Brittany Olson , LCPC

Brittany Olson is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Montana with nine years of clinical experience. She has worked across prevention, community, and residential settings and has experience with early childhood, children, and adolescents. Brittany brings a straightforward style paired with warmth and respect.

She speaks plainly in sessions and helps people set clear goals. Brittany works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, eating concerns, addictions, and ADHD. She also supports issues around identity, relationships, grief, parenting, career change, and compassion fatigue.

Brittany uses practical methods to help people manage thoughts and reactions. She draws on approaches that focus on changing unhelpful thinking and addressing the effects of trauma. Sessions focus on concrete skills, coping strategies, and tracking progress toward goals.

People who prefer a direct therapist often find her style helpful. She aims to be compassionate while also offering clear guidance and structure. Brittany tailors plans to each person's needs and life circumstances.

Her background includes work with LGBTQ+ communities and a mix of clinical roles that inform a flexible approach. Brittany encourages people who are uncertain about therapy to try a few sessions and see how the process fits their needs.

Online approaches for practical change and trauma recovery

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-world actions. It teaches coping skills for anxiety, depression, stress, and many daily challenges. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on understanding and processing the effects of past trauma so that triggers and reactions become easier to manage; it helps people reduce the hold of painful memories and build safety in current life.

Brittany treats the choice of approach as a collaborative step. She will discuss goals, symptoms, and preferences, and then recommend techniques that fit each person's needs. Clients and therapist check progress and adjust strategies together so the plan stays practical and relevant.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging lets people shape care around their routines. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, skills practice, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and other commitments.