Nancy Brighton, LCSW
Florida · 53 years in practice
Nancy Brighton is a licensed clinical social worker with decades of experience helping people handle stress, anxiety, trauma, relationship strain, and major life changes.
License and registration
- LCSW, Florida
- SW2829 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1255675807 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 53
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Nancy
Nancy Brighton is a licensed clinical social worker with decades of experience helping people handle stress, anxiety, trauma, relationship strain, and major life changes. She approaches each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on. Nancy aims to offer steady support while people take steps toward change.
In sessions she listens closely and helps clients name what is most pressing. She uses straightforward talk and practical tools so people can try new ways of coping between visits.
Background and approach
The work is paced to what a person can manage in daily life. Her background spans more than five decades in clinical practice. That experience informs how she tailors common therapies to a person’s situation, whether they are struggling with grief, addiction, mood issues, or self-esteem concerns.
She frames problems in ways that feel understandable and manageable. Nancy draws on a mix of proven approaches to move conversations toward concrete behavior change and emotional regulation. She focuses on skills people can use right away, such as grounding, behavioral experiments, and values-based goal setting.
Progress is tracked in simple, observable ways. People who choose her can expect calm listening, clear explanations, and practical next steps after each session. She encourages curiosity about patterns and small tests of new habits so change feels less overwhelming and more doable.
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
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- 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
- 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
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters most and take small actions that match those values. It is useful when worries or habits get in the way of living the life someone wants. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and behavior-focused goals.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and pace. That means trying tools together, checking what helps, and adjusting plans so therapy stays relevant and doable.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video lets people use visual cues and longer conversation. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for shorter check-ins, quick skill coaching, or when writing helps organize thoughts. These formats help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep continuity when schedules change.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Nancy works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship issues, coping with life changes, grief, mood disorders, addictions, self-esteem, and many related concerns listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a straightforward, strengths-based style that combines listening with practical tools. Sessions emphasize clear goals and small experiments to try between meetings.
What is her professional background?
She is a licensed clinical social worker with 53 years of professional experience in clinical practice and related work.
Where is she licensed and based?
Nancy holds a Florida LCSW and practices from Florida.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can she see clients outside the United States?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled and how do I begin?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule when available.
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