Nancy Brighton, LCSW

Nancy Brighton is a Florida licensed clinical social worker with decades of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, trauma, and major life changes. She works with concerns such as depression, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD, addictions, parenting strain, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. Her approach centers on practical steps and steady support for people ready to make changes.

Nancy listens first and then helps shape a plan that fits each person's situation. She encourages clients to build on the strengths they already have. Sessions focus on real-life tools that can be used between visits, such as behavior changes, coping skills, and clearer communication strategies.

Her work draws on a mix of approaches including cognitive behavioral tools, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based perspectives, client-centered listening, and skills from dialectical behavior work. Those methods are used to reduce upsetting thoughts, manage emotions, and improve relationships in everyday life.

With 53 years in the field, Nancy brings steady experience to common and complex problems like chronic pain, caregiver stress, body image, adoption and attachment issues, and co-occurring conditions. She aims to make progress manageable by breaking goals into small, practical steps.

Nancy helps people explore what matters to them and then practices those changes together. She supports decision-making around career, caregiving, recovery from abuse, and major life transitions. The focus is on realistic, doable actions that lead to better day-to-day functioning.

Practical approaches and online therapy options

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, helps people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns and the behaviors that follow. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing day-to-day stress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on helping people accept difficult feelings while committing to actions that match their values, which can ease avoidance and increase engagement in life.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and emotional responses. It can help people improve closeness, trust, and how they handle conflict in important relationships. Nancy will work with each person to find which approach, or combination, fits best based on their goals and preferences in a collaborative way.

Online therapy with Nancy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video lets people work face-to-face when more depth is needed, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to use approaches like CBT and ACT in ways that match each person's routine and needs.