About Brittany
Brittany Cosme is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and life changes. She supports people facing relationship and intimacy concerns, addiction and compassion fatigue, and those navigating career or parenting challenges. Brittany works with people on self-esteem, coping skills, and trauma-related worries using a respectful and compassionate approach.
She tailors sessions to each person’s needs and meets clients where they are. Conversations focus on identifying patterns, setting small goals, and trying practical steps between meetings.
Background and approach
She draws on methods that highlight personal stories, current thoughts and behaviors, and attachment patterns to guide the work. Brittany holds licenses as an LCSW and an LICSW and is based in the District of Columbia.
She has four years of professional experience and has worked with people affected by chronic illness, caregiver stress, grief after loss, and challenges tied to family of origin and abandonment. In sessions she aims to create clear goals and realistic strategies. She uses conversational coaching, motivational techniques, and cognitive-behavioral tools to address shifts in thinking and behavior.
Narrative and attachment-focused ideas help when people want to understand how past relationships shape present reactions. Her style is direct but empathetic, practical but thoughtful. Brittany encourages steady progress through focused conversation, homework when useful, and check-ins that track change over time.
How therapeutic approaches adapt to online care
Attachment-based work looks at how early connections shape current relationships. Online sessions can use questions and reflection to map patterns and practice new ways of relating in day-to-day life. Client-centered therapy focuses on building a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation where the client sets the pace and goals. In virtual meetings this approach emphasizes listening, validation, and helping the client name what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with concrete exercises and short experiments that can be done between sessions.Brittany treats finding the right fit as a team effort. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most comfortable. Together they decide whether to emphasize attachment work, client-centered support, CBT tools, or a mix based on what the client wants to change.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging work well for brief updates, coaching-style prompts, or people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while using approaches that focus on thoughts, relationships, and everyday actions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- District of Columbia, Virginia
- Languages
- English