About Patricia
Patricia Brooks is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri. She brings 11 years of clinical counseling experience and more than 20 years working in mental and behavioral health settings. Patricia aims to build a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people can talk honestly about what’s hard for them.
She uses practical, goal-focused methods to help people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, trauma, and ADHD. Sessions focus on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and learning skills that ease daily life.
Background and approach
She also supports people facing relationship strain, intimacy concerns, parenting stress, and major life changes. Her work draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), mixed with emotionally-focused and mindfulness practices. Patricia adapts these approaches to fit each person’s goals and situation.
She emphasizes hope, skill building, and realistic steps toward change. Patricia meets with adults and adolescents starting at age 13. She offers individual sessions as well as group options in some cases, and she has experience addressing co-occurring issues like mood disorders and substance use.
Evening and weekend appointments are available to accommodate different schedules. Her practice accepts commercial insurance and employee assistance programs. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging, and scheduling starts by completing an online matching questionnaire.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps in that direction while learning to accept difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving communication in tense moments.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Patricia will talk with each person about goals, daily challenges, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video lets people work face-to-face when visual connection helps, while phone sessions can be used for lower bandwidth or shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging are useful for quick skill coaching, ongoing accountability, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to schedule therapy around work, school, or caregiving demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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