We offer a variety of mental health & wellness services to help you find the "imperfect balance" of your mind and body.

Individual counseling is a one on one process where clients work to achieve their personal therapeutic goals through an approach tailored to their specific needs.

At B Balanced Counseling & Wellness we focus on cultivating a balance in life through wellness of the heart, body, and soul for people of all ages, sizes, genders, orientations, and backgrounds! We are passionate in the promotion of mental health awareness, support, and collaborative comprehensive treatment. Each client that walks through our door is unique and deserves a specific program designed to fit their needs of “balance,” and support their personal goals.Our approach to clinical counseling withholds a strong tie to Integrative Psychotherapy. Integrative Psychotherapy specifically includes work with the body-mind connection, cognitive reframing, client-centered therapy, solution focused therapy and mindfulness based therapy.

Many couples come to couple’s or marriage therapy because they have experienced some kind of concern that they are having a difficult time navigating together. The majority of the time couples feel they are not communicating in an effective manner. Other areas of concern often include: trust, control, abandonment, finances, infidelity, addiction, intimacy challenges, and life transitions.

In couple’s therapy, partner’s can work on effective communication styles, attachment styles, love languages, rebuilding trust, and reconnecting as partners. They get to know one another all over again and often in a new way!

Our B Balanced approach to couples therapy depends on what the couple needs and what their goals are for their partnership. Our Licensed Therapists utilize a variety of techniques such as Gottman Method interventions, Bowen Therapy and Emotionally Focused Couple’s Therapy. Every couple is unique and works through situations differently. We strive to meet couples where they are and help them navigate to where they want to go. Our therapists use interventions such as: genograms, timelines, love languages and becoming emotionally aware.

Families often seek out therapy due to an event or situation that has disrupted the family system and resulted in negative effects. In family therapy, each individual plays an important role in the therapeutic process. Some concerns that are often mentioned include: life transitions, boundaries, conflict, communication, family roles and relationships within the family. Family therapy can be extremely beneficial in securing healthy relationships and a cohesive safe environment that facilities positive communication. Additional benefits of family therapy include: restructuring the family system, learning how to communicate effectively, how to navigate some of life’s trickiest transitions and what role each member of the family plays within the system.

When it comes to family therapy, our B Balanced approach utilizes a Structural Family Therapy model. Frequently, restructuring the way the family system is functioning can help everyone gain a new perspective. Structural Family Therapy consists of components surrounding: hierarchy, roles, rules, subsystems, goals, boundaries and collective needs. Sometimes, families just need to see their system through a different lens and stop the patterns that are leading to conflict and miscommunication. Structural Family Therapy can absolutely support families affected by trauma, divorce, separation, remarriage, blended families, intergenerational families systems, single parent families, and significant life changes.

Premarital counseling supports the beginning of your journey towards marriage through the guidance of marital experts. Prepare for your life together, not just your wedding day with our 6 session Premarital Counseling series. Counseling does not mean that your relationship is in trouble, it is to help you look at different aspects of joining your life with another person and how the two can work together beautifully.  In Premarital counseling we work together to create healthy communication patterns between partners, establish financial management skills and strategies, and navigate everyday tasks of early marriage that may not come automatically. Additional topics of focus include: love languages, fair fighting techniques, expectations - what is expected from each partner when it comes to household responsibilities, boundaries with extended family and friends, talking about the tough topics (sex, money and family of origin), etc.

Let us help you set up your relationship just like you are setting up your household!

Our approach at B Balanced Counseling & Wellness meets couples where they are. We focus on the cornerstones of healthy relationships and work together to meet your personal relationship goals. Research illustrates, couples who attend premarital counseling have a 30% higher marital success rate than those that do not attend counseling prior to tying the knot. 

Sign up for a Premarital Series with us today and get started on your relationship journey together!

As a Certified Parent Instructor, Brittany Todd, LCMHC, can help parents to navigate their child’s specialized mental health and developmental needs. Coaching sessions can include one or both parents (separately or together). During a coaching session, Brittany provides psychoeducation centered around your child’s needs and/or diagnosis, she offers parenting strategies and supportive suggestions, and helps you develop effective boundaries, coping skills and communication methods to help foster healthy family dynamics.

