Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors License #77478

Brandi earned a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology as well as a Masters degree in Professional Counseling from Dallas Baptist University. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor and has worked in a variety of settings including community mental health with survivors of human rights abuses, behavioral health including crisis intervention, and the adoption/foster care industry. Brandi is passionate about serving adult individuals as well as children/adolescents and their families.

Brandi specializes in working with children and adolescents, parent and child relationship challenges, parenting strategies, behavioral problems, attachment concerns, trauma recovery, grief/loss, depression, anxiety, and women’s issues.

Brandi uses a variety of treatment modalities including play therapy and expressive arts with children. Brandi has had considerable training in Synergetic Play Therapy (SPT) and Child Centered Play Therapy. Brandi uses SPT as an approach to help kids, teens, and parents navigate life’s challenges. She is on her way to becoming certified as a Synergetic Play Therapist. SPT is a researched-informed model of play therapy blending the therapeutic power of play with nervous system regulation, interpersonal neurobiology, physics, attachment, mindfulness, and therapist authenticity.

With adults, Brandi takes a humanistic approach. She values the relationships she is honored to have with clients and believes that the counselor-client relationship is one of the most impactful parts of counseling which she believes leads to healing. Brandi enjoys coming alongside others in their journey towards a more authentic self. Brandi believes that children and adults both have the capacity to develop their innate ability to discover their own inner wisdom, growth, healing, and fulfillment.

Brandi is active in her local church. She enjoys the Arts and especially musical theatre. She also loves anything outdoors and being near the water. But, what Brandi loves above all else is hanging with her husband and two growing boys.