Teresa Brooker, LPC
Teresa Brooker is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Life Coach with a MS in Counseling and an EDS in Education. Her treatment modality employs an integrative, holistic approach as she is a firm believer in the mind/body connection when healing from trauma. She has over 10+ years of experience as a mental health therapist and her training includes trauma processing, grief and loss, Mindfulness Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, attachment trauma, meditation practices, amino acid and vitamin therapy, neuroscience psychoeducation, Brain Health Coaching (Amen University), a Certified Prepare-Enrich Counselor (pre-marital counseling & couple's therapy), and a Certified Positive Discipline Parent Educator.
Ms. Brooker has previously worked with children, adolescents and parents as a teacher, school counselor and school-based therapist in various school settings, as a tele-mental health provider for three years on TalkSpace and started her own life coaching business, Athenea Coaching & Consulting. Her areas of expertise include trauma processing, attachment and relationships issues, grief and loss, anxiety, social anxiety, rejection sensitive dysphoria, depression, Adult ADHD, Adult Asperger's Syndrome, learning disabilities, parenting, codependency, and helping individuals transform their lives through whole-life coaching.
Ms. Brooker's social media account manager recently received feedback from some of her clients by asking this one question: "In your opinion, what sets Teresa apart from other therapists?" Here are some responses:
"The first thing Teresa did was build a true relationship with me by accepting me for who I am, making me feel safe and not judged, but supported."
"She's able to see things other therapists have not and helped me get to the root of my problems."
"Teresa empowered me with tools for resiliency and helped me believe in myself so much so that life-long barriers were removed and I finally achieved my goals."
"She taught me how to have meaning and connection in my most, intimate personal relationships."
"She's a powerful motivator who always leaves me feeling encouraged and HOPEFUL for my future".
Specialty Areas: trauma processing, attachment & relationships issues, grief and loss, anxiety, social anxiety, rejection sensitive dysphoria, depression, Adult ADHD, Adult Asperger's Syndrome, learning disabilities, parenting, codependency and whole-life coaching.