Brett Burlone
Supportive, direct counseling for practical change
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Brett
Brett Burlone is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida with 13 years of experience. He works plainly and directly with people who are facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and similar struggles. He also has experience supporting LGBT clients and addresses issues like intimacy, grief, parenting, and career concerns.
Brett focuses on clear goals and practical steps during sessions. Brett uses a straightforward, respectful style. He places importance on honesty and compassion in the room.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to build awareness and move toward agreed-upon goals. He adjusts his approach to fit each person's situation. In practice he leans on motivational interviewing to encourage change.
That method helps people sort through ambivalence and find what matters most to them. He pairs that with a client-centered stance to keep the work focused on the person's priorities. Brett believes taking the first step into counseling shows real courage.
He emphasizes being vulnerable in a way that feels safe and constructive. People can expect clear feedback and support for practical changes. His work covers a wide range of concerns, including relationship and family stress, parenting issues, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue.
He aims to help clients gain clarity and manageable next steps. Sessions are offered in English and take place with a focus on each person’s needs.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Motivational Interviewing is a conversational method that helps people resolve mixed feelings about change. It focuses on listening, asking questions, and guiding a person to state their own reasons for change. This approach is useful for issues like addiction, ambivalence about life changes, and building motivation for new habits.Brett pairs motivational interviewing with a client-centered attitude, which means sessions start from the person’s goals and values. The therapist listens for what matters most and helps turn those priorities into small, doable steps. This approach can help with stress, relationship concerns, parenting questions, and coping with grief or trauma.
Finding the right method is a collaborative process. Brett will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and together decide how to proceed. He adapts techniques over time if something isn’t working, keeping the client involved in those decisions.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. That variety lets people choose the format that fits their schedule and comfort level. It also makes it easier to keep continuity of care when life gets busy or routines change.
Motivational Interviewing
A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
Next step
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- Stop at any point