Therapist profile
Brandi Horak
Compassionate counselor for life transitions
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- Client-centered care
- Practical coping skills
- Support with grief
About Brandi
Brandi Horak is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida. She brings 11 years of clinical experience and focuses on helping people navigate life changes, grief, trauma, depression, and addictions. Brandi works with individuals across a wide age range and offers a respectful, compassionate approach to care.
She centers sessions on the person in front of her, adapting conversation and strategies to fit each client's needs. Brandi draws on client-centered methods to build trust and on cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills.
Clients often come with relationship strains, parenting stress, or challenges tied to identity and sexuality; Brandi addresses these topics alongside concerns like ADHD, bipolar mood management, and self-esteem. She makes space for hard topics such as abandonment, attachment wounds, or experiences of abuse and loss. Discussion and practical skill-building are balanced depending on what a person needs most.
Her practice emphasizes plain language and clear goals. She works collaboratively to set achievable steps and checks in on progress along the way. Starting therapy can feel hard, and Brandi aims to make the first sessions straightforward and focused on what matters to the client.
Brandi accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English. Her work is informed by a mix of client-centered, cognitive behavioral, dialectical, existential, and Jungian approaches, applied to meet each person's unique situation.
She centers sessions on the person in front of her, adapting conversation and strategies to fit each client's needs. Brandi draws on client-centered methods to build trust and on cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills.
Clients often come with relationship strains, parenting stress, or challenges tied to identity and sexuality; Brandi addresses these topics alongside concerns like ADHD, bipolar mood management, and self-esteem. She makes space for hard topics such as abandonment, attachment wounds, or experiences of abuse and loss. Discussion and practical skill-building are balanced depending on what a person needs most.
Her practice emphasizes plain language and clear goals. She works collaboratively to set achievable steps and checks in on progress along the way. Starting therapy can feel hard, and Brandi aims to make the first sessions straightforward and focused on what matters to the client.
Brandi accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English. Her work is informed by a mix of client-centered, cognitive behavioral, dialectical, existential, and Jungian approaches, applied to meet each person's unique situation.
How these approaches guide online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience with warmth and respect. It helps people feel heard and supports self-directed change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is practical and structured, teaching skills to identify patterns of thought and behavior and try new ways of responding to mood and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers specific tools for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress without making things worse.Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Sessions can mix approaches as needed, with regular check-ins to see what helps and what to adjust.
The original profile does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, or avoiding camera use when that helps a person engage. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and skill practice for remote work so progress continues between appointments.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Relationship issuesFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily problemsFertility issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Existential TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems
Experience
11+ years
Credentials
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What issues does Brandi focus on?
She helps people facing addictions, grief, trauma, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, ADHD and coping with life changes among other areas.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is person-centered and collaborative, using clear language and practical skills so clients can apply what they learn between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
Brandi has 11 years of professional work experience supporting people through a range of mental health and life challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the credential LMHC, which stands for Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and practices in Florida.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original profile does not specify session formats, so confirm current options before booking to know how sessions are delivered.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.