Brian Smerdon , LMHC

Brian Smerdon is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 11 years of professional experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and major life transitions. He works with clients on building motivation, self-esteem, and confidence while offering practical coping strategies for difficult moments. He approaches each person with respect for their unique story, believing that clients are the experts on their own lives and that their strengths are central to healing and growth.

Brian has practiced across multiple states and maintains licensure in Connecticut, Florida, Vermont, Idaho, and New Hampshire. His work blends compassion with structured approaches to support people through loss, traumatic experiences, and shifts in identity or circumstance. He focuses on creating a supportive space where clients can explore attachment and abandonment concerns, caregiver stress, substance use issues, and questions about life purpose and meaning.

Recognizing how daunting the first step toward therapy can feel, he validates the courage it takes to begin and aims to make the process approachable. Brian emphasizes collaboration - helping clients identify goals, recognize strengths, and develop practical skills for coping with life’s challenges.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Brian Smerdon

Brian Smerdon, LMHC, integrates client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and mindfulness techniques to address stress, anxiety, trauma, and grief. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening without judgment and supporting clients as they identify their own goals and solutions - it is helpful for building self-esteem and clarifying values. Cognitive behavioral therapy examines the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers practical tools to change patterns that contribute to anxiety, low mood, or unhelpful coping. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices that can reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation during times of high stress.

Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Brian works collaboratively with clients to assess needs, preferences, and goals, then tailors methods so the work feels manageable and relevant to each person’s life.

Online therapy offers flexible options to fit busy schedules and varying comfort levels. Clients can meet by video calls, speak by phone, use live chat, or exchange messages via text-based sessions, allowing consistent access to licensed professionals regardless of location and making it easier to maintain momentum between sessions.