Brenda Hanson , LSCSW, LISW

Brenda Hanson is a licensed social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, and life transitions. She holds LSCSW and LISW credentials and brings 41 years of clinical experience to conversations about change and healing.

Her sessions are straightforward and person-focused. She listens to what matters most, helps identify what feels stuck, and suggests practical skills to try between meetings. Conversations often include problem-solving, emotion regulation skills, and ways to reconnect with values and purpose.

Brenda has a special interest in women's issues and supports people dealing with career shifts, relationship concerns, parenting strain, and self-worth struggles. She also works with challenges such as addictions, bipolar mood patterns, eating and sleeping problems, and compassion fatigue. She describes therapy as a partnerable process rather than a set of techniques imposed on a client.

Her clinical toolkit includes approaches like cognitive behavioral work, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-focused insights, and dialectical skills. She adapts these methods to the person in front of her, focusing on what helps in daily life. Brenda often blends reflective conversation with concrete homework when helpful.

Based in Kansas, she offers sessions through video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. People who want to begin are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a time that fits their routine.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while taking steps that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions where action matters as much as thinking. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like panic, low mood, or sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and can help when trust, intimacy, or abandonment themes are present.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will review goals, try different tools, and adjust methods based on what the client finds most helpful. This is a collaborative process where preferences and real-world outcomes guide decisions.

Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, chat is useful for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing processing between appointments. These formats give flexibility to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy days.