Brook Teoli-Phelps, LCSW

Brook Teoli-Phelps is an LCSW who supports people facing stress, anxiety, grief, postpartum struggles, and trauma. She focuses on helping individuals through life transitions like pregnancy, childbirth, and end-of-life concerns. Brook uses practical tools to help people cope and find steadiness during hard times.

She draws on cognitive behavioral methods to spot unhelpful thinking and build new coping habits. Attachment-based ideas help when relationships and trust feel strained. Mindfulness practices are used to calm the body and bring attention back to the present.

Brook also uses client-centered techniques to shape therapy around what matters most to each person. Motivational interviewing is used when someone is weighing change or feeling stuck. These approaches are combined into clear, concrete steps rather than abstract theory.

With four years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker in Texas, she has supported people through grief, depression, isolation, and perinatal mental health concerns. She describes her role as walking alongside clients with empathy and respect while helping them build resilience and self-understanding.

Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to the person’s needs. Brook welcomes conversations that include faith perspectives when that is meaningful to the individual. People considering therapy are encouraged to start with a short questionnaire and schedule a session to see if the fit feels right.

Approaches that translate well to remote work

Attachment-based work focuses on patterns in close relationships and on feeling safer relating to others. In sessions this looks like talking through relationship history, noticing interaction patterns, and practicing different ways of connecting that can reduce anxiety and conflict.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify thoughts and behaviors that keep stress and low mood going. It uses simple exercises and experiments to test new ways of thinking and behaving, which can be practiced between sessions to build steady change.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches brief attention and breathing practices to reduce overwhelming feelings. These tools are short and practical, useful during moments of panic, racing thoughts, or intense grief.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the person to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life. Sessions are adjusted over time based on what helps and what feels doable.

Session format details were not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions easier to fit into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or let them choose audio-only if bandwidth or being on camera is difficult. Licensed professionals can use remote sessions to carry out the same kinds of CBT, attachment-focused conversations, and mindfulness practice as in person, while tailoring pacing and homework to everyday life.