Nancy Brighton, LCSW
Florida · 53 years in practice
Nancy Brighton is a licensed clinical social worker with decades of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma, 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 facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma, and major life changes. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use day to day. Nancy encourages clients to name their strengths and build on them.
She affirms that seeking help is a courageous first step. Over more than five decades of practice Nancy has guided people through grief, parenting challenges, addiction concerns, sleep and eating problems, and mood and bipolar issues.
Background and approach
Her work often addresses intimacy, self-esteem, career stress, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people dealing with abandonment, attachment concerns, chronic illness, and caregiver strain. Nancy draws on several evidence-informed approaches.
She uses Existential ideas to help people find meaning and choice in difficult circumstances. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to build values-driven action and Cognitive Behavioral strategies to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Her style is warm and client-centered.
Sessions focus on what matters most to the person sitting in the room. Nancy aims to balance practical tools with deeper reflection so clients can make lasting changes. Nancy is licensed in Florida as an LCSW.
She works in English and has a long history of helping people from varied backgrounds to move toward clearer priorities and steadier daily routines.
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
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- 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
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Existential therapy helps people consider meaning, choice, and responsibility when life feels confusing or unfair. It can be useful for those questioning purpose, facing major transitions, or wanting to live more intentionally. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on accepting difficult feelings while taking steps that align with personal values; it often helps with anxiety, depression, and coping with chronic stress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and supports building more supported ways of relating to others.Finding the best approach is part of the process. Nancy will work collaboratively to see which methods fit the client’s needs, goals, and personal preferences. She often blends elements from these approaches to match what a person says they want to change and how they prefer to work.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people see and be seen, which helps with deeper conversation and emotional work. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide flexible touchpoints for brief updates, coping reminders, or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue steady work even when schedules change.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Nancy address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, coping with life changes, ADHD, addictions, grief, and mood problems like depression and bipolar disorder.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is warm and client-centered. She balances practical tools with deeper conversation so people can make steady changes.
How much experience does she have?
Nancy brings 53 years of professional experience to her work, across many settings and with a wide range of presenting concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Florida.
Which languages are offered and can she see international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently working with international clients.
What session formats are available with Nancy?
She meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How much do sessions cost?
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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