Megumi Britt, LCSW - Therapist in Tennessee

About Megumi

Megumi Britt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with about 15 years of experience practicing in Tennessee. She uses a strengths-based, client-centered way of working and focuses on practical steps people can take to feel better and manage daily challenges. She speaks both English and Japanese and has experience with a wide range of concerns related to mood, behavior, and life transitions.

Her background includes work with adolescents and adults in settings such as juvenile and criminal courts, correctional facilities, and residential programs.

Background and approach

That work involved helping people set goals, prevent substance use relapse, and navigate the changes that follow legal or structured-program involvement. Those experiences shaped a direct, respectful approach to care. In sessions she blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques.

That means conversations start with what matters to the client and move toward specific strategies to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She emphasizes strengths clients already have and adapts the plan to each person’s situation. Megumi avoids stigmatizing labels and aims to treat people with sensitivity and respect.

She describes therapy as a collaborative process where the client’s goals guide the work. Parents looking for someone who frames problems plainly and offers concrete tools may find this style helpful. She also draws on motivational interviewing and narrative and mindfulness approaches when helpful.

Those methods support shifts in motivation, meaning, and present-moment attention to reduce stress and improve coping.

How Megumi’s Approaches Work Online

Megumi commonly uses client-centered therapy to ground sessions in each person’s priorities. That approach starts by listening and asking what matters most, then shaping conversations around the client’s goals. She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss options and tailor methods based on the client’s needs, goals, and comfort level. That collaborative process helps decide whether to emphasize skills practice, motivational techniques, or mindful awareness in any given week.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules. These options allow for check-ins between sessions, real-time conversation, or short written updates depending on what the client prefers. The flexibility helps people maintain continuity of care while balancing day-to-day responsibilities.

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.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she help with?

Megumi works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, self-esteem, addictions, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, sleeping problems, parenting, career challenges, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her style is strengths-based and client-centered with a practical focus. She listens first, then uses cognitive behavioral techniques and other approaches to build specific skills and plans.

What training and experience does she bring?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with about 15 years of experience, including work in juvenile and criminal court settings, correctional facilities, and residential programs.

Where is she licensed and practicing?

She holds Tennessee LCSW license number TN LCSW 5529 and practices in Tennessee.

Can sessions be conducted in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English and Japanese.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.

How are costs and payments handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and services use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Grief
Anger management

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 15 years
Licensed: Tennessee
Languages: English, Japanese

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