she/her
Satoko BrigmanLMFT
High satisfaction rate with clients
Nice to meet you
Over the 27 years, I have acquired keen assessment skills and clinical interventions to assist patients with multiple issues, ranging from childhood, adulthood, abuse, trauma, mood disorders, and anxiety. I have experience in outpatient, residential, inpatient psychiatric hospital, while providing individual, couples and family therapies. I have served my clients using mainly Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) from systemic perspective. I personally believe in CBT (and other tools, including ACT: Acceptance Commitment Therapy). When these tools are fully embraced, it is truly an eye-opening, life-changing experience.
About Satoko
Location
Virtual, Texas
Insurance Accepted
Blue Cross Blue Shield of TX, Centivo, Cigna Healthcare/Evernorth, Aetna, Out-of-pocket
Communication Style
Affirming, Authentic, Empowering, Holistic, Warm
Focus areas
Addiction (not substance use), ADHD, Adoption/Foster Care, Anger Issues, Animal Loss, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Burnout, Caregiver Burnout, Chronic Illness, Couples Therapy (2+ adults in session), Cultural Issues/Racial Stress, Depression, Divorce, Family Conflict (1 adult in session), Family Therapy (2+ adults in session), Grief, Immigration, Individual Therapy, IPV/DV, Life Transitions, OCD, Panic, Premarital Counseling (2 adults in session), Relationship Concerns (1 adult in session), Self-Harm, Sexual Assault/Sexual Abuse, Sleep, Stress, Substance Use, Trauma, Women's Issues, Workplace Stress
Experienced with
Asian / Pacific Islander community, BIPOC, Black community, Blended families, Immigrants, Indigenous Americans, Parents, Students, Veterans
Years of Experience
29+
Over the 27 years, I have acquired keen assessment skills and clinical interventions to assist patients with multiple issues.
License number
#5018
Approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-i)
- Couples [Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT)]
- Couples [The Gottman Method]
- Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Relational
- Solution-Focused
Languages Spoken
English, Japanese
Education
MS - Marriage and Family Therapy, Friends University
Interests
I enjoy traveling and cooking. I recently got a taste of solo-travel: Initially it was scary to travel outside of US alone. However, feeling the freedom (of not being a "mom" 24/7) has been very addictive.