About Jennifer
Jennifer "Jenni" Brooks is an Illinois-licensed counselor (LCPC) who supports people navigating stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, addictions, LGBT concerns, grief, and intimacy-related issues.
Background and approach
She also addresses sleep and eating difficulties, parenting and career stress, bipolar disorder, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes, alongside focused work around infidelity, intellectual disability, paranoia, and personality disorders. Jenni emphasizes clients' existing strengths and respects each person's knowledge of their own story as a foundation for growth.
With seven years of clinical experience, she combines practical support with encouragement to help clients move toward more satisfying and manageable lives. Jenni approaches therapy as a collaborative process that values clients' goals and pacing, offering guidance while honoring individual resilience.
She practices in Illinois and communicates in English, bringing experience with mood and psychotic disorders and long-term involvement with people who have intellectual disabilities and autism. Those interested in beginning work with her can start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling according to availability.
Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care
Jennifer uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and insight. One approach emphasizes building coping strategies for anxiety and stress through structured exercises and problem-solving work that help reduce overwhelm and improve daily functioning. Another approach targets trauma-related and relationship concerns by exploring patterns, safety, and emotional processing to foster healthier connections and greater emotional regulation.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and will be decided together. The therapist collaborates with each person to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, adjusting methods as needs evolve to create a tailored plan for progress.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to access care, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to maintain continuity of care when life circumstances change, while allowing therapists and clients to work together from different locations when needed.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English