Brytrina Perkins, LCSW
Illinois · 10 years in practice
Brytrina Perkins is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of practice experience in Illinois.
License and registration
- LCSW, Illinois
- 149018523 · expires November 2027
- NPI
- 1316495864 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Brytrina
Brytrina Perkins is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of practice experience in Illinois. She earned her Master of Social Work from Loyola University and focuses on practical support for people dealing with addiction, mood challenges, and stress. Brytrina uses straightforward, solution-oriented methods and listens closely to what matters to each person.
She helps people facing trauma, grief, and relationship strain by combining emotion-focused ideas with client-centered care.
Background and approach
Sessions often look at how feelings and patterns shape current problems and what small changes can ease daily life. Brytrina also draws on cognitive-behavioral tools to spot unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of coping. Her work covers a broad range of concerns including depression, anxiety, bipolar symptoms, anger, and substance use.
Additional focus areas include caregiving stress, cancer-related worries, aging issues, codependency, and life transitions. She pays attention to shame, abandonment, and the emotional pain that can follow major losses. People meet her for practical strategies as well as emotional processing.
Conversations explore values, strengths, and realistic actions to try between sessions. Brytrina emphasizes collaboration and respects each person’s pace while offering clear techniques to reduce distress. Sessions are offered in English and can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging.
International clients may also connect. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling through the Start Therapy button.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Brytrina lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
Approaches Brytrina names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How emotion work and skills translate to online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy looks at the role of feelings in relationships and individual struggles. It helps people identify core emotions, notice patterns that keep them stuck, and practice new ways of expressing needs and soothing distress. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience and pace; sessions focus on empathetic listening and supporting clients to find their own answers. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is practical and goal-oriented, helping people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes to test new outcomes.Choosing the right approach happens together. The therapist will talk about goals, try different techniques, and adjust what’s being used based on what feels helpful. That collaborative process helps match emotion-focused exploration with skill-building when needed.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet those goals. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for emotion-focused work, phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or for a simpler check-in, and live chat or text messaging can support short reflections, appointment coordination, or work between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep progress moving forward.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Brytrina help with?
She works with people facing addiction, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, bipolar challenges, self-esteem problems, and coping with life changes.
What is her general therapy style?
Brytrina uses a solution-focused, client-centered style with an emphasis on listening and practical steps. She combines emotional work with skills practice to help people make changes between sessions.
What experience does she bring?
She has ten years of experience working in areas such as addiction, gerontology, trauma, depression, anxiety, and caregiver support.
What are her credentials and location?
She is an LCSW licensed in Illinois and completed graduate study at Loyola University.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats does she offer?
Appointments can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time based on the therapist's availability.
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