Meet Brianna

Brianna Higgins, MA, LPC, NCC, Ph.D. Candidate

Owner | Licensed Professional Counselor | Author & Presenter 

Brianna Higgins is the founder of Hope | Help | Healing Counseling (HHH Counseling, LLC), serving the Gulf Shores of Alabama and providing certified teletherapy for Alabama residents. With eight years in private practice, Brianna specializes in working with young adults experiencing PTSD, generalized anxiety, and neurodivergence (ADHD/ASD). She offers therapy for individuals, couples, and families, blending psychodynamic, strengths-based, and humanistic approaches with innovative techniques such as trauma resolution energy therapy (TRET), inner child work, transactional analysis, play therapy, tabletop role-play games (TTRPG/ D&D) therapy, personality-focused treatment (PFT), video-game therapy, expressive arts, and narrative therapy.

Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision at Liberty University, Brianna also served as Chapter  President of the Chi Sigma Iota (CSI) Rho Eta Pi Rho Chapter, where she mentored students in developing their professional identity and counseling skills (2023-2025). She is a proud member of the Geek Therapy counselor community, which has encouraged her research interests, including exploring the literature on effective and ethical therapeutic uses of video games and TTRPGs (D&D) in individual and group counseling sessions. Furthermore, as a clinician and doctoral candidate with ADHD, Brianna stays actively engaged in research and advocacy for neurodivergent populations in counseling and academic settings. Finally, her academic and clinical focus centers on advancing culturally informed mental health practices, with specialized certification training through The Center for Cultural Humility at Cornell University and the University of California, Berkeley.

A passionate advocate for the d/Deaf community, Brianna integrates her background in American Sign Language with her counseling expertise, empowering clients to find and use their voice—spoken or signed—in transformative ways.

In her downtime, Brianna enjoys ballroom dancing 💃 (especially the Waltz and Argentine Tango), 🤘reliving the emo/punk rock era through concerts, and immersing herself in games like 🐉Dungeons & Dragons- D&D/TTRPGs (#AdhD&D… #RollForConcentration), 🐓Stardew Valley, 👑 Zelda, 🎲 Baldur’s Gate 3, ⚡️ Pokémon, and 🏝️ Animal Crossing.

Empowering lives through connection, creativity, and growth.