About Brenda
Brenda Witt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship concerns, and life changes. She focuses on practical ways to manage strong emotions, improve self-esteem, and address issues like addiction, trauma, and intimacy-related problems. Brenda also supports people facing career strain, parenting challenges, and compassion fatigue.
She aims to make clients feel heard and understood from the first session.
Background and approach
Conversations are straightforward and focused on real-life changes. Brenda listens for what matters most and helps set steps that fit each person’s day-to-day life. Her approach blends several evidence-based methods to match individual needs.
That can mean learning practical skills from cognitive behavioral therapy, building values-based action with acceptance and commitment therapy, or using client-centered listening to explore what someone wants. Brenda adapts interventions to what works for each person. Brenda has worked in North Dakota for two decades and holds a license as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW (ND LCSW 3707).
She brings experience with hospice and end-of-life counseling alongside broader mental health concerns. Sessions are meant to be collaborative. Clients can expect clear goals, simple tools to practice between meetings, and regular check-ins on progress.
Brenda emphasizes small, doable steps toward healthier coping and clearer priorities.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to identify their core values and take small steps toward them while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help when life changes feel overwhelming or when someone wants clearer purpose. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression. It often includes simple exercises to practice between sessions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes being heard and respected so people can find their own solutions; the therapist follows the person’s lead and reflects back what matters most to them.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Brenda collaborates with each person to choose approaches that fit their goals, comfort level, and daily routine. Over time she checks in and adjusts the plan so techniques stay relevant and useful.
Online therapy with video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video is helpful for in-depth conversations and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth or camera use is an issue. Chat and text messaging let people check in between meetings or have brief checkups when a full session isn’t needed. These options offer flexibility and make consistent progress more achievable.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- North Dakota
- Languages
- English