Parent coaching can help with:

• Transition issues (marriage, death, adoption, etc.) or familial changes
• General behavioral issues
• Learning issues such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and dyslexia
• Autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
• Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and conduct problems
• Reactive attachment disorder (RAD)
• Suicidal ideation, attempt, or recent hospitalization for a mental health event
• Eating disorders
• Adolescent substance abuse
• Parent in recovery
• LGBTQ support
• Trauma, survivors of abuse/domestic violence
• Acculturation stress
• New parents
• Screen time issues
• Adaptive communication

Parent coaching is directive and collaborative, with mutually agreed upon goals. In some cases, the coach can connect parents with support groups or resources for additional assistance if needed. In general, this form of coaching carries an implicit larger goal of establishing | re-establishing positive family relationships achieved through the application of solution-focused thinking, and improving metacognitive skills. 

Contact us at Hello@bbalancedcounseling.com to set up a parent coaching session today!

What is Art Therapy?

The American Art Therapy Association (AATA) describes art therapy as: An integrative mental health and human services profession that enriches the lives of individuals, families, and communities through active art-making, creative process, and applied psychological theory...

Benefits of Art Therapy...

Some research studies have shown that by making art for 45 minutes you can lower the stress hormone cortisol in your body (Kaimal et al., 2016), and that connections in different parts of the brain can be improved that help people become more resilient to stress, and improve the immune system (Bowler et al., 2014). Due to more and more research being conducted on the benefits of art, the World Health Organization is starting to recognize that art can be highly therapeutic, and a form of medicine as of Nov 11th, 2019 (Fancourt et al., 2019).

Art Therapy at B Balanced for ALL ages includes:

Individual Sessions
Weekly Group Classes (Tuesday at 6pm)
Private Group Classes (on or offsite)
Private Art Parties (on or offsite)

An intervention is a carefully planned process with many "moving parts" and elements. Interventions can be done with family and friends present and/or conducted separately by a team of professionals depending on the needs of the client and nature / risk of the intervention. Brittany Todd, LCMHC and Certified Intervention Professional through the TAA Addiction Academy. As a Therapeutic Consultant working with facilities across the nation, Brittany offers interventions from start to finish - consultation to residential / rehab admission. A La carte options are available as well.

During the intervention the Licensed professional (and others) :

• Provides specific examples of destructive behaviors and their impact on your loved one with the addiction / behavior challenge, and the impact on their family and friends, occupation, etc
• Offers a prearranged treatment plan with clear steps, goals and guidelines
• Spells out what each person will do if your loved one refuses to accept treatment.
• Explains the process of next steps and helps facilitate next steps of which typically include a higher level of care.

Individualized intensive outpatient therapy designed specifically to meet the unique needs of the client and their mental health and wellness recovery. This program consists of 6 -20 weeks with a minimum of 5 hours of therapeutic work, 2 direct  therapy sessions a week, in conjunction with journaling exercises, art therapy, massage therapy, nutrition support, healing touch work, evidence based therapy homework, and community wellness engagement. Regular substance screening is offered as necessary. Following program completion, therapeutic progress will be assessed and next steps planned and recommended. Many clients then advance (step down) to our Mental Health Membership at this time. 

When would I need a Custody Evaluation?
When going through a separation or divorce, parents decide voluntarily they want a child custody evaluation to help determine the best interests of the child regarding the custody schedule, but for many involved in a high conflict divorce, a custody evaluation has been court ordered. Licensed Mental Health Professionals, who in addition to their clinical expertise in mental health are also knowledgeable in the areas of child development, family relationships and custody, can be extremely helpful to parents in deciding what might be the best parenting agreement for their child/children and family unit.

