Brenda Hanson

Brenda Hanson is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people facing major life changes and intense emotions. She practices in Kansas and brings 41 years of experience to sessions. Brenda speaks English and aims to create a calm space to talk through grief, anxiety, depression, and work-related stress.

Her work centers on practical steps people can use between meetings. She listens to what matters most, helps name patterns that get in the way, and supports clients in choosing new actions that fit their values. That approach is useful for coping with trauma, addiction challenges, or the emotional strain of caregiving.

Clients often seek help around relationships, body image, eating and sleeping problems, or parenting strain. Brenda also supports people managing chronic illness, cancer-related stress, aging concerns, and abandonment or attachment wounds. She draws on methods that focus on thoughts, behavior, emotions, and building stronger bonds with others.

Brenda uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs. She practices client-centered work that follows the person's lead, cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, and acceptance-focused strategies to clarify what matters most. She also uses attachment-based ideas and skills from dialectical behavior work when those fit the situation.

If you want to begin, follow the site's Start Therapy flow and complete the short matching questionnaire. Scheduling is arranged after matching based on therapist availability and the subscription terms.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Brenda uses approaches that focus on action, relationships, and clear thinking. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people get clearer about what matters and take small steps that match those values, which can be useful for grief, anxiety, or life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like depression or anxiety. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and can help when trust, abandonment, or intimacy issues cause pain.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Brenda will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together the client and therapist decide which methods to try and adjust them as needed during treatment.

Confirm session formats before booking because specific online options are not listed in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and offer quicker check-ins between in-person visits. Different approaches translate well to remote work - for example CBT homework can be assigned between sessions, ACT exercises can be practiced during the week, and attachment-focused conversations can continue by video or phone. Always check the available session types when you schedule.