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Brittany Stephen

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Brittany Stephen, LPC

Georgia

Licensed Professional Counselor - Relationships and Identity

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Where Brittany stands

Credentials
LPC
License
LPC, District of Columbia / PRC200002138; LPC, Georgia / LPC013791
NPI
1427757335
Experience
9 years
Languages
English
Location
Georgia

About

  • Relationship patterns
  • Music-based methods
  • Attachment work

About Brittany

Brittany Stephen is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia with nine years of experience. She works with adults on relationship struggles, identity questions, trauma and abuse, grief, and self-esteem concerns. Brittany lists codependency among her focus areas and can help people who keep putting others first or have trouble saying no.

Her style is collaborative and culturally aware. Sessions can include talk therapy and creative methods drawn from her background in music therapy. She may use musical expression to help people name feelings, regulate strong emotions, and process experiences that are hard to describe with words.

Brittany pays attention to attachment patterns and how they shape relationships. She helps people explore abandonment concerns, communication problems, control issues, and commitment worries. Work can include looking at how patterns started and practicing different ways of responding in relationships.

She also supports people facing trauma, dissociation, chronic health concerns, and caregiving stress. Brittany lists LGBTQ issues, neurodivergence including autism, body image, and kink-aware topics among her areas of focus. She frames these topics as concrete things to talk through and make sense of in session.

Practical matters are part of her approach. Sessions look at skills such as boundary-setting, emotional regulation, and clearer communication. People who want a mix of talking and creative tools may find this a straightforward way to work on feeling more grounded and less overwhelmed.

How sessions work

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions

Her work often blends talk therapy with creative, evidence-based techniques that focus on relationships and emotion. One approach emphasizes understanding attachment patterns and how they shape reactions in close relationships; this helps people who struggle with fear of abandonment, over-giving, or difficulty saying no. Another approach uses emotion-focused work to identify, name, and process strong feelings; that can be useful after trauma or when grief and overwhelm feel hard to manage. Her background in music therapy also means she may introduce musical expression as a tool for regulation and emotional processing when words fall short.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods fit their needs and goals. That decision is revisited regularly so the plan can shift as progress or new priorities emerge.

Confirm the exact session formats before booking since formats were not specified in the original biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing shorter check-ins when needed. It can also permit a mix of conversation and creative exercises without rearranging a daily schedule. Ask about available session lengths and how creative elements, like musical work, are integrated into virtual appointments.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMoney and financial issuesMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSelf-harmSelf-loveSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Experience

9+ years

Listed in

District of Columbia, Georgia

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she support?

She works with relationship struggles, identity questions, trauma and abuse, grief, and self-esteem. Codependency is listed among her focus areas.

What is her therapeutic approach like?

Her approach combines talk therapy with creative methods from music therapy. Sessions are collaborative and pay attention to attachment and relational patterns.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has nine years of experience in the mental health field. That experience includes work with relationship and identity concerns.

What are her credentials and where does she practice?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with licensure noted as GA LPC and DC LPC. She practices in Georgia.

Does she work in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the US work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin if I want to book a session?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a 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.

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