Therapist profile
Briana Talarico, LMFT
North Carolina
LMFT - Relationships and Trauma
Continue with BrianaWhere Briana stands
- Credentials
- LMFT
- License
- LMFT, North Carolina / 2496; LMFT, New York / 001159
- NPI
- 1619369477
- Experience
- 14 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- North Carolina
About
- Codependency work
- Attachment issues
- LGBT support
About Briana
Briana Talarico is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 14 years of clinical experience based in North Carolina. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship problems, family conflict, and trauma and abuse. Briana also supports people exploring gender and sexuality and those who identify as LGBT. Sessions are conducted in English.
Her work focuses on how patterns of relating develop and keep repeating. She helps people notice communication habits, attachment reactions, and codependent behaviors that leave them feeling drained or unheard. Briana often addresses shame, abandonment wounds, and the fallout from family-of-origin dynamics.
She supports people navigating relationship transitions such as commitment questions, divorce, blended family stress, and the complexities around alternative sexual expression including BDSM and kink. Briana also works with issues tied to adoption, foster care, and identity development linked to gender dysphoria.
Briana describes her style as collaborative and practical. She leans on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people learn new ways of relating and coping. Sessions look at real-life patterns and focus on concrete skills for setting boundaries and improving communication.
People who come to her can expect straightforward talk about behaviors and choices, plus attention to deeper emotional wounds. Her goal is to help clients build clearer boundaries, reduce habitual people-pleasing, and feel more in charge of their relationships and decisions.
How sessions work
How evidence-based methods guide online sessions
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on changing the ways people relate to themselves and others. One common approach looks at attachment patterns and how early relationships shape current reactions; this helps when someone struggles with fear of abandonment or repeating familiar relationship traps. Another approach emphasizes practical skills training for communication and boundary-setting, teaching concrete steps to reduce people-pleasing and manage conflict. Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, values, and everyday constraints. That means trying different tools, checking in about what helps, and adjusting the plan based on progress and preferences. The practical benefit of online work is fitting therapy into a busy life. Because session formats are not specified in the biography, confirm the available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to attend from different locations, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel so therapy fits around work or caregiving. Licensed professionals can still use these approaches effectively over distance while focusing on behavior change, communication skills, and processing past wounds.Areas of focus
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Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
14+ years
Listed in
North Carolina, New York
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, family conflict, trauma and abuse, and related issues such as codependency, attachment, and body image.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is collaborative and practical, using evidence-based techniques to address patterns and teach skills like boundary setting and communication.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 14 years of clinical experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LMFT licensed in New York and North Carolina and practices from North Carolina.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are used?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.