John Brooks, LPC, LMFT
Practical, story-focused therapy for everyday struggles
Details
| Name | John Brooks |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC, LMFT |
| Based in | Louisiana |
| Licensed in | Louisiana |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 10 |
About John
John Brooks is a licensed professional counselor and licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in Louisiana. He brings ten years of clinical experience and a practical, down-to-earth style to sessions. He starts by listening and treating each person as the expert on their own life.
John focuses on helping people manage addictions, anxiety, depression, and stress. He also supports those facing relationship and intimacy struggles, parenting strain, grief, trauma, and workplace or career difficulties.
Background and approach
His experience extends to a wide range of concerns including ADHD, bipolar disorder, body image, and chronic illness issues. His approach centers on telling and retelling personal stories to find new meaning. He combines Narrative ideas with tools from acceptance and commitment work and cognitive behavioral techniques.
Sessions are collaborative and goal oriented, with a focus on what clients want to change in daily life. John also pays attention to attachment patterns and relationship dynamics that affect how people connect. He helps clients notice repeating patterns and try practical alternatives.
Many clients appreciate short-term strategies alongside deeper conversation about values and identity. He offers therapy in English and works with people across Louisiana and beyond. Getting started begins with a short questionnaire and scheduling a time to talk.
John aims to make the first step less daunting and to help clients move toward clearer choices and steadier routines.
What this therapist works with
His listing names Addictions, Relationship issues, Family conflicts among the things John works with, alongside the areas below.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in his listing among his approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by John among the ways he works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by John among the ways he works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by John among the ways he works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by John among the ways he works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by John among the ways he works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by John among the ways he works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by John among the ways he works.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Listed by John among the ways he works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by John among the ways he works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by John among the ways he works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by John among the ways he works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by John among the ways he works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by John among the ways he works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by John among the ways he works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by John among the ways he works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by John among the ways he works.
- Systemic Therapy: Listed by John among the ways he works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask John directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how he works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking John directly how he uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit your life
John often blends Narrative Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas. Narrative Therapy helps people describe their lives as stories, notice recurring themes, and try new storylines. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on clarifying values and taking small committed actions even when emotions are difficult. Attachment-Based ideas look at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and reactions.Finding the right approach is a team effort. John will work with each person to decide which methods make the most sense for their goals and preferences. That collaboration can mean using story work one week and practical behavior tools the next, depending on what the client wants to try.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make sessions more flexible. Video is useful for deeper discussion and visual cues, phone works well if bandwidth is limited, live chat or text-based messaging can be good for quick check-ins or shorter shifts in a busy day. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping treatment consistent.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns can John help with?
He works with a wide range of issues including addictions, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy problems, parenting stress, trauma, grief, eating and sleeping difficulties, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and career or caregiving stress.
What is his therapeutic style like?
His style is collaborative and straightforward. He centers on personal stories while mixing practical coping strategies to address daily struggles.
How much experience does he have?
He has ten years of professional work experience helping people with a broad range of life challenges and mental health concerns.
What credentials and region are listed?
He holds LPC and LMFT credentials and is licensed in Louisiana.
Which languages and international options are supported?
Sessions are offered in English, and he accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to therapist availability.
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