Ann Brandon

If you are carrying something heavy that you have never fully unpacked, or a stress level that has quietly become your normal, you are who I work with. I specialize in helping teens and adults experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, bipolar disorder and more. Most of my work is helping you steady what you feel so it stops running your week. I have done this for over 10 years, in both inpatient hospital settings, outpatient clinics and recently running an intensive outpatient program.

I am intensive DBT trained through Behavioral Tech in Marsha Linehan's curriculum, and it shapes most of what I do with clients. I help you build skills you can use on a Tuesday afternoon when stress hits you: how to ride out an urge, how to say the hard thing without ruining the relationship. I'm also trained to utilize Cognitive Behavioral and Solution Focused Therapy. I offer telehealth and in person sessions in Bristol TN.

We will cover your background, your history, and what brought you in. If you have never done this before it can feel intimidating, so I keep the questions simple and direct and try to make it as painless as possible. I also mix in some humor from time to time, because by the end I hope it feels less like an assessment and more like we are just having a conversation. You will leave knowing what our next sessions look like.