Dr. Brandi Treadway
Compassionate, practical therapy for life transitions
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed in
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Brandi
Dr. Brandi Treadway uses a client-centered approach to guide people through relationship and life challenges. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 14 years of experience based in Tennessee.
Her style is straightforward and warm - she listens first, then helps people make practical changes. Parents and adults turn to her for help with stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and relationship strain. Her work often focuses on family and parenting issues alongside other areas like career transitions and self-esteem.
Background and approach
She blends emotion-focused techniques with cognitive-behavioral tools to help people notice patterns and try new ways of interacting. Mindfulness and narrative methods are added when helpful to shift perspective and calm stress. Dr.
Treadway brings practical skills into conversations. She helps people develop coping tools, improve communication, and rebuild connection after conflict or loss. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.
She also pays attention to cultural and identity factors that shape someone’s experience. This includes helping clients navigate workplace challenges, experiences of discrimination, and multicultural concerns. The goal is clearer thinking and steadier relationships.
People who work with her can expect a mix of listening, structured exercises, and real-world practice between sessions. Progress is measured in what changes in daily life - better conversations, less overwhelm, and stronger self-respect.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Client-centered therapy puts the person’s goals and experience at the center of each session. In practice this means the therapist listens closely and follows what matters most to the client, helping them set priorities and try steps that feel doable. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, mood struggles, and stress because it gives concrete tools to change how someone reacts to problems.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will discuss options, try methods that fit the client’s situation, and adjust plans based on what helps. Collaboration means the person’s preferences, life demands, and goals shape each step of treatment.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy family life. Video calls let people see facial cues and practice communication in real time. Phone sessions can be quieter for those who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging provide brief check-ins and continued support between meetings. These formats offer flexibility and let the therapist and client focus on practical tools and steady progress.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
Attends to the emotions underneath a recurring argument or distance, and to the attachment needs driving them. Often used where a relationship keeps returning to the same painful loop.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
Next step
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- Stop at any point