Dr. DeAnna Brookhart

Dr. DeAnna Brookhart is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois with 27 years of clinical experience. She brings a client-centered, solution-focused approach to sessions and aims to help people manage anger alongside a wide range of concerns. Her style emphasizes practical steps people can use between appointments to notice patterns and try different responses.

She commonly addresses addiction, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and stress. Parenting and family-related issues are also part of her work, as are career, self-esteem, and challenges tied to life changes. Anger is one of the issues she helps people navigate as they try to restore balance in daily life.

Her work draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to surface unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. Motivational Interviewing plays a role when someone needs help finding internal reasons to change. Solution-Focused Therapy is used to set small, achievable goals and track progress from session to session.

Dr. Brookhart emphasizes the whole person - mind, body, emotions, and social life - when planning care. She blends practical tools with conversations about values and priorities. That approach supports people coping with trauma, compassion fatigue, and complex life stressors.

Outside of practice she enjoys cooking, reading, and family time, and she likes trips to the beach. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building understanding. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflecting concerns and priorities to help people feel heard and clarified. This approach is useful when someone needs a safe space to sort through anger and relationship stress.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thinking, feeling, and behavior. Sessions target specific patterns and test small behavioral changes that reduce distress. CBT is often applied for anxiety, depression, anger, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust the plan based on what helps. Clients and therapist collaborate on which tools to use and how to pace progress.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, cut out travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people use therapy from different locations when that helps them attend consistently. Licensed professionals can adapt Client-Centered and CBT techniques to phone or video conversations, focusing on practical skills and step-by-step changes.