About John
John Brooks is a licensed counselor with a decade of experience working in Louisiana. He holds LPC and LMFT credentials and approaches care with direct, practical support. He invites people to take a first step and offers a calm, steady presence during stressful moments.
He focuses on a wide range of concerns including addictions, relationship and family challenges, intimacy questions, parenting strain, and mood disorders like depression and bipolar. He also helps with anxiety, stress, grief, eating and sleeping problems, anger, and self-esteem.
How John works
He works with people on career transitions, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes. John integrates several therapeutic methods to match each person's needs. He draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral tools, and attachment-informed ideas to help people notice patterns and build skills.
He also uses client-centered listening and dialectical behavior techniques when helpful. Sessions tend to focus on concrete goals and practical steps. People can expect clear explanations, active problem solving, and chances to practice skills between appointments.
John emphasizes collaboration and respects each person's knowledge of their own life. He offers therapy in English and accepts international clients. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on the therapist's availability.
John lists 18 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
What John works with
The areas below are the ones John selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Louisiana |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and how online work fits
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then act in ways that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and struggles with motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors with practical exercises, which helps with mood, anxiety, and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past connections shape current relationships and helps people build clearer, safer ways of relating to others.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to figure out which methods match a person's goals, preferences, and current needs. That might mean combining elements from different approaches and adjusting plans as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation when more connection is helpful. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, quick skill reminders, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around busy schedules and life changes.
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