Brandi Schmitt
Clinical Director
MS, NCC, LMHC
Brandi Schmitt is an EMDR-trained Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) as well as a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC), in our Waterloo office. Brandi takes a strengths-based, culturally-sensitive approach to counseling. While she prefers to work collaboratively to tailor therapy to meet each client’s unique needs, Brandi tends to enjoy treatment modalities such as Emotion Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and EMDR. As an LMHC, Brandi’s diverse interest areas include: survivors of trauma/sexual abuse, grief and loss, personality disorders, low self-esteem, attachment issues, depression, and anxiety. Brandi enjoys empowering clients to rediscover their own unique strengths and resources as a means to promote healing.
Modalities
Couples
Individuals
Specialties
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- Anger
- Anxiety
- Bipolar
- Borderline Personality
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Dissociative
- Disorders
- Gender Identity
- Grief
- LGBT Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Personality Disorders
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Sexual Abuse
- Stress
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Women’s Issues
Treatments
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- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
- Emotion Focused Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR
- Family Systems Therapy Feminist Therapy
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Mindfulness-Based Intervention
- Narrative Therapy Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian Therapy)
Meet Brandi Schmitt
Locations
Insurance Accepted
- Medicare
- Iowa Medicaid
- HAWKI
- Amerigroup / Wellpoint
- Iowa Total Care
- Molina
- United Healthcare
- UMR
- Wellmark BCBS
- Cigna
- Optum VA
- Health Partners
- Medica
- Midland’s Choice
- Crime Victims Compensation Funding of Iowa
- Private Pay
- County Social Services Funding (Grundy, Black Hawk, Allamakee, Butler, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Tama, Winneshiek counties)
- SED Funding (Linn County residents only)
- MHDD Funding (Linn County residents only)
Clients
- Adults
- Elders (65+)
A Sense of Curiosity
One of my favorite aspects of my job is getting to learn and connect with the various parts of my clients, even the parts that may be perceived as painful or have been carefully tucked away. These parts bring value and deserve to take a seat at the table.
Giving Oneself Grace & Compassion
Life can be difficult all on its own without any self-shaming. I therefore value empowering clients to speak to themselves with compassion and offer themselves grace to simply be human.
| Brandi is open to working with clients from all communities we serve in alignment with Heart and Solutions’ Commitment to Inclusion. *** Brandi is especially passionate about working with the following communities and issues: PTSD, attachment injuries, LGBTQIA+ identities, body positivity, immigrants, racial justice, sex workers, single parents, veterans |
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Brandi’s Latest Mental Health Tips
Breaking Down EMDR Therapy
Breaking Down EMDR Therapy Sharing her expertise on the podcast this week is our guest Brandi Schmitt. Brandi is a Heart and Solutions therapist in Waterloo providing EMDR Therapy, and today, she shares what EMDR actually means and what...
I Know Logically…And Yet I Feel…
I Know Logically ...And Yet I Feel... As I sit across from my clients, whether it be in person or via telehealth, the heaviness of the burdens my clients carry becomes all too clear. Many clients report feeling simply exhausted by the...