Brooke Mckenzie, LCSW, LICSW
Calm guidance for managing strong emotions
Explore online therapy optionsWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coaching
How Brooke works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW, LICSW
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania, Massachusetts
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Brooke
Brooke Mckenzie is a licensed clinician based in Pennsylvania who helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, addictions, and depression. She brings 20 years of experience to conversations about coping with life changes, relationship or intimacy concerns, parenting strain, and attention difficulties. Brooke offers straightforward support and practical strategies rather than jargon.
She works to meet people where they are and values respect, sensitivity, and compassion in sessions. Brooke adapts her approach to each person’s needs instead of using a one-size-fits-all plan.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals, skill-building, and small steps that people can practice between meetings. She can help with sleep and eating concerns, chronic health challenges, grieving losses, and career-related stress. For people facing mood swings or bipolar symptoms, Brooke aims to stabilize routines and improve coping skills.
Her background includes two decades of hands-on clinical work with adults facing addiction, trauma, and complex emotional issues. Brooke is licensed in Pennsylvania as an LCSW and holds a LICSW from Massachusetts. She often schedules evening hours and weekend slots to fit busy lives.
Conversations with Brooke are collaborative and aim to be practical. She will work with each person to set clear, manageable goals and check progress along the way. If someone prefers phone, video, chat, or text, she can meet using those formats.
Starting therapy is framed as a step people take for themselves. Brooke guides the initial matching process and helps people pick approaches and session rhythms that fit their daily life.
What Brooke works with
Everything Brooke lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Brooke's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coaching
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Brooke draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on building practical skills and improving daily routines. One common approach emphasizes teaching coping skills for managing strong emotions and stress, which helps people reduce reactivity and handle triggers more calmly. Another approach concentrates on problem-solving and behavior changes, helping people create new habits around sleep, eating, and substance use that support overall wellbeing.Figuring out the right approach is part of the early work. Brooke collaborates with each person to identify goals, tries methods that match those goals, and adjusts plans based on what helps most. This process is meant to be flexible and driven by the person's needs and preferences rather than fixed from the start.
Online therapy formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and teaching exercises. Phone sessions can fit shorter breaks or lower bandwidth situations. Chat and messaging are useful for check-ins, brief coaching, or tracking progress between longer meetings. These options let people fit therapy into evenings, weekends, or busy days while keeping continuity with licensed professionals.
Questions people ask about Brooke
What kinds of concerns does Brooke help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, addictions, trauma, and depression, as well as related issues like sleep, eating, and relationship strain.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Brooke uses a practical, goal-focused style that emphasizes skill-building and small steps people can try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years of professional work experience in clinical settings addressing a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She holds LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) in Pennsylvania and LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker) in Massachusetts, and practices from Pennsylvania.
Can I work with her in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different preferences and schedules.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's available times.