Nancy Brighton, LCSW
Licensed in Florida · 53 years in practice
Nancy Brighton is a licensed clinical social worker in Florida with five decades of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and life transitions.
License and registration
- LCSW, Florida
- SW2829 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1255675807 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 53
- Languages
- English
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About Nancy
Nancy Brighton is a licensed clinical social worker in Florida with five decades of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and life transitions. She meets clients where they are and helps them find steady ways to manage problems. She emphasizes practical steps and steady support when things feel overwhelming.
Nancy works from a belief that each person knows their story best. She helps clients notice strengths they already have and build on those resources.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on small, doable changes rather than big overhauls all at once. Her approach combines familiar, evidence-informed methods with a calm, person-centered style. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral work to help change unhelpful thinking.
She draws on emotion-focused and acceptance-based ideas when people need ways to tolerate hard feelings. Over many years Nancy has helped people cope with grief, addiction, attention differences, mood challenges, chronic illness, caregiving strain, and issues around identity and intimacy. She also supports people facing career stress, sleep or eating concerns, anger, and self-esteem struggles.
Practical coping skills and clearer communication are common goals. Nancy offers sessions using video, phone, chat, and messaging formats. Her experience is steady and long-standing, and she aims to make therapy feel understandable and useful from the first meetings.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Nancy lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Nancy names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that guide online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on what matters most to a person and small actions that move them toward those values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going and teaches skills to change them. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, and stress that responds to practical tools.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will listen to goals and concerns, try techniques that fit the person, and adjust over time. Clients and the therapist work together to pick methods that match needs, preferences, and what feels most helpful in practice.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video calls are best for full sessions with face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not desired. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or use shorter, more frequent exchanges to stay on track. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to use approaches like ACT or CBT across everyday situations.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Nancy address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and coping with life changes. Other areas include ADHD, addictions, grief, intimacy, mood concerns, and caregiving stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is calm and person-centered. She focuses on practical steps and building on strengths clients already have.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 53 years of professional experience working in social work and therapy settings. That long experience shapes a steady, practiced approach to common life challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, licensed in Florida. Her practice is based in Florida.
Which languages are used for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She meets with clients by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options allow for shorter check-ins or full therapy sessions depending on need.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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