Who does Custody Evaluations at B Balanced?
Brittany Todd, our Founder and CEO and also Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Interventionist, and Parent Instructor, is additionally credentialed through the National Board of Forensic Evaluators, as a Certified Forensic Mental Health Evaluator and a Certified Child Custody Evaluator. Brittany has had over 10 years of experience working with individuals and families in the legal system, supporting them in navigating the determination of best interests for their children and family entities.

What is the Custody Evaluation process?
A Custody Evaluation includes a diagnostic interview with both parents and children (usually done individually), a parenting interview with both parents together, individual psychological testing of the parents and children, parent-child interaction observations, and collateral contact interviews and records review and digest. The evaluator assesses the mental health and wellness functioning of all family members, and the parenting skills of both parents. The evaluator considers the child’s psychosocial needs, which are related to developmental age and the unique personality and temperament of the child. They evaluate each parent’s strengths in clinical interviews and meetings that apply to the child/ children’s needs and unique needs of the family as a whole. The evaluator takes into close consideration how well the social environments of each parent (school, neighborhood, social supports, community, etc.) meet the current needs of the child/children. Lastly the evaluator factors in empirical data of psychosocial needs and on different custody and visitation arrangements at varying ages. After complaining and analyzing all of this information, the evaluator generates an opinion as to what the best custody and visitation arrangement possibilities are at this time. The evaluator provides a written report with a great deal of information and analysis presented, however they do not make the final custody decision. Their expert opinion is a primary factor in the final parenting agreement, any family therapeutic services, and/or all court and legal custody proceedings. If the parents can not come to an agreement, the judge will consider and utilize the CCCE’s expert opinion to determine the decision.

To schedule a consultation and/or retain Brittany Todd for an Evaluation please contact 336-607-5822, hello@bbalancedcounseling.com, or email Brittany directly at Brittany@BBalancedcouseling.com.

When would I need a Forensic Mental Health Evaluation?
Forensic Mental Health Evaluations are often utilized by the legal system to address and evaluate a wide range of legal issues including but not limited to: competency to stand trial, criminal responsibility, transfer to adult court, parenting capacity, insanity, risk for psychosis, risk for violence and/or sexual dangerousness. Forensic Mental Health Evaluations can be conducted on both adults and juveniles offenders for many reasons.

Who does Forensic Mental Health Evaluations at B Balanced?
Brittany Todd, our Founder and CEO and also Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Interventionist, and Parent Instructor, is additionally credentialed through the National Board of Forensic Evaluators, as a Certified Forensic Mental Health Evaluator and a Certified Child Custody Evaluator. Brittany has had extensive experience working in the legal system as a juvenile advocate, an expert witness in mental health, a therapeutic fact witness, a custody evaluator, a mitigation specialist and now Forensic Mental Health Evaluator. She has a passion for the integration of mental health and the legal system and understands the importance of such evaluative work.

What is the FMH Evaluation process?
Forensic Mental Health Evaluators conduct forensic evaluations and risk assessments, report results to the court (usually through a detailed written report), and if requested provide expert testimony pertaining to their evaluations and professional recommendations. Throughout a Forensic Mental Health Evaluation, the evaluator conducts clinical diagnostic interviews, assessing, scoring, and interpreting mental health, substance abuse, and/or behavioral/ IQ tests, providing diagnosis and treatment recommendations, and detailed written summaries of results and collaterals.

Types of Forensic Evaluations

• Emotional Injury
• Fitness to Stand Trial
• Guilty But Mentally Ill
• Sentencing
• Competency to Confess
• Sex Offender Evaluation
• Worker’s Compensation
• Psychiatric Malpractice
• Sexual Harassment
• Workplace Violence
• Malingering Evaluation
• Wrongful Termination
• Guardianship
• Bail Evaluation
• Sex Predator Evaluation for Registration
• Dangerousness
• Competency of Witness to Testify
• Waiver to Adult Court
• Juvenile Placement
• Parental Fitness
• Termination of Parental Rights

To schedule a consultation and/or retain Brittany Todd for an Evaluation please contact 336-607-5822, hello@bbalancedcounseling.com, or email Brittany directly at Brittany@BBalancedcouseling.com.

