- Years in practice
- 53
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Nancy
Nancy Brighton is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and challenges tied to parenting. She draws on more than five decades of practice and a practical, grounded style. Nancy starts by listening to your story and helping you name what matters most now.
Her approach is straightforward and supportive. She treats people as the expert on their own lives and looks for strengths to build on.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on small, useful steps that can change daily routines and reduce overwhelm. Nancy uses a mix of proven methods to match each person's needs. That might include strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy to challenge unhelpful thinking, skills from dialectical behavior therapy to manage intense emotions, or acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and goals.
She also brings attachment-informed thinking when relationships and connection are central concerns. Clients can expect a warm, practical tone. Nancy helps people set realistic goals, practice new skills between sessions, and notice progress.
She offers straight talk without judgment and encourages honest conversation about setbacks. Over her long career she has worked across many settings in Florida. Her experience includes supporting people through grief, addiction, career stress, chronic illness, and life transitions.
Nancy works in English and guides people toward actionable change while honoring their individual histories.
What Nancy works with
Everything Nancy lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Nancy helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Nancy lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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 for online parenting support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without being controlled by them and to take actions that match their values; it can be useful for stress, anxiety, and parenting goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and teaches practical strategies to change patterns that get in the way of daily functioning. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on connection and bonding patterns and is helpful when relationship patterns affect parenting and closeness.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Nancy will talk with each person about goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try. That collaborative planning ensures techniques match the issue at hand and the person's comfort level.
Online therapy offers practical benefits like flexible scheduling and fewer travel demands. Video calls let the therapist and client meet face to face; phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support short updates, skill coaching between sessions, and people who prefer typing over speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy parenting routines and changing schedules.
Questions people ask about Nancy
What kinds of problems does she address?
Nancy supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, and other issues like grief, addiction, sleep and eating problems.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and practical. She listens first, then helps people set small goals and practice useful skills between sessions.
What is her background and experience?
She has 53 years of professional experience working in Florida settings and has long experience helping people through life changes and complex concerns.
What credentials and location are on record?
She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, licensed in Florida and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she offer?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their routine.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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