Pennie Brooks

Pennie Brooks is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with four decades of experience supporting people through big life challenges. She helps those coping with grief, trauma, anxiety, relationship strain, and the stress that comes with illness or caregiving. Her manner is warm and direct. Sessions focus on practical steps people can use right away.

She brings experience from hospitals, rehabilitation centers, hospice care, and long-term private practice. That background informs how she talks with people facing end-of-life concerns and serious medical conditions. She also has experience with brain and spinal cord injury recovery and chronic pain management.

Pennie uses a collaborative, skills-based approach. Conversations include learning tools for managing strong emotions, improving communication, and building resilience. Therapy is shaped around each person’s goals and life circumstances.

Her work draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered methods, the Gottman Method for relationship work, and hypnotherapy. These approaches are used to teach coping strategies, challenge unhelpful thinking, and restore a sense of agency after loss or trauma.

She has long experience supporting LGBTQ+ people, single parents, and adults navigating identity or major change. Sessions are offered in English and are grounded in empathy and practical problem-solving. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session according to the therapist’s availability.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then act in ways that match their values. It can be useful for grief, anxiety, and chronic health challenges. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking patterns and building new coping habits; it often helps with anxiety, stress, and mood concerns. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a supportive, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist listens deeply and follows the client’s lead to build insight and self-direction.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and life demands and then try methods that fit those needs. Clients and therapist adjust methods together over time to see what feels most helpful.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, whether by reducing travel time, allowing for shorter check-ins during a break, or making it simpler to meet when mobility or health issues make travel harder. Because current session formats are not listed here, confirm the available options before booking so you know what kinds of online appointments are offered. Licensed professionals can use these sessions to teach skills, practice communication, and provide emotional support in ways that fit day-to-day routines.