Brooke Gibson

A Bit About Brooke

Therapy for people who are tired of performing.

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Maybe you've spent years feeling like you're working harder than everyone else just to keep up. Maybe you've recently begun wondering whether ADHD, autism, or AuDHD might explain some of the things you've always struggled to understand about yourself. Or maybe you simply know that you're overwhelmed, disconnected, anxious, or exhausted, and you're ready for a place where you don't have to figure everything out on your own.

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Brooke works primarily with Gen Z and Millennial adults who are exploring neurodivergence, navigating late diagnosis or self-identification, or experiencing anxiety, depression, burnout, and major life transitions. She has a particular interest in helping clients make sense of themselves after recognizing that the ways they learned to cope, mask, or keep up may no longer be working. Brooke believes therapy can be a place to understand yourself more deeply without treating the parts of you that don't fit neatly into the world as problems that need to be fixed.

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Brooke brings a calm, compassionate, and intentionally low-pressure presence to therapy. She doesn't believe every silence needs to be filled or every difficult feeling needs to be immediately turned into an action item. Sometimes you need a question; sometimes you need time to think. Her goal is to create enough space for you to slow down, notice what is happening beneath the surface, and begin making sense of your experiences at your own pace.

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Her approach is collaborative and neurodivergent-affirming, drawing from CBT, DBT, ACT, IFS, and other evidence-based approaches while remaining flexible to the person in front of her. Brooke sees you as the expert on your own life and views her role as walking alongside you as you develop greater self-understanding, self-trust, and connection with who you are underneath the expectations you've carried. Therapy may include practical strategies when they are helpful, but it also makes room for curiosity, vulnerability, reflection, and simply being with what is difficult.

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Brooke is especially drawn to working with people who have spent a long time feeling misunderstood or like they should be able to manage things more easily than they do. Whether you're trying to understand a new diagnosis, recovering from burnout, navigating depression or anxiety, questioning old ideas about yourself, or figuring out what you want your life to look like next, you don't need to arrive with a perfectly organized story or a clear set of goals. You can start wherever you are.

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Brooke earned her bachelor's degree in Film Studies with a minor in Women and Gender Studies from the University of North Carolina Wilmington in 2014 before returning to UNCW to earn her Master of Social Work in 2018. Her background in film, gender studies, and social work informs the curiosity and creativity she brings to understanding people's experiences.

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Outside of therapy, