Brittney Mendoza, LMFT

Brittney Mendoza is a licensed marriage and family therapist with eight years of clinical experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma, and problems with addiction. Her style aims to make it easier to talk about hard things and to notice what is getting in the way of change.

In sessions she offers a calm, respectful space where people can be honest about their struggles. She listens closely, points out strengths, and asks questions that help clients see patterns in their thoughts and behavior. She also challenges self-defeating beliefs so clients can try new ways of solving problems.

Her approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and attachment-informed work. That means sessions often mix practical skill-building with attention to how relationships shape feelings and choices. She also uses client-centered techniques to keep the focus on each person’s goals.

Mendoza works with concerns such as parenting stress, blended family issues, body image, codependency, communication problems, grief, fertility-related stress, and intimacy issues. She addresses both emotional patterns and real-life tasks, like improving communication or managing impulses related to substance use.

People who choose her can expect collaborative plans that include small, manageable steps between sessions. She emphasizes learning and practice, not quick fixes. Her aim is to help clients build stronger relationships and clearer ways of coping as they move forward.

Practical approaches for online therapy and relationships

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and problems with eating or substance use by turning ideas into concrete experiments.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take committed steps toward those values even when uncomfortable feelings are present. This approach can be useful for stress, grief, and ongoing anxiety where avoidance has become a problem.

Attachment-based ideas look at how early and current relationships shape expectations and reactions. This work helps with communication problems, intimacy issues, blended family concerns, and patterns that repeat across relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work together with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That process can include trying different techniques and adjusting the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video is useful for deeper conversations and practices that benefit from face-to-face contact. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and messaging can be used for brief updates, focused coaching, or when pausing between longer sessions helps keep momentum.