Dr. Kerene Brown, LICSW, LCSW, CSW - Therapist in Georgia

Family of origin issues
Stress and anxiety
CBT and ACT methods

About Kerene

Dr. Kerene Brown is a clinician holding LICSW, LCSW, and CSW credentials, licensed in DC (LICSW) and Georgia (LCSW). She has seven years of experience working with adults on stress, anxiety, mood concerns, relationship and family issues, and identity questions including LGBT concerns and parenting strains.

She helps people untangle patterns that began in childhood and still affect their adult roles. She talks through attachment issues, communication problems, and struggles with guilt or shame. Sessions often focus on clearer boundaries, steadier mood management, and practical coping skills for day-to-day life.

Her work draws on several evidence-based approaches. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people spot and change unhelpful thinking. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) supports values-based action when feelings feel overwhelming. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns.

Dr. Brown uses straightforward, active methods rather than long lectures. She combines skills practice with reflective discussion. That can include behavior experiments, emotion regulation skills, and looking at family-of-origin patterns that keep repeating.

People seeking help for parenting stress, work-related burnout, grief, ADHD, or recurring relationship conflict may find this practical focus useful. She works in English and does not take international clients. To begin, readers are asked to use the platform matching process and schedule a first session.

Therapeutic approaches and working online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people identify what matters to them and take action consistent with their values, even when difficult feelings are present. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns in close relationships and helps people experiment with new ways of relating when old patterns cause conflict.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to pick methods that match the client's goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean combining skills from CBT or DBT with attachment-focused conversation, and then adjusting over time based on what helps.

Confirm the session formats offered before booking; the profile does not list specific formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, such as shorter check-ins during a break, avoiding travel time, or choosing sessions that do not require video. Therapists and licensed professionals often adapt exercises for the online setting so that skills practice and reflective work still fit into everyday schedules.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Trauma and abuse Self esteem Depression Coping with life changes

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefParenting issuesAnger managementBipolar disorderCompassion fatigue ADHD

Additional focus areas

Abandonment Adoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issues Body image Caregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependency Commitment issues Communication problems Control issuesDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgiveness Guilt and shameImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / loneliness Jealousy Life purpose Midlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issues Mood disorders Multicultural concernsNarcissismPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSelf-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issues Workplace issues Young adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

7+ years

Listed in

Georgia, District of Columbia

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, grief, parenting concerns, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and related topics such as attachment and abandonment.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

She uses practical, active methods combining skills practice and reflective discussion to address current problems rooted in earlier family patterns.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has seven years of experience working with adults on mood, stress, identity, and relationship concerns.

What are her credentials and where does she practice?

She holds LICSW, LCSW, and CSW credentials, listed as DC LICSW and GA LCSW, and practices in Georgia.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she see international clients?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How are sessions scheduled and what formats are offered?

Confirm current session formats before booking through the platform. The first step is to use the site matching questionnaire and then schedule a session.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

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