Brooks Johnson, LMHC

Brooks Johnson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 27 years of experience based in Florida. He begins by assuming people have purpose and can move toward a more effective life. He listens for strengths and offers steady, practical feedback to help clients notice patterns and take small steps forward.

Brooks blends familiar methods into his work, using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside existential and mindfulness ideas. He draws on life experience as well as formal education to shape sessions. Treatment conversations can include values, daily habits, and ways to manage strong emotions.

Sessions focus on clear goals and real-life skills. Brooks helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar concerns, addiction, grief, trauma, anger, and relationship or intimacy questions. He also supports those facing career changes, caregiver strain, aging or end-of-life concerns, and issues tied to isolation or life purpose.

Therapy often includes practical exercises, thought awareness, and short-term problem solving. Brooks may explore a client's beliefs about meaning and purpose when that matters to their goals. He also incorporates mindfulness techniques to reduce reactivity and improve focus.

Brooks offers counseling in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. He encourages people to start with a simple conversation about goals so they can choose the pace and style that feel right.

Approaches you can use in online sessions

Brooks often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and practice different responses. CBT focuses on changing thinking and behavior patterns and can be useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and impulse challenges.

He also uses Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices. These skills help reduce reactivity, improve concentration, and support emotion regulation during stressful moments.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Brooks will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then tailor methods to each person's needs in a collaborative way.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging so people can choose what fits their life. Video works well for deeper conversational work, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat and text are helpful for brief check-ins or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and different routines.