Brenda Broadnax, LPC

Brenda Broadnax is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Virginia with 23 years of clinical experience. She holds a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling and began her career as a therapeutic day treatment counselor in a Virginia public school, providing direct support to students with emotional and behavioral disabilities.

Her clinical background includes private practice work with children, adolescents, families, and adults managing dual diagnoses, as well as county-level work supporting clients diagnosed with schizophrenia and related conditions. Over the years she has worked with a broad range of concerns, including depression, anxiety, relationship and parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, post-traumatic stress, bipolar disorder, autism spectrum conditions, ADHD, and issues related to adoption and foster care. She has supported survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking, people experiencing homelessness, sexual abuse victims, sexual offenders, and clients with intellectual disabilities.

Brenda’s counseling style is warm and interactive, grounded in respect and dignity. She emphasizes a nonjudgmental stance and believes everyone has strengths to build on during the therapeutic process. Her approach is integrative and draws from a range of methods - including trauma-focused cognitive behavioral techniques, cognitive-behavioral strategies, humanistic and psychodynamic perspectives, rational-emotive methods, narrative work, mindfulness-informed reality therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and an eclectic, client-centered stance. She encourages reaching out for support and works collaboratively with clients to build on skills they already possess for change.

Approach-Focused Online Therapy with Flexible Access

Brenda Broadnax integrates several evidence-informed approaches to address a range of concerns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify personal values and practice mindful acceptance of difficult thoughts and feelings so they can take meaningful action toward goals; it can be helpful for anxiety, stress, and mood-related concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationship patterns formed early in life and explores how those patterns influence current connections and emotional regulation, making it useful for relationship challenges, attachment issues, and family dynamics. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers practical skills to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, often used for anxiety, depression, and trauma-related symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Brenda works collaboratively with each client, considering individual needs, goals, and preferences to tailor methods or blend techniques so the work fits the person rather than forcing a single model.

Online sessions - whether by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - provide flexibility for scheduling and access from home or other convenient locations. These options can make it easier to maintain consistency, fit therapy into busy lives, and stay connected to a licensed professional when in-person visits are not practical.