Brenda Perea, LCSW
Licensed in Colorado · 33 years in practice
Brenda Perea is a licensed clinical social worker with 33 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions.
License and registration
- LCSW, Colorado
- 992752 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1215000674 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 33
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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About Brenda
Brenda Perea is a licensed clinical social worker with 33 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions. She practices in Colorado and offers services in both English and Spanish. Her background includes long-term work with adults facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, career stress, and substance concerns.
Brenda takes a warm, respectful approach in sessions. She listens first and asks practical questions to understand what matters most to each person.
Background and approach
Then she helps set small, doable goals so progress feels clear. Her work often focuses on teaching skills people can use right away. That can include methods to reduce overwhelming anxiety, skills to handle strong emotions, and strategies for changing unhelpful thinking patterns.
She uses mindfulness exercises to help people feel steadier in daily life. Brenda has experience with trauma and provides care that includes approaches aimed at processing difficult memories and reducing their hold on day-to-day functioning. She also supports people coping with grief, addiction concerns, bipolar mood challenges, and compassion fatigue from demanding roles.
Sessions are offered in multiple formats, including video, phone, chat, and text messaging. Brenda collaborates with each person to find a pace and style that fits their schedule and goals. She helps people build skills that carry over beyond the therapy hour.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Brenda lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexual assault and abuse
Approaches Brenda names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
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Online support
How Brenda’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on a respectful, listening-first stance. The therapist follows the person's lead, reflects what they say, and helps clarify goals so people feel heard and understood. This approach is helpful for building trust and figuring out what matters most.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact. In sessions clients and the therapist identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practice small behavior changes to reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms. CBT is practical and often includes short exercises between meetings.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for handling strong emotions and improving relationships. It includes mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills that can reduce impulsive reactions and help people feel more stable day to day.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Brenda will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and will recommend ways of working together. Decisions about methods and pace are made collaboratively so treatment fits the individual.
Online therapy offers flexibility. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation when that feels helpful. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or for short check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for ongoing support between calls or when written check-ins fit a busy schedule. These options make it easier to fit therapy into daily life.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Brenda commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and parenting challenges, grief, addictions, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Brenda offers a warm, caring, and nonjudgmental approach that focuses on listening, practical skills, and setting small goals to make progress feel manageable.
What is her professional background?
She has 33 years of experience working as a psychotherapist with a wide range of concerns including trauma, mood disorders, and relationship difficulties.
Where is Brenda licensed and based?
She holds an LCSW credential and practices in Colorado.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and international clients are accepted.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Therapy can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and needs.
How are costs and payment handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a brief matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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