A Mitigation Specialist plays a crucial role on a legal defense team, in particular during capital cases. Throughout the legal proceedings of a case, the Mitigation Specialist provides defense attorneys with professional analysis related to the case to support a fair trial and sentence. They collect information that directly impacts the case and pertains to the client, they help identify mitigating key evidence, and determine the necessary experts to testify regarding mitigating circumstances presented in the case.

Mitigation Specialists provide reports and presentations highlighting supportive evidence and a detailed documented history of the defendant. The Mitigation Specialist holds the responsibility for the preparation and presentation of this information prior to and during trial, as well as during the sentencing phase.

Who does Mitigation work at B Balanced?

Brittany Todd, our Founder and CEO and also Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Interventionist, and Parent Instructor, is additionally credentialed through the National Board of Forensic Evaluators, as a Certified Forensic Mental Health Evaluator and a Certified Child Custody Evaluator. Brittany is also contracted by the NC Capitol Defenders’ Office as a Mitigation Specialist after extensive training in 2019. Brittany has over 10 collective years of experience working in the legal system in various capacities (mental health associated) and is passionate about the work she does as a Mitigation Specialist. Brittany is on the NC roster and accepts court appointed mitigation cases as well as privately contracted cases.

To schedule a consultation and/or retain Brittany Todd for Mitigation please contact 336-607-5822, hello@bbalancedcounseling.com, or email Brittany directly at Brittany@BBalancedcouseling.com.

As a Therapeutic Consultant, Brittany Todd, LCMHC, has been a guide for families through a multitude of treatment placements for clients and their loved ones for many years. Doing so has provided extensive knowledge of the many nation-wide programs and facilities available, as well as the development of relationships with representative contacts and admission specialists. Brittany’s ultimate goal as a Clinician and Therapeutic Consultant is to find a treatment program that best fits the spectrum of needs for you or your loved one. In addition to being a therapeutic consultant we can also offer a Treatment Placement Program which provides full assistance in admission and continued support throughout you or your loved one’s stay. We know that the process of admission into treatment can be overwhelming, so it is our mission to make sure everything runs as smoothly as possible during placement of you or your loved one.

Brittany can be utilized as resources within your corporate teams, athletic teams, schools, churches, non-profit organizations and any organization in order to observe, listen and implement strategies to improve results, teamwork, communication, productivity, and company culture. Examples of the things that can be implemented are:

• Implementation of new programs and gaining early adapters into the programs 
• Time Management
• Organization and streamlining workflow to capitalize on time
• Prevention of depression/anxiety/ SI/ substance use
• Healing after an event within the team
• Streamlining office communication
• Decrease of workplace conflict
• Feedback within teams (Beneficial Vs. Detrimental)
• Cultivating a relaxing environment
• Offer to listen observe and provide feedback
• Facilitate coffee chats where feedback is heard in a “safe” environment
• Help give a voice to the voiceless (BIPOC/LGBTQ)
• Hosting webinars to address individual issues

We are skilled at offering an informed and educated outside perspective that can develop teams to work effectively and collaboratively. We are passionate about mental health and training, leading through learning and spreading mental wellness throughout the community.

• ACADEMIC COACHING
  
  • Academic coaching allows students to see themselves, their strengths, weaknesses, interests, passions, and their study habits (mapping and self quizzing) from a fresh perspective through one-on-one sessions focused on growth, learning, and personal success strategies designed to support students in advancement.
  • You and your academic coach can work together to:
  • Create semester plans
  • Strategize on course registration
  • Develop effective communication with academic instructors
    Set and monitor long term academic goals
  • Manage academic stress
  • Identify relevant academic resources
  • Outline a long term study plan for complex assignments 
  • Active Study Skills
  • Note Taking Strategies
  • Test Preparation
  • Memorization Techniques

