- Years in practice
- 25
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Licensed in
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Anger management
About Brenda
Brenda Blake is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing in Ohio with 25 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the everyday struggles that come with parenting and life transitions. Her manner is warm and interactive, and she aims to make conversations feel respectful and straightforward.
She uses practical, evidence-based techniques to break problems into manageable steps. Sessions often include working on thinking patterns, short-term strategies to reduce distress, and exploring personal values to guide decisions.
Background and approach
This approach helps with issues like panic attacks, sleep and eating concerns, and low self-esteem. Brenda also supports people coping with grief, anger, addictions, trauma and abuse, and identity-related concerns such as LGBT issues. She addresses relationship and intimacy-related struggles without assuming any particular path forward, and she helps people facing career questions or compassion fatigue at work.
Parents looking for support around parenting stress, communication problems, or control issues will find practical tools to try between sessions. She tailors discussions and plans to the person in front of her rather than using a one-size-fits-all method. Brenda emphasizes collaboration.
She listens, suggests doable steps, and adjusts plans based on what works. Her goal is to help people build skills they can use in daily life and move toward clearer priorities and steadier coping.
What Brenda works with
Everything Brenda lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Brenda helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches that guide online sessions
Brenda relies on practical, evidence-based techniques that focus on changing unhelpful thinking and building coping skills. Cognitive-behavioral methods help people notice patterns of thought and try simpler, more effective ways of responding to anxiety, depression, or panic attacks.She also uses brief therapy methods that focus on immediate goals and quick skills practice. These approaches are useful when someone wants targeted tools for specific problems like sleep issues, parenting stress, or managing anger.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client work together to decide which methods fit the person’s goals, daily life, and comfort level. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is working and what needs to change.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation for deeper dialogue, while phone calls can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing coaching between sessions. These formats make it easier to schedule care around parenting duties, work, or travel and help keep momentum between appointments.
Questions people ask about Brenda
What concerns does Brenda often address?
She addresses stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, addictions, trauma and abuse, and many related issues such as body image, self-esteem, and panic attacks.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and interactive, focusing on practical, evidence-based techniques and short-term strategies tailored to individual needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 25 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of mental health and life concerns.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor - LPCC - licensed in Ohio and practices from that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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