About Briana
Briana Cunningham is a Licensed Professional Counselor with two decades of experience helping people who feel overwhelmed by life. She speaks plainly about stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, and struggles with self-esteem and addiction. Her tone is steady and practical, aimed at someone who may be anxious about reaching out for help.
Briana draws on Cognitive Behavioral approaches and Motivational Interviewing to help people notice patterns and try new ways of coping.
Background and approach
She blends those methods with ideas from general systems theory to see problems in the context of people’s lives and relationships. Sessions focus on clear goals and concrete steps that can be practiced between visits. In work with trauma, Briana addresses physical, emotional, and sexual trauma with attention to pacing and safety.
She also supports people coping with anger, intimacy-related concerns, eating struggles, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and major life changes. Her approach aims to match pacing and techniques to each person’s needs. People can expect a respectful, compassionate space where the counselor listens and offers practical tools.
Briana emphasizes collaboration and steady progress rather than quick fixes. She invites people to take the next step when they feel ready. Based in Arkansas, Briana brings 20 years of experience to sessions that are straightforward and goal-oriented.
She works with adults who want realistic strategies for everyday challenges and deeper wounds.
How Briana Uses CBT and Motivational Interviewing Online
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. It often involves short exercises and homework that can be reviewed in sessions to track progress.Motivational Interviewing focuses on motivating change by exploring a person's own reasons for shifting behavior. It uses gentle questions and reflections to build readiness for steps like reducing substance use or improving self-care.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, pace, and comfort level. That plan can change over time as needs evolve.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work with lower bandwidth, and messaging or live chat can fit into short breaks or provide ongoing check-ins. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and continue care when travel or scheduling would otherwise be a barrier.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Arkansas
- Languages
- English