Brittanie Pena, LCSW

Brittanie Pena is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in New Jersey with 16 years of experience. She works with adults facing anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and parenting stress. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.

Brittanie uses straightforward, practical methods to help people manage day-to-day stress and bigger life shifts. She helps clients learn new ways to handle intense emotions, reduce anxious thinking, and improve communication. Many people bring challenges involving attachment, abandonment, blended family tensions, immigration concerns, or recovery from domestic violence.

Her work draws on client-centered methods and skills-based approaches. That means sessions focus on the client's goals and concrete steps to move forward. Clients practice tools for coping, emotion regulation, and clearer interactions at home or at work.

Brittanie also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns. She includes elements of dialectical behavior therapy to teach distress-tolerance and emotion-management skills. Mindfulness practices are used when helpful to increase present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity.

She has experience supporting people with ADHD, bipolar concerns, intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, and compassion fatigue. People looking to address career stress, self-esteem, body image, codependency, or grief-related guilt may find this approach practical and direct.

To begin the process she asks prospective clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session. Her practice uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; cost varies by location.

How Brittanie applies therapy methods online