- Relationship patterns
- Family of origin
- LGBTQ issues
About Briana
Briana Talarico is an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 14 years of experience based in North Carolina. She works with adults around stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family concerns, and trauma-related problems. She also supports people in the LGBT community and those exploring gender identity and sexuality.
Briana helps people notice how family patterns show up now. She talks through communication habits, attachment concerns, and codependency. She also addresses issues like abandonment, adoption and foster care questions, and family of origin issues.
Her work includes practical conversations about dating, commitment worries, and the stresses of blended families or separation. She supports people dealing with body image, guilt, shame, and the tension that comes from alternative sexual cultures including BDSM and kink. She also helps people managing social anxiety and workplace stress.
Briana describes her style as collaborative and nonjudgmental and uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques. Sessions focus on understanding current patterns, trying small changes, and tracking what helps most. She offers ways to improve communication and set clearer boundaries with relatives and partners.
People often come for help untangling the influence of their upbringing on current relationships. Briana works to identify repeated roles and expectations people carry from childhood. From there she supports clearer choices about how to relate differently in family and intimate relationships.
Evidence-based approaches and how online sessions work
Many of Briana's methods draw on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on relationships and patterns. One approach involves looking at attachment patterns and how early family roles affect current relationships; this helps people identify repeated behaviors and try different responses. Another approach targets communication and boundary skills, teaching concrete ways to express needs and manage conflict more effectively.Choosing the right method is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then try approaches that fit those aims. This is a collaborative process where methods are adjusted based on what the client finds helpful.
Confirm current session options before booking since formats were not specified in the original information. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, or remove travel time so therapy can be added around work or caregiving duties. Licensed professionals can also adapt exercises and homework to the setting a person uses for sessions, helping integrate changes into daily life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
14+ years
Listed in
North Carolina, New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and issues related to gender and sexuality.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a collaborative, nonjudgmental approach and applies evidence-based therapeutic techniques in sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 14 years of experience working with individuals on relationship, family, and trauma-related issues.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is an LMFT licensed in New York and North Carolina and practices from North Carolina.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin scheduling a session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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