- ADHD coaching experience
- Family and parenting focus
- CBT and DBT approaches
About Brandy
Brandy Cobbs is an Alabama LICSW with 30 years of experience. She works with people facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, career doubts, ADHD, anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.
She brings long experience from work with foster children, parents at risk, and child abuse and neglect intake and crisis work. That background shaped a focus on practical problem solving and steady support during transitions. Brandy also has recent experience as an ADHD coach and has worked with college students, women over 50, and parents of children with ADHD.
Brandy speaks from personal experience with ADHD and from years helping others with compassion fatigue, grief, addiction issues, and family-of-origin problems. She also draws on work with adoption and foster care, aging and caregiver stress, blended family issues, chronic illness and disability, and communication problems when they come up in sessions.
Her approach mixes client-centered listening with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and emotionally-focused therapy. Sessions often focus on identifying small, practical steps, building routines, and creating work-arounds for executive function challenges.
Brandy is open to discussing how spirituality or religion affects a person's mental health, but she does not practice Christian-based counseling in a restrictive or conservative way. She welcomes people of diverse identities and orientations and aims to help them clarify goals and take manageable action toward those goals.
How her therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on careful listening and supporting the client's own goals. It helps when someone needs a respectful, reflective place to sort out what matters and decide next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and managing stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal communication, which can help with anger, relationship conflicts, and intense emotions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Brandy will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit their needs, goals, and daily life. That might mean combining client-centered conversation with CBT or DBT techniques, and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. For people managing ADHD, chronic illness, caregiving, or work demands, virtual sessions can help maintain continuity and allow practical skill-building between meetings without requiring a large time commitment.
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Experience
30+ years
Listed in
Alabama
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
She helps people with relationship conflict, parenting challenges, career questions, ADHD, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, and coping with life changes.
How does she approach someone who feels stuck?
She uses client-centered listening along with practical techniques from CBT and DBT to identify small steps and routines that can reduce overwhelm and improve daily functioning.
What is her background and experience?
She has 30 years of professional experience, including 25 years working for the State of Alabama with foster care and child-protection work, plus recent ADHD coaching practice.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an AL LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker) based in Alabama.
Which languages are supported and can she work internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions paid for and what does cost look like?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.