- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Grief
About Brenda
Brenda Sallee is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and parenting challenges. She offers straightforward support for relationship struggles, self-esteem concerns, addictions, and career or life transitions. Her tone is warm and practical, aimed at parents and adults needing clear, usable tools.
Brenda builds short-term goals with each person and focuses on real changes that fit daily life. She listens first and then suggests techniques drawn from several approaches to match what a person needs.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on improving communication, lowering emotional reactivity, and finding coping strategies that work at home and at work. Her work draws on client-centered principles to keep the person’s goals central. She also uses cognitive behavioral strategies to identify unhelpful thinking patterns.
Dialectical behavior therapy skills are offered for emotional regulation and distress tolerance. Brenda has practiced for 10 years and holds the LMFT credential, licensed in Florida. She sees adults wrestling with family issues, trauma recovery, intimacy-related concerns, and caregiver stress.
She addresses specific problems such as codependency, blended family issues, and substance-related concerns. Sessions are offered in English via video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit varied schedules. The process begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling based on therapist availability.
Brenda aims to help people find small, steady changes that add up over time.
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
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Brenda lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Narrative Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches you can use in online sessions
Brenda commonly blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so a person feels heard and understood, which helps clarify goals and priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns.She also offers dialectical behavior therapy skills for people who need tools to manage intense emotions and handle stressful moments. DBT skills include techniques for regulating feelings, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can be useful for relationship and parenting strains.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan if something isn’t working. That collaborative process helps find what feels most helpful over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule while focusing on practical skills and progress.
Questions people ask about Brenda
What kinds of problems does Brenda address?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting concerns, relationship and intimacy-related issues, addictions, and career or life changes.
How would she describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm, practical, and goal-focused. She listens closely and then uses hands-on strategies people can try between sessions.
What background does she bring to sessions?
She has 10 years of clinical experience working with adults on trauma recovery, family dynamics, caregiver stress, and personal growth.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds the LMFT credential and is licensed in Florida.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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