Pennie Brooks

Pennie Brooks is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 42 years of experience supporting people across the lifespan and from a wide range of backgrounds. She holds a Master’s degree in Professional Studies (MPS), a graduate-level counseling degree, and is also a certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and a Certified Trauma Expert. Over the course of her career, she has worked in acute care hospitals, rehabilitation settings, hospice care, government-funded programs serving at-risk youth, group practices, and long-term private practice.

Her clinical focus includes trauma, grief and bereavement, anxiety and depression, relationship concerns, self-esteem, and major life transitions. She also works with chronic illness and pain, brain and spinal cord injury, and recovery following abuse. Pennie has extensive experience supporting LGBTQ+ individuals, single parents, men’s issues, and adults who are navigating identity, loss, or significant change. She works comfortably with adolescents, adults, and older adults, and tailors the pace and tools of therapy to each client’s needs and goals.

Pennie’s style is compassionate, collaborative, and skills-based, with an emphasis on building resilience, clarifying what matters most, and developing practical strategies for both immediate stressors and longer-term growth. Alongside her professional training, she brings lived experience with trauma, disability, chronic pain, and loss, offering an approach that aims to help clients feel seen, supported, and better equipped to move forward with clarity, strength, and hope.