say what they feel and think. Sessions focus on practical steps and honest conversation. A person can expect clear goals and room to try new ways of coping.

Her work draws on several common therapy approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral ideas, and client-centered methods. These are used to help people notice unhelpful patterns and build small, workable changes. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.

She also attends to complex life concerns such as adoption and foster care, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and recovery from addiction. She offers support around relationship struggles, divorce or separation, and first responder issues. The aim is to help people manage symptoms and move toward clearer priorities.

Getting started involves a straightforward match and a first session to set goals. Aen frames therapy as teamwork and focuses on sensible steps clients can take between meetings. She meets people where they are and helps them plan what comes next.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Aen draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to guide her online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and it supports moving toward values-based action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches skills to change unhelpful patterns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those needs. The therapist treats the choice as collaborative and adjusts methods based on what helps most over time.

Confirm current session options before booking, since specific formats are not listed in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people use video or phone options based on comfort and bandwidth. Ask about available formats when you schedule to pick what works best.