John Brooks is a licensed counselor with 10 years of professional experience in Louisiana.
01About John
John Brooks is a licensed counselor with 10 years of professional experience in Louisiana. He holds both LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) and LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) credentials and focuses on practical support for everyday struggles. He emphasizes a respectful, down-to-earth approach and meets people where they are.
He helps people manage addictions, anxiety, depression, and mood conditions like bipolar. He also supports issues around relationships, family tension, intimacy, parenting stress, and grief.
Background and approach
Other concerns he works with include sleep and eating problems, anger, self-esteem, career stress, and compassion fatigue. John uses several well-known therapy methods and adapts them to each person's needs. He draws on cognitive behavioral tools to change unhelpful thinking, acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values, and attachment-based perspectives to address closeness and trust.
Sessions are conversational and goal-focused, not academic. People who prefer practical guidance and collaborative planning often do well with his style. He invites clients to name small, manageable steps and to track progress between sessions.
The aim is steady, usable change rather than quick fixes. John also brings experience with a wide range of life situations such as adoption and foster care, caregiving stress, chronic illness, neurodiversity, and exploration of alternative sexual cultures. He works with individuals on coping skills, decision-making, and building healthier patterns over time.
02Credentials
- LMFT (Louisiana)
- License 1335 · expires December 2026
- LPC (Louisiana)
- License 7125 · expires June 2027
- NPI
- 1699201913 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything John lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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
Methods John names
- 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
These are the methods John names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How different approaches shape online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, addiction, and decisions about life direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns, which is useful for mood, anxiety, and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early patterns of closeness affect current relationships and can help with trust, intimacy, and family conflict. Finding the right approach is part of therapy. John will work together with the client to pick methods that match goals, personality, and day-to-day needs. That collaborative process may combine techniques from different approaches over time as progress and priorities become clearer. Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let conversations feel more direct and are good for in-depth work and role plays. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be an easier option for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick updates, mood tracking, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Together these options make scheduling easier, allow work across time zones, and help clients fit therapy into busy lives.05Questions people ask
What concerns does John address?
John helps with addictions, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, grief, relationship and family issues, intimacy concerns, parenting strain, and other life stresses.
How would you describe his therapy style?
He uses a conversational, goal-focused style that blends practical exercises with reflective work. Sessions focus on small steps and skills that fit daily life.
What is his professional background?
He has 10 years of professional experience working with diverse concerns and life situations, including caregiving stress and chronic illness.
What credentials and region apply?
He holds LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) and LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) credentials and practices in Louisiana.
Which languages and client locations are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
John offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a sessions with him?
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