About DeAnna
Dr. DeAnna Brookhart uses a client-centered, solution-focused approach to help people navigate hard moments. She brings 27 years of clinical experience and the perspective of an IL LCPC to each session.
Her style is direct and practical, aimed at helping people make small changes that add up. She works with adults on concerns such as anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship problems, grief, and trauma. She also helps with parenting strain, career stress, self-esteem, and intimacy-related issues.
Background and approach
People facing life transitions, burnout, or compassion fatigue often seek her guidance. Sessions blend talk, goal-setting, and skills practice. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors.
Motivational Interviewing supports people who want help making changes but feel stuck. Dr. Brookhart values a holistic view of health - mind, body, feelings, and social supports all matter.
She tailors the pace and techniques to the individual rather than following a fixed script. The aim is practical progress that fits daily life. Her background includes work in community mental health and independent practice.
That variety gives her experience with both short-term coaching-style work and longer-term therapeutic support. She invites people to start by describing one change they want to see. Outside the office she enjoys cooking, reading, family time, and beach travel.
Taking the first step can feel hard, and she offers steady, respectful support for people ready to try something different.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the person sets the pace and priorities; this approach helps people feel heard and guides work on relationship, grief, or self-esteem concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches specific skills to spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and habit change. Motivational Interviewing uses gentle, collaborative conversation to build readiness for change and can be effective for addictions and lifestyle goals.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their goals and preferences. That means trying a strategy, checking how it feels, and shifting course when needed so the plan stays useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation for teaching skills and doing exercises. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or useful when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging offer flexible ways to connect between sessions or for brief support. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family, and travel while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 27 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English