Brenda Sanders , LMSW

Brenda Sanders is a Michigan-based licensed social worker with six years of clinical experience supporting individuals and families through stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, grief, relationship concerns, and other life challenges. She combines practical interventions with empathetic support to help clients move toward improved functioning and greater resilience.

Her academic background includes an Associate of Science from Wayne County Community District College, a Bachelor degree in Family Community Services from Sienna Heights University, and a Master degree in Social Work from Wayne State University. She holds an LMSW license in Michigan and is a Certified Advance Alcohol and Drug Counselor with a specialization in gerontology. Her professional training also includes trauma-informed care, dialectical behavior therapy, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.

Sanders has worked across diverse treatment settings, including adult homeless programs, returning citizen services, substance use treatment facilities, agencies serving autistic children, and both adult and child outpatient mental health programs. She has experience supervising staff and providing care for children and adolescents with ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, conduct disorders, post-traumatic stress, developmental delays, and histories of abuse or neglect. Her adult practice includes work with substance use disorder, mood disorders including bipolar disorder, personality disorders, and attention-related conditions.

She approaches therapy as a collaborative process, offering support, coaching, and practical strategies to help clients ready for change pursue their goals and build more sustainable patterns.

Therapeutic Approaches and Remote Care

Brenda Sanders draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationship patterns shape current emotional responses and interpersonal dynamics. This approach can be helpful for people working through intimacy concerns, abandonment issues, and patterns that recur in close relationships.

She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes the client’s own goals and lived experience while providing empathic, nonjudgmental support. This style supports self-esteem, decision making, and navigating life transitions by keeping the client’s priorities central.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy provides practical tools to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, offering structured strategies for anxiety, depression, and stress management. Sanders blends these methods to tailor care to each person’s needs.

Finding the right approach is part of the work itself. She collaborates with clients to determine which methods best match their goals, preferences, and current concerns, and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit care into busy schedules and to access licensed professionals from home or other convenient locations. These formats support flexible scheduling, consistent follow up, and a range of ways to engage that suit different communication styles and needs.