- Stress and anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting support
About Brittney
Brittney Barton-Wagner is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Texas with 13 years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, trauma and abuse, parenting, and depression. She also addresses issues such as abandonment, adoption and foster care concerns, attachment issues, blended family dynamics, and caregiver stress.
Brittney uses practical conversation and focused work to help people notice and change unhelpful patterns. Sessions look at how past relationships shape present reactions. She guides clients to name recurring behaviors and try small, testable changes between meetings.
Her background includes work across family settings and with individuals facing separation, divorce, and family-of-origin issues. She has experience supporting people who feel empty, struggle with commitment, or have intense mood shifts such as Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder. That experience informs how she structures sessions and sets goals.
In therapy she pays attention to communication problems, control issues, and co-occurring concerns. She helps parents manage caregiver stress and navigates adoption or foster-care related challenges. Brittney also works with people sorting grief, forgiveness, and relationship repair.
People who choose her can expect clear, direct conversation and practical steps to try between sessions. To begin, clients use the site matching process to schedule a first appointment and discuss which areas to focus on together.
How evidence-based techniques translate to online work
Many evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on changing thoughts, behaviors, and relationship patterns. Cognitive-focused methods look at how unhelpful thoughts affect mood and behavior and teach practical ways to test different thoughts. Relationship-focused work examines communication and interaction patterns to shift how people relate and resolve conflict.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose techniques that match the client’s goals, needs, and preferences. That means trying approaches, checking how they feel, and adjusting the plan together over time.
The original biography did not specify which session formats are offered, so please confirm current online session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Phone sessions can require less bandwidth, while video sessions let the therapist observe nonverbal reactions. Licensed professionals generally help clients pick formats that best fit their routines and practical needs.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
13+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Brittney works with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, and depression. She also addresses family origin concerns, attachment issues, adoption and foster care topics, and caregiver stress.
How would she describe her therapeutic approach?
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and practical conversation to identify patterns and try manageable changes between sessions. Work focuses on communication, behavior patterns, and relational effects from past experiences.
What is her experience background?
She has 13 years of clinical experience working with individuals and family-related concerns, including divorce, blended family dynamics, and mood regulation challenges.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She holds the LPC and LMFT credentials and practices in Texas with TX LPC and TX LMFT licensure listings.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography did not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy through BetterHelp is for adults aged 18 and over and is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.