• COLLEGE SUPPORT SERVICES
  
  • Our specialized high school Academic Coaches assist in college planning and preparation, helping narrow college choices, navigate applications, interviews, essays, transcripts and potential financial obstacles.
  • We realize the process and transition into college can be stressful for students and families and we are here to support you all in the journey!
  • You and your academic coach can tackle:
  • College Planning
  • College Application Coaching & Support
  • Essay & Personal Statement Assistance
  • Scholarship and Grant Application Assistance
  • Common Application (Common App) Guidance
  • Financial Aid Application Assistance

• TUTORING SERVICES
  
  • Our Academic Coaches offer tutoring services for grades 1st - 12th in a variety of subject matter (see below). Our coaches provide students with individualized assistance to help them absorb concepts and complete homework assignments. Our coaches a student’s questions about a topic.
  • You Academic Coach can help guide you through:
  • Language Arts
  • Algebra, Geometry
  • World Languages
  • Social Sciences

• EXECUTIVE SKILLS COACHING
  
  • Executive function skills such as time management, organization, prioritizing, and homework completion are the main focus of the sessions. Our coaches also help students develop active study strategies, pre-planning, and effective note-taking skills. Our coaches work one on one with students to help develop unique and effective study skills, organization, time management, and homework completion / timely submission systems that work for each class and can be easily implemented and reinforced. Additionally, our coaches work to empower students to become a pro-active self-advocate to aid in curbing procrastination and increasing motivation, while also learning effective communication skills and strategies to promote accountability and follow through.
  • You and your academic coach can work together to:
  • Organizational Skills
  • Schedule Development & Management Skills
  • Time Management Skills
  • Prioritization Skills

• CAREER DEVELOPMENT COACHING
  
  • Our coaches work to guide and support individuals in identifying their interests and strengths, drafting and building a resume, researching possible career options and paths of growth / advancement, and seeking out job openings that match career interests. Our coaches work with individuals to build strong interview skills, conduct mock interviews, and implement public speaking and presentation strategies.
  • You and your coach can work together to:
  • Identifying Strengths and Interests
  • Goal Setting Strategies
  • Resume Building
  • Job Search Assistance & Navigation Support
  • Interview Skills
  • Mock Interviews
  • Public Speaking Strategies

We remember most how something or someone made us feel. Our body and mind respond to stimuli in a way that can elicit a ripple effect on our day and those we interact with throughout the day. Our environment has a strong link to our mental and emotional state. Our surroundings stimulate all of our senses simultaneously, and can quickly evoke a positive or negative emotional response in people. What we surround ourselves with and how we function in the spaces we frequent has a direct impact on how we feel. 

Research has supported the importance of creative, mindful, and authentic expressive design of the spaces we spend intentional time in. By using psychology and emotional identification to design creative spaces, our comfort, satisfaction, peace, and inspiration can flourish and grow. Simply small changes to colors, room layout, textures, fabrics, and meaningful art pieces can easily improve a person’s mood and evoke positive feelings and behaviors. Color, lighting, placement of furnishings, artwork and objects and how they authentically speak to you affects how we feel in a space. In fact, multiple studies have illustrated through the research of neuroscience, that viewing art that is meaningful to us can even evoke the same emotions as falling in love. 

Brittany Todd, Founder | CEO | LCMHC of B Balanced, has a creative eye and passion for the design of authentic, beautiful, and intentional spaces. When working with clients on the planning and design of their spaces, Brittany dives into their passions and unique traits, discovering creative and affordable ways to incorporate these elements into their environment. Brittany and her clients work together in consultation, design, budgeting, furnishing, and decorating the desired spaces to create a positive and functional environment that can support positive mental health and growth. 

Services:

- Full Spectrum Support : Consultation, comprehensive communication and design work, management, and furnishing decoration - priced by space type, goals, and overall square footage. 

