Therapist profile
Brandi Horak, LMHC
LMHC - Relationships and Parenting support
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- Addictions
- CBT skills
- Parenting stress
About Brandi
Brandi Horak is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 11 years of professional experience. She helps people cope with addiction, loss, trauma, depression, relationship strain, parenting stress, and other life changes. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Brandi uses practical conversation and evidence-informed methods to address day-to-day problems. She draws on client-centered ideas to focus on what matters to each person. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to notice patterns of thought and change unhelpful behavior. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are introduced when strong emotions or impulsive reactions get in the way of goals.
Her work also incorporates existential and Jungian perspectives to examine meaning, identity, and long-standing patterns. That can be useful when people are facing big life decisions or wrestling with repeated relationship conflicts. She pays attention to how past abandonment, attachment struggles, or adoption and foster care experiences affect current relationships and parenting.
Brandi has worked with concerns across the lifespan, including issues tied to aging, caregiving stress, and blended family dynamics. She also supports people dealing with identity and intimacy-related matters, body image, and ADHD-related challenges. Practical coping strategies and communication work are commonly part of her sessions.
People who choose Brandi typically want straightforward, skill-based help alongside reflective conversation. To begin, visitors complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the site.
How sessions work
How Brandi uses therapeutic approaches online
Brandi commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client's priorities, helping people clarify what they want and how to move toward it. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy when stronger emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills are needed. DBT offers hands-on tools for managing intense feelings and reducing impulsive reactions that can disrupt parenting or close relationships. The therapist will talk with each person about which approaches seem most helpful and will adjust the plan as needs and goals become clearer in sessions.
Check the online therapy options button to confirm the exact session formats offered before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into busy days, shorten travel time, and allow for brief check-ins when a quick update is needed. Licensed professionals and therapists often combine skills training, problem-focused work, and reflective conversation in remote sessions to address relationship strain, parenting challenges, mood, and coping with life changes.
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Experience
11+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems can she help with at home?
She works with addiction, relationship strain, parenting stress, grief, trauma, depression, anger, and intimacy-related issues.
What style of therapy does she use?
She blends client-centered conversation with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills, plus existential and Jungian perspectives when useful.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 11 years of professional work experience in counseling and mental health services.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Florida LMHC and practices from Florida.
Can she work with non-US or international clients?
Yes, sessions are offered to international clients and are conducted in English.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking by checking the online therapy options button and the matching questionnaire.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
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