Briana Collins

Briana provides a warm, funny, and safe space for women and LGBTQIA+ adults ready to build real skills, not just talk about them. She’s trauma-trained and integrates parts-work into ACT and DBT to help clients understand what’s actually driving their anxiety, ADHD, and self-critical patterns, then build the tools to manage them day to day. Her focus is practical: learning your own inner workings well enough to work with yourself instead of against yourself.

Briana holds an MS in Mental Health Counseling from LIU and is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with diagnostic privileges (LMHC-D). She began her career as a caseworker supporting individuals with severe mental illness in accessing services and organizing their lives, then moved into a college counseling center helping young adults navigate life transitions and build self-esteem, and later ran a grant program supporting single parents balancing school with everything else life demanded. She went on to deepen her training in DBT and trauma-focused care at specialized group practices.

Today, Briana works with clients navigating anxiety, ADHD, self-worth, trauma, gender identity, and life transitions, helping them build a toolbox for both their inner emotional world and the world outside it.

Working with me is a collaborative partnership built on a safe, non-judgmental space where you can actually be yourself. We start with a thorough intake to understand your history, strengths, and goals, then get to work blending ACT, DBT, and parts-work to help you understand what’s driving your patterns and build practical tools to manage them. Progress looks different for everyone, whether that’s reduced anxiety, better self-regulation, or a clearer sense of who you are outside your inner critic, but these are lifelong skills you’ll carry long after our work together ends. I especially enjoy working with women and LGBTQIA+ adults navigating anxiety, ADHD, and life transitions.

I provide a warm, humorous, and safe space to all who receive my services. I hold a space where all persons are seen, recognized and supported in their journeys.

Depending on your individual needs you can walk away from our sessions together feeling heard, empowered, and with new skills to assist in daily life.