About Brennan
Brennan Fitzgerald is a California-based licensed professional counselor (LPCC) with 11 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, career struggles, coaching needs, and ADHD. Brennan aims to make starting therapy feel manageable and straightforward for busy adults.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about what feels hard. Sessions are practical and focused on everyday steps. She listens closely, then helps shape goals that fit each person's life.
Background and approach
Brennan combines client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques. That means she pays attention to each person's story while also offering tools to shift unhelpful thinking and behavior. She brings mindfulness practices into sessions to help people calm their nervous systems and stay present.
Motivational interviewing is part of her style when someone needs help finding internal reasons to change. She uses that approach to help people clarify values and build small, steady habits that support career goals or daily functioning. People who come to her often want clear guidance and hands-on strategies.
She supports young adult issues and professional transitions with practical coaching and therapeutic care. Brennan explains steps, checks progress, and adjusts the plan as needed so work in therapy fits real life.
How Brennan’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy starts by listening closely to what matters to you and shaping sessions around your goals. This approach helps people feel heard and keeps work focused on what they want to change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches simple tools to notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, stress, and practical problems like work performance or daily routines.
Mindfulness Therapy adds short practices to calm the body and increase attention to the present moment. These exercises help reduce reactivity and improve focus during stressful times.
Deciding which approach to use is a team effort. Brennan will talk through options, try methods that match your needs, and adjust based on what helps. Finding the right mix is part of the process and often changes as goals evolve.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let you work face to face from wherever you are. Phone sessions are a good choice when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins or ongoing support easier to fit into a busy day. These formats help people keep momentum between sessions and adapt therapy to their routine.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- ADHD
- Coaching
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English