Brenda Hanson, LSCSW, LISW
Kansas · 41 years in practice
Brenda Hanson is a licensed social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and major life changes.
License and registration
- LSCSW, Kansas
- LSCSW 1607 · expires May 2028
- LISW, Iowa
- 135454 · expires December 2026
- NPI
- 1346946662 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 41
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Brenda
Brenda Hanson is a licensed social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and major life changes. She works with individuals looking for clearer direction, better coping skills, or relief from long-running emotional pain. Brenda brings a steady, practical approach shaped by 41 years of experience in Kansas.
She prefers straightforward conversations. Sessions focus on identifying patterns, improving communication, and building small daily routines that make a real difference.
Background and approach
Brenda draws on systemic thinking to look at relationships and context, along with strategies from cognitive behavioral and acceptance-based approaches. Clients can expect a calm presence and a focus on what feels most useful right now. Brenda uses attachment-informed ideas to help people understand how their past connections shape current reactions.
She also supports work on identity, self-worth, and intimacy-related concerns. Her practice addresses many challenges including trauma and abuse, addictions, parenting stress, burnout and compassion fatigue, body image and eating issues, chronic illness, and ADHD-related struggles. She also helps with career questions, aging concerns, and problems that come from blended family situations.
Brenda emphasizes practical change alongside emotional processing. She helps people set achievable goals, try new habits, and track progress. Over time the aim is clearer priorities, steadier mood, and improved day-to-day functioning.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Brenda lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Brenda names
- Systemic Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Brenda’s Approaches Work Online
Systemic thinking looks at how relationships and environments affect a person. Online sessions let Brenda help people notice patterns in interactions and daily life without needing everyone in the same room. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on values and small actions. It helps people tolerate difficult feelings while moving toward what matters most, which often fits well with brief phone or messaging check-ins.Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early connections shape current responses to stress and closeness. In remote sessions Brenda helps clients map those patterns and practice new ways of relating, using exercises and talk to build awareness and change. She will work together with each person to find the approaches that feel most useful for their goals and rhythms, adjusting methods as progress unfolds.
Online formats provide practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face work when deeper conversation or visual cues help. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief updates, coping tools between sessions, or people who prefer writing to speaking. These options help fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules and make consistent support more accessible.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns can Brenda help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, addictions, parenting and family-related stress, sleep and eating problems, career changes, ADHD, and many related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is calm, practical, and collaborative. She blends systemic thinking with CBT and acceptance-based techniques to help people change patterns and try new coping strategies.
How much experience does she have?
Brenda has 41 years of clinical experience working with adults on emotional, relational, and life-transition challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LSCSW and LISW credentials and practices in Kansas.
In what language are sessions conducted?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not accepted.
Which session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
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