John Brooks, LPC, LMFT
Experienced Louisiana counselor focused on parenting and relationships
Book with John- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LPC, LMFT
- Licensed in
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About John
John Brooks is a licensed counselor and marriage and family therapist based in Louisiana with ten years of professional experience. He emphasizes practical help for people facing addiction, relationship concerns, parenting stress, and anxiety. He meets clients where they are and focuses on building on the strengths they already have.
He believes the person in therapy is the expert on their own life and that therapy is a collaborative process.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals and building skills that make daily life feel more manageable. He often uses straightforward methods that help with coping, mood, and behavior changes. John works with people dealing with trauma, grief, and complicated emotions like shame or anger.
He also supports those navigating identity and intimacy questions, eating and sleeping struggles, and the long-term stress of caregiving or chronic illness. He addresses both immediate problems and longer-term patterns that keep people stuck. His approach draws from therapies that teach concrete tools and increase emotional understanding.
That means you can expect practical exercises, attention to relationships, and space to tell your story. The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes. If you want a therapist who listens, sets clear goals, and emphasizes skills you can use at home, John offers that style.
He works with a wide range of concerns and helps people find manageable next steps.
What John works with
Everything John lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else John helps people with.
- 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
Approaches John lists
- 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
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify their values and take workable steps toward them while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. It is often useful for anxiety, stress, and life changes because it focuses on action that matters to you.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape feelings and behavior. It helps people understand and change patterns in how they relate to others, which can improve intimacy and family connections.
Finding the right approach is a shared project. The therapist will talk with you about your goals, try methods that match your needs, and adjust as you go. That collaborative process makes it easier to settle on tools and ways of working that feel useful and realistic for your life.
Online sessions can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit your routine. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone can fit into a busy day or use less bandwidth, and messaging options let you check in between sessions or have shorter touchpoints. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on practical progress.
Questions people ask about John
What kinds of concerns does he address?
He helps people with addictions, relationship strain, parenting pressures, stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, eating and sleeping issues, mood conditions, and related challenges.
How does he approach therapy sessions?
Sessions are collaborative and goal oriented. He uses straightforward exercises and conversations to build skills and change patterns.
What is his professional background?
He has ten years of professional experience working with a range of concerns including intimacy issues, caregiving stress, and identity-related matters.
Where is he licensed and practicing?
He holds LPC and LMFT credentials and is licensed in Louisiana.
What languages are supported and can international clients connect?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients may connect for remote services.
Which session formats are offered?
He provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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