Dr. Brittany Collins

Dr. Brittany Collins uses a collaborative, client-centered approach to help people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and career challenges. She writes plainly in session and focuses on practical steps people can try between meetings. Her tone is encouraging and direct, helping clients take small workable steps toward change.

She holds a PhD from the University of Cincinnati in Counselor Education and Supervision and a Master of Science in Education in Clinical and Mental Health Counseling from the University of Dayton. Her listed credentials include LPC and LPCC. She has 10 years of clinical experience working with adults, adolescents, and young adults on issues like depression, trauma, identity, and performance concerns.

Dr. Collins blends client-centered work with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy strategies when helpful. She also uses emotionally-focused and existential ideas to look at relationships, meaning, and values. In sessions she helps people name patterns, try new behavioral experiments, and build skills for emotion regulation and communication.

Her background includes individual and group work plus consulting with athletes and coaches around performance and mental skills. She also supports people navigating family stresses, parenting strain, blended family issues, and body image or eating concerns. Career exploration and work-related stress are addressed through practical goal setting and problem solving.

People who choose Dr. Collins can expect focused, straightforward sessions that emphasize collaboration and clear next steps. To begin, readers should use the site's Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Dr. Collins often draws on client-centered therapy to follow the client's lead and build from their strengths. This approach focuses on listening, shaping goals together, and supporting each person's own insights and values.

She also integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts and behaviors influence mood and teaches concrete tools for coping and problem solving. CBT can help with anxiety, depression, career stress, and sleep or concentration problems.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques are used when emotion regulation and interpersonal skills are priorities. These skills-based strategies teach distress tolerance, mindfulness, and clearer communication for intense feelings or relationship conflict.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That plan can change as progress is made.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know the available formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, skill practices, and problem-solving work to an online setting to help clients apply tools to daily life.