I strive to be an authentic person and therapist. What this means for me is that I am highly animated, use humor, memes, and slang to communicate, and speak, at times, somewhat candidly. I also am continuously working on filling the gaps in my education and confronting my own biases on inequality, inequities, and how various systems impact our community to further improve my work as a therapist. I also view most issues through a relational lens and this is because most human experiences are built upon the foundation of relationships.
Sometimes our past experiences with humans are wonderful, compassionate, and help us move toward growth; while other times relationships have been abusive, harmful, and neglectful.
Because of this, my specialties in trauma-informed care are related to domestic violence, sexual assault, abuse, and neglect. I also love aiding people in dismantling unhelpful narratives, while helping them with facets of their relationships that many people might recognize as controversial such as unconventional relationship dynamics, boundaries, queer experiences, polyamory, BDSM, and kink.
Lastly, creativity and playfulness often gets incorporated into my work with clients. I have a passion for helping people with their relationships and have worked on developing relationship programs at Health for Life Counseling. Brittani has worked with a variety of individuals and families across the life span using talk and creative therapies to aid clients in healing and processing.
Brittani has several years of trauma-informed work including facilitating a Cognitive-Behavoral-Therapy curriculum to youth in court system, being a public speaker and educator on topics related to sexual assault and domestic violence, and counseling children, teens, and caregivers moving through the adoption and foster care system before coming to Health for Life Counseling- Ada, MI.
