Pennie Brooks
Experienced, practical counselor focused on healing
LMHC Florida
- Experience
- 42 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Pennie
Pennie Brooks is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 42 years of experience. She helps people who are stressed, anxious, grieving, or coping with trauma and anger.
Background and approach
Pennie uses straightforward language and practical tools so clients can make small changes that matter. She brings a long clinical history that includes hospital work, rehabilitation settings, hospice care, and government programs for at-risk youth.
That variety shaped her ability to adapt approaches to different life stages and concerns. Pennie has also run long-term independent practice and worked with people facing chronic illness, brain or spinal cord injury, and recovery from abuse.
Pennie uses a mix of methods to match each person's needs. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Gottman Method, and hypnotherapy to offer skills, perspective, and emotional support.
Sessions focus on building resilience, improving communication, and finding practical ways to manage day-to-day struggles. Her style is compassionate and collaborative.
Pennie aims to help clients identify values, set realistic goals, and practice tools that reduce distress. She often supports people over time as they face new transitions and challenges.
Pennie also brings lived experience with trauma, disability, chronic pain, and loss. That background informs a down-to-earth approach that emphasizes feeling understood and gaining clear steps forward.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify their values and take small actions that matter despite difficult feelings. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood. It provides concrete steps for managing day-to-day problems. The Gottman Method offers communication tools and practical exercises that improve how people handle conflict and rebuild trust in relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Pennie collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. She mixes techniques when helpful and checks in regularly so the plan evolves with progress and changing priorities.
Online therapy with Pennie is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls let people work face-to-face from wherever they are. Phone sessions can be easier if bandwidth is limited or a camera isn’t wanted. Text and chat options support shorter check-ins, journaling between sessions, or tracking progress over time. These formats aim to make regular care more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
42+ years
Licensed in
Florida
Languages
English