Dr. Brittny Gainey , LCSW

Dr. Brittny Gainey is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 10 years of professional experience working with individuals and families. She holds an LCSW credential - a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - and is licensed to practice in both Virginia and North Carolina. Her work focuses on helping people navigate stress and anxiety, repair relationship challenges, resolve family conflicts, and address parenting concerns.

Dr. Gainey approaches therapy from a strengths-based perspective, honoring each person as the expert of their own story and drawing on existing resources to support change. She recognizes that seeking a more fulfilling and happier life requires courage, and she offers steady support throughout that process, helping clients build practical skills and make meaningful progress toward their goals.

Clients who work with Dr. Gainey can expect a collaborative relationship that centers their values and priorities while applying evidence-informed methods to address the issues that matter most to them.

Evidence-Informed Approaches and Online Care

Dr. Gainey integrates evidence-based therapeutic techniques with a strengths-focused, collaborative stance. Evidence-based techniques are structured strategies drawn from research that help with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma-related concerns, and relationship difficulties by teaching practical skills and new ways of thinking and behaving. A strengths-based collaborative approach emphasizes the client’s existing resources and perspectives, helping build self-esteem, improve communication, and support healthier family and parenting patterns.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Dr. Gainey works together with each person to identify which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences. This collaborative process lets the client guide priorities while the therapist offers clinical expertise and practical tools.

Online therapy with Dr. Gainey is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility to meet clients where they are. These options make scheduling more accessible for busy lives and allow ongoing therapeutic work to continue even when in-person meetings are not possible.