Patricia Brooks
Compassionate skills-based counseling for change
LPC Missouri
- Experience
- 11 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Patricia
Patricia Brooks is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri who draws on an eclectic, skills-focused approach to help people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, grief, addictions, trauma, and life transitions.
Background and approach
With 11 years of professional counseling experience and more than 20 years in mental and behavioral health roles, she combines evidence-informed strategies to support changes in thinking and behavior. Patricia emphasizes helping clients identify and replace unhelpful beliefs while building practical coping skills.
Her work blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), mindfulness, solution-focused techniques, and psychoeducation.
Patricia offers individual, family, and group therapy and addresses a wide range of concerns including mood disorders, intimacy and communication problems, parenting and blended family stress, substance use, compassion fatigue, and neurodiverse-related challenges such as ADHD. She holds evening and weekend hours and accepts commercial insurance and employee assistance program referrals.
Patricia aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental environment where people can explore goals, build hope, and practice new ways of coping. She works collaboratively with clients to set realistic goals and to develop concrete skills that support lasting change.
CBT, ACT, and DBT Approaches for Online Care
Patricia commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practice concrete skills that change behaviors and emotional responses; CBT is often applied to anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns. She also integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which emphasizes values-based action and learning to accept difficult internal experiences while committing to meaningful goals. Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques are used to build emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills when emotions feel overwhelming.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Patricia works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative exploration helps tailor sessions so practical skills and therapeutic focus align with what a client hopes to change or strengthen.
Online therapy with Patricia is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to fit regular sessions into busy lives, maintain continuity during life transitions, and access ongoing coaching and skills practice without needing to travel to appointments.
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Experience
11+ years
Licensed
Missouri
Languages
English