- Years in practice
- 9
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Valayshia
Valayshia Brookins is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Connecticut with nine years of experience. She focuses on helping people who feel stuck by offering steady support and practical steps forward. Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at helping a worried parent or busy adult speak about hard things without feeling judged.
She often works with stress and anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and problems that come with major life changes.
Background and approach
She also addresses relationship concerns, grief, addictions, and parenting challenges. Valayshia pays attention to issues like attachment, abandonment, body image, and compassion fatigue when they show up in a person's life. In sessions she creates an open space where thoughts and feelings can be shared.
Conversations are guided so practical options emerge. She balances listening with focused suggestions to help clients try new ways of coping and relating. People come to her for help with sleep and eating concerns, anger, low self-esteem, and career decisions as well as neurodiverse concerns such as ADHD.
She also supports those managing chronic illness, chronic pain, or the fallout of difficult relationships. Her approach centers on teaming up with each client to set clear, realistic goals. She encourages small steps that build confidence over time.
The work is goal-oriented but also tuned to the real pressures of daily family life and parenting. Valayshia offers talk-based sessions that fit into busy schedules and aims to help people find clearer routines, steadier moods, and better communication at home.
What Valayshia works with
Everything Valayshia lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Valayshia helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Valayshia uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical change and emotional processing. One approach helps people manage anxiety and stress by teaching clear coping steps and routines that reduce overwhelm. Another approach addresses trauma and difficult memories by helping clients tell their story at a pace they can handle and develop strategies to feel steadier day to day.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match goals, needs, and preferences. That means trying methods, checking how they feel, and adjusting the plan to fit real life and parenting demands.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people juggling family and work. Video calls let therapists and clients maintain face-to-face conversation when that matters. Phone sessions or live chat can be easier on low-bandwidth connections or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Text-based messaging supports short check-ins or ongoing coaching-style prompts between sessions. These options help therapy fit into a busy schedule and make consistent support more accessible.
Questions people ask about Valayshia
What concerns does she help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. Additional areas include ADHD, addictions, body image, chronic pain and career questions.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She keeps sessions direct and compassionate, combining active listening with practical suggestions. The focus is on creating achievable steps and clearer routines.
How much experience does she have?
She has nine years of professional work experience in counseling and related practice. That experience informs a steady, practical approach to common life stresses.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Connecticut licensed professional counselor (LPC) and practices with that license in Connecticut.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing is provided during the sign-up process.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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