Brooke Ayoub , LMHC

Brooke Ayoub is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York with five years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, and mood disorders like depression and bipolar. Brooke combines practical skills with steady support to help people take the next steps in their lives.

Brooke uses several approaches to fit different needs. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people identify their values and take committed action. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address unhelpful thoughts and patterns. She also works from a client-centered stance that emphasizes listening and collaboration.

Her background includes work in crisis intervention and support for people with serious mental health diagnoses. That experience informs her trauma-aware approach and her work with people facing family conflict, caregiver stress, chronic illness, or life transitions. She keeps treatment plain and practical, focusing on skills people can use day to day.

Brooke also brings mindfulness practices into sessions for clients who find them useful. She integrates breath work and meditation when appropriate, and tailors each session to a person’s pace. The goal is to help people build tools that fit their real lives.

Brooke meets people where they are and helps them set realistic goals. She aims to make therapy a collaborative process that recognizes a person’s strengths while addressing immediate concerns. The result is focused, down-to-earth support for navigating change and healing from past hurt.

How Brooke’s approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice what matters to them and take small actions toward those values even when emotions are hard. It’s useful for anxiety, stress, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with new behaviors to reduce symptoms like worry and low mood. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and working together so clients feel heard and lead the direction of change.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Brooke will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped before. From there she tailors methods and checks in regularly to adjust the plan so it fits the person’s life and pace.

Online sessions give practical flexibility. Video calls let people keep visual connection for skill practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a brief check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter updates, between-session coaching, or ongoing check-ins that fit a busy day. These options help make therapy more accessible around work, parenting, or mobility constraints while keeping the focus on real-world skills and progress.