Briana Barbour, LMHC

Briana Barbour is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, and major life changes. She speaks plain language and aims to make the first steps toward help feel achievable for someone who is worried or uncertain.

Briana uses practical methods to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and then build small, reachable changes. She pairs Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with Motivational Interviewing to support both insight and momentum. Sessions are meant to be collaborative and goal oriented, not full of jargon.

With five years of clinical experience in Florida, she has worked with concerns that often overlap, such as panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, and co-occurring substance issues. She also addresses struggles like attachment worries, body image, guilt, and isolation. Her background gives her familiarity with first responder and veteran-related challenges as well as issues around HIV and AIDS.

In a typical session Briana helps people notice patterns that keep them stuck and then practices new skills together. That can include learning coping steps for intense anxiety, setting micro-goals for recovery from drug or alcohol problems, or rehearsing healthier communication. She aims to make strategies practical enough to use between sessions.

She offers care in English and works through video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that works for the person seeking help.

How Briana Uses CBT and Motivational Interviewing Online

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people spot thoughts and behaviors that increase stress or fuel anxiety. Sessions focus on identifying those patterns and practicing alternative thoughts and actions that reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.

Motivational Interviewing is a conversational approach that helps people find their own reasons to change. It is useful when someone feels stuck about addiction, recovery goals, or making life changes, and it supports commitment to small, manageable steps.

Choosing an approach is a shared process. The therapist works with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and the specific problems they bring. Goals and strategies are revisited so the plan stays useful and realistic.

Online therapy offers flexibility and practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face sessions when more interaction is helpful. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let someone keep momentum between sessions and fit support into busy schedules. These options make it easier to connect from different settings and keep work focused on progress and daily application.