About Ariel
Ariel Brown is a licensed clinical social worker in Texas who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, and relationship struggles. She focuses on practical steps a person can use right away. Ariel speaks plainly and centers the person’s own strengths and goals in sessions.
She takes a holistic approach that includes somatic ideas and attachment work. That means attention to how the body holds stress as well as patterns in close relationships.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to connect physical sensations with emotional experience so people can feel steadier day to day. Ariel also draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thoughts and change small routines. Motivational interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or unsure about change.
Solution-focused techniques are used to identify preferred next steps and build momentum. She has nine years of clinical practice and holds LCSW and CSW credentials. Ariel has worked with people on issues like body image, chronic pain and illness, communication problems, codependency, and addiction.
She also addresses concerns related to gender, identity, and multicultural backgrounds. Sessions are offered in English and are set up to fit different schedules. Ariel aims to make the first steps manageable - clarifying what matters most, setting simple goals, and choosing approaches that suit each person’s needs.
How Ariel Integrates Approaches Online
Somatic Therapy pays attention to sensations in the body and how they relate to emotions. Online sessions can include guided awareness of breath, posture, and tension to help people notice and shift stress patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape expectations and comfort in close ties; online conversations focus on patterns and small changes in how people relate now.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with clearer, more useful thinking. In remote sessions CBT techniques are taught and practiced with real-life homework to make everyday life easier. Together these approaches help with anxiety, relationship strain, self-esteem, addiction concerns, and coping with chronic illness or pain.
Finding the right mix is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals and try different methods to see what fits best. Treatment is adjusted over time based on what helps the person feel steadier and more capable.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options let people work around busy schedules, reduce travel time, and keep momentum between sessions. Many find it easier to practice new skills at home and to build consistent habits using remote formats.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Texas, Colorado
- Languages
- English