- Focus on strengths
- Practical coping skills
- Values-based work
About Nancy
Nancy Brighton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and major life changes. She brings a long career of clinical experience and a steady, supportive presence to sessions. Nancy emphasizes the client’s own knowledge of their life and strengths. She invites people to take the first step toward change while offering encouragement and practical support.
Her approach centers on collaboration and respect for each person’s story. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to address difficult thinking patterns and from acceptance and commitment therapy to help people clarify values and make meaningful changes. Attachment-based ideas inform how she talks about relationships and intimacy, while dialectical behavior therapy skills can be used for emotion regulation and coping.
Nancy has worked in the field for many decades and draws on that experience when navigating complex situations. She helps people sort through grief, addiction concerns, ADHD-related challenges, and issues around self-esteem and caregiving. She also supports people facing chronic illness, body image struggles, and the stress of major life transitions.
Sessions aim to be practical and focused. Nancy listens first, then offers strategies tailored to each person’s goals and circumstances. She encourages small, manageable steps so progress feels realistic and sustainable.
To begin, she asks people to share their priorities and concerns so together they can set clear goals. The work is paced to match what each person can handle, with attention to coping skills and deeper relational patterns when needed.
How these approaches shape online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take small, value-driven steps. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical ways to shift unhelpful patterns. It can help with depression, anxiety, and sleep or eating concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy examines relationship patterns and how early bonds affect current intimacy and communication, which can be helpful for relationship and attachment issues.Finding the best approach is part of the work. Nancy will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That means trying strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together rather than locking into one method from the start.
Because session formats are not specified in the biography, confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow quicker check-ins between appointments. It also lets people use skills in real-life settings and brings therapeutic tools into the routines where they are needed most.
Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Nancy supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, coping with life changes, addictions, grief, and related concerns listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and respectful. She listens first, then offers practical strategies and skills based on what the person needs.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has 53 years of professional experience in the helping professions and draws on that background when addressing complex emotional and life challenges.
What credentials and region does she work from?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Florida and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not accepted at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to start working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.