Brooke Aker, LMHC

I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor working with adults and adolescents to help them manage Anxiety, Depression, Adjustment Disorders, Phase of Life Changes, Grief and Loss, Stress Management, and Trauma.

Hi there! I have been a Licensed Mental Health Counselor for 15 years. I started my career in a private group practice. Due to some significant life changes, I needed to work closer to home, so I joined a not-for-profit where I worked 10 of these years providing outpatient counseling, helping families and children involved with Probation and the Department of Child Services, and supervising other clinicians, caseworkers, and paraprofessionals serving this community. One of my most memorable roles as a therapist was working with adolescents living in a Residential house, along with their families. This is where you really see that change is possible! Most of the teens I worked with in the Residential program were on Juvenile Probation. In this program, however, they attended public school, could work part-time jobs, get involved in sports and other school activities, and even take college courses. To play a small role in their life and help introduce them to new opportunities was so rewarding and re-instilled my love for helping people! To those special youth, "Thank You! You are Amazing individuals and it was an honor to be a part of your journey!"

One thing I've learned over my 15 years in practice is that there has always been limits in helping clients, whether it be the number of sessions allowed by an insurance company, or the location where services can take place, or even limits put in place by therapy offices and contract payers.
I don't have all the answers, but I do believe that therapists and clients have the right to determine what they need in therapy to truly help them make progress and overcome the issues and symptoms that bring them to therapy! When I thought about opening my own practice, that was my number one goal... Serve clients based on their needs! At LifeWorks Counseling & Wellness, LLC, clients can schedule for 30 minutes, 45 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, or any other time that meets their needs. LifeWorks Counseling offers a calming, grounding environment to help clients feel safe in order to dive in to their therapeutic needs. As a bonus, if meeting in the office one day is not what a client needs, we can meet at a local park, take a walk around the pond, or there may be an option to meet at the client's home (*at therapist's discretion based on client need).
I provide therapy from a client-centered, strengths-based approach and incorporate interventions from Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
Counseling services at LifeWorks Counseling & Wellness, LLC, are all self-pay at the time of service. On the 5th of each month, a Superbill of services from the prior month will be sent to you. You can submit the Superbill directly to your insurance company for benefit reimbursement if you wish. I strongly recommend calling your insurance prior to scheduling your initial intake assessment to inquire about your behavioral health benefits.

At this time, LifeWorks Counseling is offering sessions Monday-Wednesday 8 am - 5 pm. If you need an appointment time outside of this window, I might be able to accommodate, but it is not a guarantee. Most new intakes can be scheduled within a week, and sometimes the same week.
If you are interested in starting counseling and believe LifeWorks Counseling & Wellness LLC is a good fit for you, I would love to work with you! Working through issues is often not accomplished in one or two sessions, as I'm sure they did not arise in just one or two days. Therapy can be hard work, but I'm willing to walk beside you as you navigate this path to a better you! Let your Journey begin!