About Brandi
Brandi S Thomas-Scott is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Louisiana with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, grief, and ADHD. Brandi speaks plainly and aims to make starting therapy less intimidating for parents and adults alike.
She helps clients who are navigating trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, compassion fatigue, and career-related stress. Brandi also offers support around self-esteem, coping with life changes, and issues connected to LGBT concerns.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with a wide range of related difficulties such as attachment issues, caregiver strain, chronic illness, and body image concerns. Brandi uses a few established approaches to shape sessions. She centers conversations on each person’s goals, draws on cognitive behavioral tools to reframe unhelpful thoughts, and incorporates mindfulness skills to reduce overwhelm.
Sessions are adapted to what feels most useful for each client rather than following a single template. Her style is respectful and direct. Brandi works to create clear plans and small steps that fit daily life.
She explains ideas in simple terms and checks in often to make sure a plan is helpful. Parents will find a therapist who understands the worry of getting help for a child or for themselves. She guides people through concrete strategies for behavior, communication, and coping, and adjusts pacing to match family routines and demands.
How therapeutic methods translate to online care
Brandi often uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in sessions. Client-centered work focuses on listening closely and shaping the plan around what matters to the person, which helps when sorting priorities and building small goals. CBT looks at patterns of thought and behavior and offers exercises to test new ways of responding to stress, anxiety, and daily challenges.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills when needed, teaching practical tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. DBT skills can be useful for managing intense feelings and improving relationships through step-by-step practice.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the process. Brandi collaborates with each client to decide which approaches match their needs, goals, and personal preferences. She adjusts the plan over time based on what is working and what isn’t, so therapy stays relevant and focused.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for this work. Video calls let the therapist and client use visual cues and do more interactive exercises. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or text-based messaging can provide brief support between sessions and fit into busy days without needing a full appointment.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
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