Briana Talarico
Compassionate LMFT for relationship and family concerns
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed in
- North Carolina, New York
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Briana
Briana Talarico is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who focuses on practical, compassionate help for people facing stress, anxiety, relationship problems, family conflict, and trauma. She provides an affirming space for LGBTQ+ people and those exploring sexuality and gender identity. Her style is collaborative and nonjudgmental, with attention to how identity and culture shape everyday struggles.
She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address communication problems, attachment concerns, and codependency.
Background and approach
Sessions often include clear steps for improving how people connect, set boundaries, and manage difficult emotions. Briana also supports people dealing with body image, guilt, and shame so they can feel more grounded in daily life. Young adults are supported with workplace stress, social anxiety, and the navigation of modern relationships, including commitment issues, divorce, and blended family dynamics.
Briana has experience related to adoption, foster care, and family-of-origin concerns that often emerge in adult relationships. She is committed to working with the deeper wounds that come from trauma and abandonment, while honoring a range of relationship styles and sexual expression. Her approach emphasizes cultural responsiveness and respect for each person's identity and values.
Briana has 14 years of clinical experience and practices in North Carolina as an LMFT. Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are not accepted at this time.
How evidence-based approaches can work online
Many of the evidence-based techniques Briana uses focus on building clearer communication and safer ways of relating. For example, approaches that address attachment focus on how early relationship patterns shape current reactions and help people try new ways of connecting. Techniques aimed at anxiety and stress teach practical tools for managing overwhelming feelings and improving daily functioning.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their situation, and adjust the plan if something isn't helping. This means clients participate in decisions about pace, focus, and skills to practice between sessions.
Confirm the current session options before booking, since formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, reduce travel time, and offer shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people continue care when moving between locations, while a therapist helps apply techniques to everyday life and relationship challenges.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina, New York
- Languages
- English
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