Dr. DeAnna Brookhart, LCPC
Calm, practical therapy for everyday parenting challenges
Book with DeAnna- Years in practice
- 27
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About DeAnna
Dr. DeAnna Brookhart is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois. She brings 27 years of experience helping adults navigate stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship problems, and parenting concerns.
Her style is direct and warm, aimed at practical change rather than long explanations. She favors a client-centered, solution-focused approach that looks for what works in daily life. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used when helpful to tackle unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
Motivational interviewing guides conversations about change and readiness. Dr. Brookhart often blends approaches to fit each person’s needs.
She pays attention to how work, family roles, and caregiving demands affect mood and behavior. She also addresses grief, trauma, intimacy issues, and challenges like burnout and compassion fatigue. Over her career she has worked in community mental health settings and independent practice.
That range gives her experience with both brief coaching-style work and longer counseling when needed. She emphasizes practical tools people can try between sessions. Outside of clinical work she enjoys cooking, reading, and time with family and pets.
She encourages people who feel stuck to take a single small step toward change and offers steady support while they do.
What DeAnna works with
Everything DeAnna lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else DeAnna helps people with.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Coaching
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches DeAnna lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach-driven care delivered online
Dr. Brookhart commonly uses client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy in online sessions. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people set their own goals; it is useful when someone needs a steady, nonjudgmental space to sort things out. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers concrete exercises to shift unhelpful patterns, which helps with anxiety, depression, and stress.She also brings motivational interviewing into conversations when a person is weighing change. That approach supports exploring ambivalence and building motivation in a collaborative way. Together with the client she will discuss which methods fit their goals and adjust the plan over time rather than prescribing one single path.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers brief check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, and busy family life while keeping the focus on practical progress.
Questions people ask about DeAnna
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with adults on issues such as addictions, stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, grief, trauma, and career strain.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her work is client-centered and solution-focused, with practical exercises and cognitive behavioral techniques used when helpful to change thinking and behavior.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 27 years of experience working in both community mental health settings and independent practice, covering brief coaching and longer-term counseling approaches.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Illinois and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
Clients may meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what works best for their schedule.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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