- 60 min Creative Space Consultation

- 90 min Creative Space Design Coaching Session

- 3 x 60 min Creative Space Design Coaching Sessions (+ outside supportive research and design throughout package)

- 5 x 60 min Creative Space Design Coaching Sessions (+ outside supportive research and design throughout package)

- 10 x 60 min Creative Space Design Coaching Sessions (+ outside supportive research and design throughout package) ***

The B Balanced Mental Health Membership offers a way for you to regularly utilize any and all of our counseling and wellness services throughout each month. Each membership is designed specifically to the client's unique needs and goals, with the ultimate goal of achieving optimal wellness and balance in life. Each Mental Health Membership involves a combination of services, from as few as three, to as many as 15; mixing and matching depending on what is desired and most beneficial to the client.

Often MHMs include counseling sessions, art classes, massage, energy healing, nutrition support, executive function coaching, and life- coaching - that said, the sky is the limit! Our MHM promotes consistency, accountability, and employs a comprehensive approach to mental and physical health. By applying a recurring flat monthly rate we provide you access to multiple services in the combination you choose, and at the frequency you need. At B Balanced, our team is fully aware that mental and physical health require much more than one approach, one angle; therefore, we are passionate about meeting as many of your wellness needs through this program.

The B Balanced Mental Health Membership is a great way to get started on your health and wellness journey of 2023. Let us support you in the design and creation of your best life this year!

Spots are limited! For more details please contact us!

At B Balanced Counseling & Wellness, our team is passionate about promoting mental health awareness through our mission to remove the stigma associated with mental – emotional struggles. The primary objective of our Workplace Mental Health Enrichment Program is to provide opportunities of comprehensive targeted mental health support designed specifically to address your company needs, decrease liability risks and costs associated with health care, and identify areas where improved mental health can champion quality of life and productivity, while encouraging positive work-life balance.

Our team can achieve this for your company by providing psychoeducation, individual counseling sessions, on-site visits, team building exercises, on call clinician availability and executive staff training.

Kathleen Kirk
Certified Healing Touch Practitioner, Reiki Master (Usui and Karuna Holy Fire 3), and House Clearer.

Kathleen Kirk is our Certified Healing Touch Practitioner on staff. She offers healing sessions before or after therapy sessions to assist in calming, grounding, and balancing clients. She meets with clients in 10, 20, or 30-minute increments or full stand-alone 60-minute sessions. These sessions assist in balancing your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being. Light touch is used on or off the body, for a relaxing, nurturing experience. This therapy works with your energy field to support your natural ability to heal. It is safe for all ages and works in harmony with standard medical care. It can calm anxiety and depressive symptoms, decrease pain, decrease stress, assist with clarity, assist in trauma release, and create a sense of well-being.

As of January 1, 2022 under the "No Surprises Act" passed by the federal government, you have the right to request and receive a "Good Faith Estimate" explaining the expected charge for a service before the service is provided. This estimate will be provided within 1 to 3 business days after scheduling or requesting. The Good Faith Estimate will be provided in paper or electronic form, a member of our admin team may also call to notify you of the estimate.

Disclaimer:
Your Good Faith Estimate shows the costs of items and services that are reasonably expected for your health care needs for an item or service. The estimate is based on information known at the time the estimate was created. The Good Faith Estimate does not include any unknown or unexpected costs that may arise during treatment. You could be charged more if complications or special circumstances occur. If this happens, federal law allows you to dispute (appeal) the bill. If you are billed for more than this Good Faith Estimate, you have the right to dispute the bill.

You may contact the health care provider or facility listed to let them know the billed charges are higher than the Good Faith Estimate. You can ask them to update the bill to match the Good Faith Estimate, ask to negotiate the bill, or ask if there is financial assistance available. You may also start a dispute resolution process with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). If you choose to use the dispute resolution process, you must start the dispute process within 120 calendar days (about 4 months) of the date on the original bill. There is a $25 fee to use the dispute process. If the agency reviewing your dispute agrees with you, you will have to pay the price on this Good Faith Estimate. If the agency disagrees with you and agrees with the health care provider or facility, you will have to pay the higher amount.

To learn more and get a form to start the process, go to https://www.cms.gov/nosurprises/consumers or call 1-800-985-3059. For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate or the dispute process, visit https://www.cms.gov/nosurprises/consumersor call 1- 800-985-3059.