- 53 years experience
- Career and life concerns
- Practical goal focus
About Nancy
Nancy Brighton is a licensed clinical social worker in Florida with more than five decades of experience. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, navigate relationship and intimacy concerns, and cope with major life changes. Nancy works with people dealing with trauma and abuse, ADHD, addictions, grief, career challenges, and a wide range of emotional struggles.
Nancy believes clients are the experts on their own stories. She looks for strengths that can be used to move through hard moments. Sessions focus on practical steps, clear goals, and building skills that fit everyday life. She aims to make therapy a straightforward process rather than something overwhelming.
Her approach draws on several evidence-informed methods. Nancy uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify values and take meaningful action. She applies cognitive behavior techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Attachment-informed work and client-centered listening guide the way she addresses relationship concerns.
Across sessions Nancy offers calm, direct support intended to help clients feel more capable. She pays attention to practical needs like sleep, eating, and work stress while also addressing deeper patterns such as abandonment, attachment issues, and codependency. With decades of practice, she combines steady experience with a focus on useful, doable changes.
People considering therapy are invited to look at their goals and take a small next step. Nancy’s style is collaborative and goal-focused, aimed at helping people build routines and skills that matter to them.
Nancy believes clients are the experts on their own stories. She looks for strengths that can be used to move through hard moments. Sessions focus on practical steps, clear goals, and building skills that fit everyday life. She aims to make therapy a straightforward process rather than something overwhelming.
Her approach draws on several evidence-informed methods. Nancy uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify values and take meaningful action. She applies cognitive behavior techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Attachment-informed work and client-centered listening guide the way she addresses relationship concerns.
Across sessions Nancy offers calm, direct support intended to help clients feel more capable. She pays attention to practical needs like sleep, eating, and work stress while also addressing deeper patterns such as abandonment, attachment issues, and codependency. With decades of practice, she combines steady experience with a focus on useful, doable changes.
People considering therapy are invited to look at their goals and take a small next step. Nancy’s style is collaborative and goal-focused, aimed at helping people build routines and skills that matter to them.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
AddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigue
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Gottman MethodHypnotherapyImago Relationship TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems
Experience
53+ years
Credentials
Florida
Languages
English
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
The practice commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in ways that fit remote work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people identify what matters to them, accept difficult thoughts, and take small actions toward a meaningful life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying specific behavioral experiments to reduce symptoms and improve daily routines.Choosing the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, daily demands, and personal preferences. From that conversation they will decide jointly which methods to emphasize and how to adapt them to each person’s situation.
Session formats are not listed here, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, shorten commute time, and allow for check-ins that match a person’s schedule. It also allows using tools like thought records, activity plans, and grounding exercises during and between sessions to support steady progress.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Nancy work with?
Nancy supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, grief, career questions, ADHD, addictions, and many other emotional and life challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She takes a collaborative, practical approach that emphasizes strengths and clear, doable steps toward goals.
What is her professional background?
Nancy holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential and brings 53 years of professional experience to her work.
Where is Nancy based and licensed?
She is licensed in Florida as an LCSW and practices with that credential in mind.
Which languages are supported during sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and paid for?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.