About Brett
Brett Dustin is a licensed clinical social worker in Utah who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, trauma, and related concerns. He emphasizes practical steps and believes people bring strengths that matter in making change. Brett frames the first appointment as a chance to talk about priorities and figure out a comfortable next step.
Brett uses a straightforward, person-focused style in sessions. He listens first, then works with each person to set clear, achievable goals.
Background and approach
Conversations aim to identify small changes that lead to more stable daily routine and less overwhelm. He draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors. He also uses dialectical behavior ideas to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills that help in tight moments.
Mindfulness tools and client-centered conversations help people notice patterns and stay grounded. Solution-focused methods are used to build on what already works and design quick, usable strategies for everyday challenges. After six years in the field, Brett has worked with a range of concerns from addiction and ADHD to relationship and parenting stress.
He keeps the tone practical and collaborative, so people leave with clear next steps. Sessions are offered in English and structured to fit the client’s pace and goals.
Practical approaches for online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building on each person's strengths. It helps when someone needs a supportive space to sort priorities and decide what change would feel manageable.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It helps people test unhelpful thinking, try new behaviors, and reduce anxiety or depressive patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) contributes specific skills for handling intense emotions and improving distress tolerance during difficult moments.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and then use the methods that fit best. That collaborative choice is revisited as needs shift over time.
Online sessions can be done by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when screen time is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging can fit brief check-ins, quick skill coaching, or times when writing feels more comfortable. These options make it possible to keep momentum and practice skills between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English
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