Syrita Braswell-O'Neal, LPC

Syrita Braswell-O'Neal is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Connecticut who supports people navigating complex emotional challenges. She creates a compassionate, affirming space where individuals can examine their experiences and work toward meaningful change. With three years of professional experience, Syrita focuses on stress management, relationship dynamics, trauma recovery, anger, and major life transitions, helping clients build resilient coping strategies and practical tools for everyday life.

Her clinical work emphasizes improving communication, addressing attachment concerns, and easing feelings of isolation, shame, and guilt. She also supports women processing personal transformation and other women's issues, drawing on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide the healing process. Syrita aims to empower clients to reconnect with inner strengths and to cultivate healthy patterns in relationships and self-care.

As a therapist of color, she brings cultural sensitivity and lived understanding to the therapeutic relationship, striving to offer a welcoming, non-judgmental environment where clients feel seen and heard. Syrita combines warmth with practical skill-building so clients can move forward with clearer coping strategies and renewed confidence.

Evidence-Based Techniques and Online Therapy Options

Syrita Braswell-O'Neal uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person's needs. She offers trauma-focused work that helps people process and make sense of distressing experiences, supporting recovery and reducing the impact of past events on daily life. She also emphasizes skills-based coping and communication work - teaching concrete strategies for managing stress, anxiety, anger, and relationship difficulties while improving how clients express needs and set boundaries.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Syrita works collaboratively with clients to identify goals, assess what methods feel most helpful, and adjust the plan as progress is made. This collaborative stance helps ensure the selected techniques align with a client's preferences and circumstances.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to access regular support from licensed professionals without needing to travel, and they allow therapy to fit into varied routines while maintaining continuity of care.