- Years in practice
- 11
- Credentials
- LCSW, CSW
- Licensed in
- Florida, Georgia
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Brandy
Brandy Colson is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, and the effects of trauma. She holds LCSW and CSW credentials and brings 11 years of direct practice to each session. She uses straightforward, skills-based approaches to help callers break problems into manageable steps.
Brandy focuses on practical strategies for handling day-to-day stress and improving communication in family life. She also helps people cope after abuse or other painful events.
Background and approach
Sessions often begin by identifying a small, clear goal. From there she and the client try short, manageable techniques to test what helps. Brandy emphasizes the client’s strengths and past successes as tools for change.
She offers coaching-style support alongside therapeutic work when that fits a person’s needs. Her experience includes work with grief, anger, self-esteem, career shifts, and compassion fatigue. Additional focuses include substance concerns, adoption and foster care topics, blended family issues, and end-of-life planning.
These areas inform how she tailors practical suggestions and problem-solving exercises in sessions. People can expect plain language, steady guidance, and a collaborative pace. Brandy aims to help clients leave sessions with one or two steps they can try right away.
Her practice is based in Florida and she conducts sessions in English.
What Brandy works with
Everything Brandy lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Brandy helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Brandy lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Brandy commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy when working with clients online. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and address stress. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on clear, short-term goals and building on what is already working in a person’s life to create fast, practical progress.Finding the right approach is collaborative. She will discuss goals, preferences, and past attempts at change, then suggest strategies to try together. Clients and the therapist check in on what helps and adjust the plan as needed so work stays relevant and doable.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video lets people read facial cues during conversations. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a short break at work. Live chat and text messaging allow for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or written reflections between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapeutic work into busy family and work lives while keeping focus on concrete skills and goals.
Questions people ask about Brandy
What concerns does Brandy help address?
She works with stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, relationship issues, grief, anger, self-esteem, career transitions, depression, ADHD, and related concerns such as adoption and foster care, codependency, and substance issues.
What is her approach in sessions?
She uses practical, skills-based approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy and applies trauma-focused methods when relevant. Sessions aim to set clear goals and test small steps that can make daily life more manageable.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 11 years of professional experience working with a range of concerns from family conflict to grief and compassion fatigue.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds LCSW and CSW credentials and is based in Florida with licensure connections in Florida and Georgia noted in her background.
What languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are offered?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and the therapist arrangement; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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