Grief & loss in schools
Developmentally responsive ways to support grieving students, guide staff, and recognize when additional care is needed.
BookSpeaking & training
Mental health training
people can actually use.
Warm, engaging, trauma-informed presentations for schools, counseling teams, healthcare professionals, parent groups, youth organizations, and community audiences.
Complex psychology.
Clear, human language.
Drawing from 16 years as a licensed counselor and a background in education and school counseling, I translate mental health concepts into ideas that feel useful without reducing complicated people to a checklist.
School & district trainingProfessional developmentConference sessionsParent & community workshops
The hidden logic behind behavior
A practical, human look at what confusing behavior may be protecting—and how curiosity creates more effective change than judgment.
Self-harm & suicide prevention
Helping adults respond with steadiness, understand the function beneath the behavior, support safety, and know when to escalate care.
ADHD, anxiety & OCD in real life
Recognizing patterns beneath avoidance, overwhelm, executive-function struggles, rumination, and compulsive behavior.
Reaching hard-to-reach teens
Connection-first strategies for guarded, overwhelmed, resistant, or misunderstood adolescents.
Parent & family workshops
Clear guidance on communication, boundaries, adolescent development, family patterns, and behavior.
Selected experience
Training built from
real-world work.
AEA Counselor Academy
Guest speaker for Quad Cities-area school administrators and counselors on student self-harm and grief and loss.
Quad Cities Area APN-PA Alliance
Guest speaker for advanced practice nurses and physician assistants on Gen Z mental health concerns and practical intervention techniques.
K–12 & alternative school staff development
Team-building and psychoeducational presentations supporting personality awareness, communication, cohesion, and collaboration.
School district professional development
Mental Health First Aid and customized mental health topics for back-to-school training and continuing education.
Bring Brooke to your audience
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Presentations can be adapted to your setting, goals, audience, and available time.
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