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Joel Brooks, LCSW

Stress, Anxiety Relationships Trauma, Abuse Self esteem, Motivation Depression
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About me

I am licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 40 years of professional work experience. I have helped my clients to overcome stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, obsessive compulsive disorder, relationship issues, bipolar disorder, & many other life adjustment concerns. I provide an open, safe and confidential environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment. Everyone has a right to feel and think their emotions without shame and guilt for their distress. Taking the first step to seek counseling is courageous. I am here to support you in that process and provide you the opportunity to find the solutions you are seeking to achieve. Your happiness and contentment is my primary objective in our work together. I would look forward to working with you as your therapist.

Professional experience

40yrs in practice
Stress, Anxiety Relationships Trauma, Abuse Self esteem, Motivation Depression

Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, 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, Alternative Sex Culture, 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, Forgiveness, Gender Dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Hoarding, Hospice and End of Life Counseling, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders , Multicultural Concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, Compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Polyamory / Nonmonogamous Relationships, Postpartum Depression, Post-traumatic stress, Prejudice and Discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-Harm, Self-love, Sex Addiction, Sexual Assault and Abuse, Sexual Dysfunction, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Traumatic Brain Injury, Trichotillomania, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young Adult Issues

Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

Services offered

Video
Phone
Live Chat
Messaging

License information

FL LCSW SW1761

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Joel Brooks. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.

Joel is awesome!

Written on Oct 11, 2024 after therapy with Joel for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, and coping with life changes

I am enjoying my sessions with Joel. I feel heard and understood of my situation. Joel responds to my concerns and have been incredibly helpful. Thank you!

Written on Oct 02, 2024 after therapy with Joel for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, self esteem, and coping with life changes

I am so happy to have Joel to talk with I truly appreciate him. I look forward to my meeting always.

Written on Sep 16, 2024 after therapy with Joel for 5 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, and adhd

I appreciate my time with Mr. Brooks. His counsel helps reframe how I’m thinking about things, which in turn opens doors where there seemed to be no clear path before.

Written on Sep 05, 2024 after therapy with Joel for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, grief, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, compassion fatigue, and adhd

Joel is such an amazing therapist and human being. He has really helped me transform my life for the better and I am so grateful i have him as my therapist as I navigate my next big chapter in my life.

Written on Aug 29, 2024 after therapy with Joel for 1 year and 7 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, coaching, compassion fa

I have written a review about Joel a few times now and what can I say he’s one of the best therapists I have seen in my life and I have seen many on my journey. Thank you Joel for your help and empathy, I really appreciate it. I had even asked therapists before to help with narcissism abuse specifically and they didn’t know and Joel happened to be much more familiar in depth actually and he’s helping me get over my covert narcissist ex and heal.

Written on Aug 19, 2024 after therapy with Joel for 6 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, eating disorders, and self esteem