Nancy Brighton, LCSW
Therapist in Florida
Nancy Brighton is a licensed clinical social worker in Florida with five decades of professional experience.
- License SW2829 · Florida Expires March 2027
- NPI 1255675807 · national registry
- Experience and languages 53+ years in practice English
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About Nancy
Nancy Brighton is a licensed clinical social worker in Florida with five decades of professional experience. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, cope with life changes, and address trauma and abuse. She also supports people facing relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, addiction, and challenges like ADHD or sleeping and eating difficulties.
Nancy describes therapy as a collaborative process. She listens to each person’s story and builds on the strengths they already have.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer communication rather than jargon or long lectures. Her approach blends several methods to meet real-life needs. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and commit to small, workable changes.
Attachment-informed work helps with closeness and trust issues. Nancy pays attention to everyday problems that affect well-being. That includes parenting stress, caregiving burdens, chronic illness, career strain, and compassion fatigue.
She also addresses identity-related topics such as LGBT concerns, adoption and foster-care questions, and body image or self-esteem struggles. Sessions are aimed at helping people make steady progress. Nancy encourages practical homework and simple skill-building between meetings.
Her goal is to help people feel more capable of handling the next hard thing.
Credentials
- LCSW (Florida)
- License SW2829 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1255675807 · national provider identifier
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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
- Gottman Method
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- 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
These are the approaches Nancy names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Nancy integrates the Gottman Method ideas with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based work. The Gottman-influenced focus looks at communication and connection patterns to help people improve how they relate. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small committed actions even when emotions are difficult. Attachment-Based work examines how early relationship patterns shape trust and closeness and helps people develop safer ways of connecting.Finding the best approach is part of the work. Nancy collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She combines techniques as needed and adjusts the plan as progress is made so therapy stays practical and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for teaching skills and practicing conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a simpler check-in is needed. Chat and messaging work well for brief updates, coaching-style support, and keeping momentum between live sessions. These options make therapy more flexible around work, caregiving, or travel and let people choose what fits their routine.
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Frequently asked
What kinds of concerns does Nancy help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, ADHD, sleeping and eating problems, career and self-esteem concerns, and many related topics.
What is Nancy's therapy style like?
She takes a collaborative, down-to-earth approach that emphasizes listening and practical steps. Sessions focus on skills, clearer communication, and building on each person's strengths.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Nancy brings 53 years of professional experience to her work and draws on that background to help people navigate complex life challenges.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Florida and practices there.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start a therapy relationship?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.
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