Brenda Wicks, LMFT

Brenda Wicks is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 23 years of clinical experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, relationship concerns, codependency, parenting strain, ADHD, and other life changes. Brenda previously supported people affected by violent crime and has practiced across a range of mental health settings.

Brenda uses straightforward conversation and practical tools in sessions. She combines client-centered listening with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills. Sessions often focus on identifying unhelpful patterns, building coping strategies, and improving communication in everyday relationships.

Clients can expect collaborative work on boundary-setting, people-pleasing, and the patterns that keep someone putting others first. Brenda also addresses emotions such as anger, shame, or grief and offers ways to reduce overwhelm and manage symptoms in daily life.

Her background includes long-term work with depression, anxiety, addiction, ADHD, and trauma-related concerns. That experience informs short-term problem solving and longer-term change work, depending on what an individual needs and wants to focus on.

Brenda adapts therapeutic methods to the person in front of her. She blends evidence-based techniques and emotion-focused strategies to help people notice old patterns and practice different responses. The work is practical, conversational, and centered on clear goals the client sets.

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