Brittany Panus
LPC, RPT (Registered Play Therapist)
Therapist
About Brittany Panus
Brittany is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a Master’s degree from Southeast Missouri State University. She brings over three years of experience as a school counselor in Jackson, Missouri, where she supported children ages 5–10 and their families. In both group and individual settings, Brittany specialized in helping students with ADHD, anxiety, grief, social challenges, and crisis situations that impacted academic and emotional success.
Passionate about working with children through a trauma-informed lens, Brittany integrates play therapy and animal-assisted interventions with her registered therapy dog, Layla. She tailors her approach to meet each child’s unique needs, creating a warm, inviting environment where kids feel safe and supported. Her areas of focus include ADHD, anxiety, grief, trauma, family relationships, life transitions, and foster/adoption.
Outside of work, Brittany enjoys fostering youth in her community, spending time with family, and caring for her four dogs—who not only compete in dog sports but also dabble in the dog acting world!
Brittany can be found at the following location:
St. Louis, MO
Tesson Park Medical Center 12818 Tesson Ferry Road, Suite 103
St. Louis, MO 63128
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Specialties:
Insurance Accepted:
- Aetna
- Aetna: Medicare
- Aetna: PPO/POS
- All Savers
- Ambetter: Medicaid
- Anthem/Blue Cross Blue Shield
- BCBS/Blue Cross Blue Shield
- BCBS/Blue Cross Blue Shield: Medicaid
- BCBS/Blue Cross Blue Shield: PPO
- Carelon
- Cigna/Evernorth
- Cigna/Evernorth: Medicare
- GEHA/Government Employees Health Association
- Home State Health: Medicaid
- Home State Health: Show Me Healthy Kids Medicaid
- Medica
- Medica: Medicare
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Mercy Managed Behavioral Health
- MO HealthNet: Medicaid
- Optum
- Optum: Medicare
- Oscar
- Partners Direct Health
- Self Pay
- UHC Community Plan: Medicaid
- UHC/UnitedHealthcare
- UHC/UnitedHealthcare: Medicaid
- UHC/UnitedHealthcare: Medicare
- UMR
- United Behavioral Health
- WellFirst
Therapeutic Approaches:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Sand Tray Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
- Animal Assisted (Canine)
- Adlerian Therapy
- Person-Centered Therapy
- Play Therapy
- Solution-Focused/Brief Therapy