Brook Algarin
Compassionate, practical therapy for lasting change
LPC South Carolina
- Experience
- 25 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Parenting, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Brook
Brook Algarin applies a practical, skill-based approach to help clients shift patterns that keep them feeling stuck, with cognitive behavioral techniques featured among her primary methods.
Background and approach
As an LPC with 25 years of clinical experience based in South Carolina, she blends evidence-informed strategies with a client-centered style to address stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, and mood challenges such as bipolar disorder. Her work also encompasses issues like parenting struggles, self-esteem, sleep problems, career stress, and LGBT-related concerns.
Brook often integrates dialectical behavior skills, EMDR elements, and mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity, process difficult memories, and build present-moment coping. She also supports people facing life transitions and complex personal challenges including caregiver stress, fertility and blended family issues, codependency, grief over lost purpose, hoarding, and panic attacks.
Sessions are offered in formats that suit modern schedules, making therapeutic work more accessible for those balancing many responsibilities. Her approach invites clients to explore what meaningful change looks like and to learn concrete tools for greater calm, improved relationships, and more consistent enjoyment of daily life.
Brook frames therapy as a collaborative process focused on realistic goals and steady progress.
Online approaches that combine skills and healing
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and developing practical skills to change behaviors and emotional responses; it is often used for anxiety, depression, panic, and stress-related difficulties. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship where the therapist offers empathy and support so clients can explore their values and goals at their own pace. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) introduces concrete tools for regulating intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can help with overwhelming reactivity and relationship struggles.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Brook works with clients to assess needs, preferences, and goals, then integrates strategies from different modalities as appropriate so the plan fits the individual rather than forcing a single method.
Online therapy here is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for busy lives. These formats make it easier to attend regular sessions, practice new skills between meetings, and maintain continuity of care when schedules or locations change.
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Experience
25+ years
Licensed
South Carolina
Languages
English