Dr. DeAnna Brookhart, LCPC

Licensed in Illinois · 27 years in practice

Dr. DeAnna Brookhart is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with nearly three decades of clinical experience.

License and registration

LCPC, Illinois: 180003683 · expires March 2027
NPI: 1487223103 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 27
Languages: English

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About DeAnna

Dr. DeAnna Brookhart is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with nearly three decades of clinical experience. She focuses on practical, client-centered work that aims to help people make real changes in their day-to-day life.

Her style is direct and supportive, and she draws on approaches that help people build coping skills and find clear next steps. Dr. Brookhart has long experience addressing addictions, anxiety, and depression.

She also helps with relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, grief, trauma and abuse, career concerns, and compassion fatigue.

Background and approach

She frames problems in plain terms and works with people on solutions they can try between sessions. Her practice blends client-centered listening with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing. Those methods are used to identify thought and behavior patterns, set attainable goals, and strengthen motivation for change.

Solution-focused work helps keep conversations practical and goal directed. Dr. Brookhart’s background includes work in community mental health and independent practice settings.

That variety has given her experience with many different life situations and care needs. She tends to focus on what will help an individual feel steadier and more able to cope. Outside of clinical work she enjoys cooking, reading, and family time.

She invites people who are ready to take a step toward change to begin a conversation about goals and next steps.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything DeAnna lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

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 names

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Online support

How her approaches work online and why they help

Client-centered therapy places the person’s priorities at the center of each session. The therapist listens, reflects, and helps people name what matters most so goals are clear and achievable. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on links between thoughts, feelings, and actions; it helps people spot unhelpful patterns and try different behaviors to feel better. Motivational interviewing supports change by exploring a person’s own reasons for shifting habits and building their confidence to act.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they will try methods that fit the person’s situation and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations when a deeper connection is helpful. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in, do brief coaching-style exchanges, or keep momentum between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule consistent work and to use therapy in the context of daily life.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does she address?

She helps people with addictions, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, grief, trauma and abuse, career stress, and compassion fatigue among other concerns.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her work is client-centered and solution-focused. She combines listening with practical steps people can use between sessions.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 27 years of experience working in community mental health and independent practice settings.

Where is she licensed and located?

She is an LCPC licensed in Illinois and practices with that credential in the state.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Are international clients accepted?

International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs.

How are fees and getting started handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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