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Brooke Lesley

Brooke Lesley, LCSW

Therapist in Oregon

Compassionate trauma‑informed LCSW helping self esteem

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12 years of experience listed

LCSW professional credentials

English languages

  • Mindfulness and self-compassion
  • Body-aware approaches
  • Trauma-informed care

About Brooke

Brooke Lesley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with a focus on helping people strengthen self esteem and manage stress, anxiety, grief, and trauma. She works with adults facing life transitions, relationship and intimacy concerns, addiction, mood challenges, and career stress. Brooke emphasizes noticing how the body reacts to thoughts and memories to better manage day-to-day challenges.

Brooke brings 12 years of clinical experience to each session. She describes therapy as a collaborative process where the client is the expert on their life and goals. Sessions often include mindfulness and self-compassion practices to reduce distress and build resilience. Brooke also uses body-focused awareness to help people recognize patterns that keep them stuck.

Her background centers on trauma-informed care, grief and loss work, and supporting people through major life changes. She integrates attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape present feelings and behavior. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is part of her approach for processing traumatic memories when that fits the client's needs.

Brooke aims to help people expand their view beyond negative self-beliefs and connect with their strengths. In sessions she offers practical tools for coping with panic, sleep problems, guilt and shame, and caregiver stress. Her goal is to help clients move toward meaningful choices and greater day-to-day ease.

Clients in Oregon who want to explore how body awareness, mindfulness, and narrative work can support their recovery and growth are encouraged to consider a conversation with Brooke. She offers guidance on managing chronic pain, grief, dissociation, and multicultural concerns as part of a broad practice.

How her approaches shape online therapy

Brooke combines attachment-based ideas with mindfulness work to help people notice patterns that come from past relationships and current life stresses. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early bonds influence present reactions and helps people find new ways to feel safer in relationships and with themselves. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and increase self-compassion, which can help with anxiety, panic, and low self-esteem.

She also uses EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, when it fits a client's needs to process traumatic memories and reduce their intensity. EMDR sessions focus on stabilizing a person first and then working through painful memories with guided procedures that integrate body sensations and memory processing.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Brooke will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most comfortable, then adapt methods over time. This helps tailor the work to issues like grief, addiction, chronic pain, or dissociation.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can also adjust pacing, include mindfulness exercises, and guide body-awareness practices effectively in remote sessions.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Attachment issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDissociationDomestic violenceFamily of origin issuesGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingLife purposeMen's issuesMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySomatizationWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyExistential TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

12+ years

Credentials

Utah, Oregon

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns can Brooke help with?

She supports people facing stress, anxiety, grief, trauma and abuse, self esteem struggles, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep problems, depression and bipolar concerns, and related challenges.

What is her general therapy style?

Brooke practices in a collaborative, client-centered way that emphasizes mindfulness, self-compassion, and attention to body sensations alongside talk therapy.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 12 years of experience working as a trauma-informed therapist across grief, life transitions, and trauma-related issues.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, listed as OR LCSW and UT LCSW, and practices in Oregon.

Can sessions be conducted in other languages or for international clients?

Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.

What session formats are offered?

The biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options with the service before scheduling.

How are fees and payment handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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