Brenda Perea, LCSW

Brenda Perea is a licensed clinical social worker with 33 years of experience helping people navigate hard times. She works from Colorado and speaks both English and Spanish. Her approach is grounded and practical, aimed at teaching skills people can use between sessions.

Brenda focuses on common struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, grief, and substance concerns. She also offers support around trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, career transitions, and coping with life changes. Additional areas of attention include multicultural concerns, jealousy, phobias, seasonal affective disorder, and sexual assault survivors.

In session she combines clear problem-solving with attention to personal values. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thinking and develop different habits. She also uses client-centered methods to follow the client’s priorities and dialectical behavior techniques to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills.

Brenda emphasizes practical tools and short-term strategies alongside deeper processing when needed, including work suited to trauma recovery. Conversations are intended to be respectful and nonjudgmental while focusing on concrete steps toward goals.

People can connect with her for video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. International clients may be served. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling through the site.

How therapeutic approaches fit into online care

Brenda commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in online work. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood. Client-centered work emphasizes listening and following the person's goals so sessions reflect what matters most to them. DBT teaches concrete skills for managing strong emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Brenda will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then try approaches that suit those priorities. Together they adjust techniques over time so the work stays relevant and practical.

Online therapy makes those approaches accessible through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for short check-ins, quick skill coaching, or people who prefer writing. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into everyday life.