About Jennifer
Jennifer "Jenni" Brooks is a licensed clinical professional counselor in Illinois. She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship or intimacy-related concerns. She also supports people facing trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, and challenges with sleep or eating.
Jenni works with clients navigating ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, compassion fatigue, career strain, and issues tied to identity including LGBT-related stress. Jenni keeps sessions straightforward and practical. She listens first, then helps clients name what matters most.
How Jennifer works
Together they set small, realistic goals and try ways to improve day-to-day coping. She aims to help people build confidence and stronger routines that fit their life. Her background includes seven years of work in clinical settings and with people who have intellectual disabilities and autism.
She has experience with mood and psychotic disorders and with personality disorder concerns. That experience informs how she paces sessions and balances support with clear strategies. In therapy she emphasizes collaboration.
Clients are invited to share what has helped before and what feels manageable now. Jenni offers coaching-style guidance when helpful and focuses on skills people can practice between sessions. Practical matters are simple: sessions can be by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
Jenni works in English and is licensed as an IL LCPC. If someone is ready to start, they complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first appointment.
What Jennifer works with
The areas below are the ones Jennifer selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Practical approaches and online care that fit your life
Two evidence-based approaches Jenni commonly uses are skills-based coping work and trauma-informed support. Skills-based work focuses on teaching concrete techniques for managing anxiety, mood swings, sleep, and daily routines so clients can try things between sessions. Trauma-informed support centers on safety and pacing, helping people name what happened and build steady ways to cope with triggers and painful memories.She treats finding the right method as a team effort. The therapist will ask about a client's goals, past helpful strategies, and what feels doable now. Together they pick and adjust approaches so the plan matches the person's needs and preferences rather than imposing a single method.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions are good when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work for brief updates, coaching-type exchanges, or when someone prefers writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family responsibilities, or inconsistent schedules while still working with licensed professionals.
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