Brooke Lesley , LCSW

Brooke Lesley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 12 years of experience providing trauma-informed therapy. She brings focused clinical expertise in trauma, life transitions, grief and loss, and a wide range of emotional and relational challenges. Brooke emphasizes the connection between bodily sensations and emotional experience, helping people notice how physical signals relate to thoughts, beliefs, and memories so they can respond to life’s challenges with greater ease.

Her practice prioritizes mindfulness and self-compassion as tools to expand perspective beyond narrow negative beliefs and to strengthen resilience. By cultivating gentle awareness of present-moment experience, Brooke supports clients in reducing distress, accessing strengths, and building practical strategies for coping. She approaches therapy with the belief that each person is the expert on their own life and has the capacity to move through transitions from a place of empowerment.

In collaborative work, Brooke explores options with clients for creating a more meaningful life, integrating trauma-informed principles, body-based awareness, and compassionate practices to foster long-term healing and adaptability.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Brooke integrates several evidence-informed approaches to support healing and growth. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships shape current patterns of connection and safety, helping people improve intimacy, trust, and relational responses. Mindfulness Therapy cultivates present-moment awareness and self-compassion, which can reduce reactivity to stress and increase emotional regulation during life transitions and grief. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used for processing traumatic memories and reducing the intensity of distress tied to past events.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Brooke works collaboratively with clients to determine what fits best. Together they assess needs, goals, and preferences and adapt methods over time so the work remains relevant and effective for each person.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call or phone, and shorter check-ins are possible through live chat or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care around busy schedules, travel, or caregiving responsibilities, while still working with licensed professionals and therapists to address stress, trauma, relationships, and life changes.