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Grounded in my own experience with trauma and loss, I offer a compassionate, nonjudgmental approach that helps you process life’s ...
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Grounded in my own experience with trauma and loss, I offer a compassionate, nonjudgmental approach that helps you process life’s challenges and build empowering skills for lasting change.
Hi, I'm Brittany Hall, a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with a passion for helping individuals navigate life's challenges. I earned my Master's degree in Social Work from Jacksonville State University, where I developed a strong foundation in evidence-based practices and client-centered care. I work with adults and adolescents facing trauma, grief, anxiety, and life transitions—drawing from my own experiences with personal trauma and loss to offer an authentic understanding of how painful circumstances impact us while helping you build skills that foster healing and growth.
My approach draws from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), strengths-based methods, and trauma-informed care to help clients understand their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors while building practical skills for everyday life. I strive to create a safe, nonjudgmental space where clients feel seen, heard, and empowered—and where the therapeutic relationship itself becomes a source of support and growth.
I understand that reaching out for support can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to navigate it alone. I’m here to offer a safe, supportive space where you can feel heard, understood, and empowered to move forward at your own pace. When you’re ready, I invite you to take the next step and begin your journey toward healing and growth.
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In my professional practice, I prioritize meeting each client with congruence, demonstrating that I am genuine, trustworthy, and c...
In my professional practice, I prioritize meeting each client with congruence, demonstrating that I am genuine, trustworthy, and credible.
Stan Peck is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 10 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults navigating challenges like ADHD, anxiety, depression, PTSD, mood disorders, spiritual concerns, and more. Stan uses an integrative counseling approach that includes existential and spiritually based practices when desired. He is passionate about creating a safe, empathic space where clients can explore wounds, patterns, and challenges impacting their quality of life.
Stan earned his Master’s in Community Counseling from the University of Northern Alabama. He integrates holistic, strength-based approaches to help clients access their resilience and move toward healing and growth. Stan tailors his methods to each client’s needs and preferences, offering both structure and flexibility in care.
Stan invites clients into a collaborative journey that not only explores what they bring into sessions but also invests in their future. He believes in each client’s innate potential and is committed to helping them move toward healing, wholeness, and personal greatness.
I am a client-centered social worker focused on meaningful, lasting change....
I am a client-centered social worker focused on meaningful, lasting change.
I am a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) with 21 years of experience supporting individuals navigating grief, life transitions, anxiety, depression, and neurodivergence, including autism and ADHD. My approach is grounded, relational, and trauma-informed, integrating nervous system regulation and mindfulness to help clients feel steadier, more empowered, and supported in their growth.
I earned my master's degree in social work from the University of Alabama and hold a bachelor's degree in psychology. With a background in hospice and bereavement care, I integrate evidence-based practices with strength-based and mindfulness-based approaches to support emotional regulation and resilience.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or ready for change, you don’t have to navigate it alone. I offer a calm, compassionate space where you can feel heard and understood while building practical tools for lasting growth. When you’re ready, I invite you to schedule a session.
I aim to help my clients by empowering change, building resilience, and supporting growth....
I aim to help my clients by empowering change, building resilience, and supporting growth.
Andy Markham is a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 18 years of experience providing counseling services to adolescents, adults, and families. He offers a warm, client-centered approach and works with individuals dealing with a wide range of concerns, including trauma, depression, anxiety, stress, life transitions, relationship issues, grief and loss, school-related difficulties, and family challenges. Andy understands that people face challenges at all points in their lives and may need support to overcome obstacles or move forward when they feel stuck.
Andy earned his Master’s in Counseling Psychology from Alabama A&M University. He utilizes eye movement desensitization reprocessing, cognitive behavioral therapy, and family systems.
Andy is passionate about helping clients gain clarity, develop effective coping strategies, and build resilience. He creates a safe and supportive environment where clients can explore their thoughts and emotions, strengthen their relationships, and work toward personal growth and healing. Schedule your first appointment with Andy today!
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My go-to approaches for helping teenagers are cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy. I find these approaches beneficial because they help the client understand their emotions, thoughts, and behavioral patterns and learn effective skills to better manage (regulate) and cope (tolerate) their emotions. It also provides a direct approach that is clinician-led, instead of client-directed.
Depending on the issue that the teen is struggling with (anger management, depression, and/or anxiety), I feel it is important that the teen understands the purpose of the emotions and how to effectively communicate their needs. We would also work on ways to cope with difficult feelings. I generally use scenarios that help them to see the situation from the outside to make healthier choices.
I know a teen is making meaningful progress in counseling when they are able to learn from past actions and make healthier choices. Also, gaining feedback from their support system about progress made outside of therapy is helpful.
Teens can supplement their time in counseling by reviewing the workbook, completing homework assignments, and practicing the skills outside of therapy.
To prepare for their first counseling session, a teen can come in with a positive outlook and willingness to participate in therapy. I encourage them to ask questions because this may be their first time in counseling. I find that a lot of teenagers are apprehensive because this is their parents' choice to do therapy and not always their choice.
Teen counseling helps young individuals better understand and manage the challenges that affect their mental health. Common challenges amongst teens include anxiety, depression, ADHD, and problematic relationships with food.
Teen counseling works by using multiple techniques, tailored to fit the teen’s unique needs — based on their age group, their challenges, and the severity of their challenges. It might involve cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, art therapy, and others for varying ages. In any case, Thriveworks teen therapists in Birmingham have the expertise and experience to help young individuals at their level.
Signs that teens might need Teen counseling can be very subjective, as they are experiencing many changes and can have intense reactions to them. As parents, you know your child best and are best equipped to judge whether certain reactions are standard behaviors for your teen or whether they might be hinting at a larger problem. Even so, there are a few common signs and events that often point to a need for therapy, such as experiencing divorce or loss, grief, consistent low moods, teens distancing themselves and becoming isolated, losing interest in hobbies, excessive anger or irritability, substance use issues, and suicidal ideation, among others.
Teen counseling providers at Thriveworks in Birmingham, AL offer both in person and online therapy by video. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you.
The length of teen counseling depends on your teen’s needs as well as the goals that you and their therapist might have for them. Generally, teen counseling sessions will last for several months.
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