Briana Talarico

Briana Talarico is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 14 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family conflict, and the effects of trauma and abuse. Briana aims to create a welcoming, affirming space for clients from diverse backgrounds and identities.

Her practice emphasizes compassion and cultural responsiveness. She supports people exploring gender identity and sexuality, and those navigating challenges related to adoption, foster care, or family of origin issues. Briana often focuses on communication patterns, attachment concerns, codependency, and self-esteem struggles.

She also works with people dealing with body image, commitment questions, blended family dynamics, and the emotional fallout of divorce and separation. Briana attends to wounds like abandonment, guilt, and shame and helps clients name how these experiences shape current relationships.

Her style is collaborative and nonjudgmental, using evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions. She works with each person to set goals and try practical strategies that fit their life and needs.

Briana holds the credential LMFT, which stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She practices in North Carolina and brings years of experience helping people find clearer communication and greater self-understanding.

How evidence-based techniques translate to online care

Many clinicians use evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on patterns, skills, and healing. One approach emphasizes identifying and changing unhelpful communication and behavior patterns to reduce conflict and improve relationships. It helps with commitment questions, blended family challenges, and communication problems.

Another approach focuses on attachment and early relational wounds, helping people see how past abandonment or family-of-origin issues shape current reactions. This work can reduce shame and improve emotional connection with others.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before, and then try strategies together. Adjustments are made along the way so the plan fits each person’s needs.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, cut travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Because the biography does not list specific session formats, confirm current session options before booking. Many people find that remote work helps sustain regular progress and keeps therapy practical amid daily demands.