Brandi A. Powell Counseling Services

Brandi provides individual counseling, and addresses a variety of issues: Depression, anxiety, relationship issues, stress, trauma, grief and loss are only a few examples. Brandi Asterino is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in Fairmont, West Virginia. Since completing her Masters of Social Work in 2001, Brandi has helped clients learn how to recover from trauma, depression, anxiety, bipolar, grief, codependency from narcissistic relationships, alcohol/addiction-related family systems, and adjustment issues from major life changes. She has worked across the lifespan beginning at age 13. After obtaining her Bachelors degrees in Journalism and Psychology, she went on to complete a Masters of Social Work from West Virginia University in May 2001. While in graduate school, she completed a 10-month internship at William R. Hospital in Weston, WV. She counseled individuals and groups who had been hospitalized for severe psychological distress using CBT and Yalom's group approach. Upon graduation, Brandi worked for a community mental health center in Kittanning, PA for almost two years before returning to West Virginia. Continuing to work in outpatient settings such as community mental health and private practice for a local psychiatrist,
Brandi opened her own private practice inside Manchin Clinic South in 2008, and has now relocated to

Bethesda Psychological Services in July 2025! She can incorporate a variety of techniques but partners with clients to decide their preferred approach. Brandi uses IFS, CBT, ACT, 12-step principles, and boundary setting to empower clients. She became a certified trauma therapist in 2010, completing training and an on-site practicum at Intensive Trauma Therapy in Morgantown, WV. If desired, Brandi can also utilize Christian spiritual principles as an underlying framework. Brandi was raised, educated, and has worked in West Virginia for almost 50 years, understanding the unique socioeconomic and cultural dynamic of living and thriving in the Mountain State. She resides with her husband, daughter, and animals, and loves to read, write, cook, and scroll Instagram for animal videos and comedy.