Briana Barbour, LMHC

Briana Barbour is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, and major life changes. She speaks plainly and focuses on clear goals. Her style is practical and direct, aimed at making therapy useful for day-to-day life.

Briana uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. She also draws on Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change. Sessions focus on small, workable steps rather than long lists of instructions.

Across five years in practice, Briana has worked with addiction recovery and trauma-related issues. She pays attention to how emotional needs, relationships, and past wounds affect current behavior. Common topics include panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, substance use, and the stress that follows big life shifts like separation or role changes.

Her work covers related concerns such as attachment and abandonment issues, body image, guilt and shame, isolation, and challenges specific to first responders and veterans. She aims to help clients build coping skills and clearer communication patterns that fit their lives.

Briana practices in Florida and offers sessions in English. If you want to learn more, you can start by using the site’s matching process to set up a first appointment and see if her approach feels right for you.

How Briana’s approaches work in online therapy

Motivational Interviewing is a conversational method that helps people find internal reasons to change. It focuses on listening, reflecting, and guiding clients to make choices that match their values and goals. This approach can be helpful for addiction recovery and when you feel stuck about making a change.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It breaks problems into manageable parts and teaches practical techniques to reduce anxiety, manage panic, and shift unhelpful behaviors. CBT often includes homework exercises you can practice between sessions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That might mean focusing more on motivation in one phase and on skills-building in another.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments around work and family life, reduce travel time, and allow more flexible scheduling. It also supports step-by-step work like CBT homework and brief check-ins that keep progress moving.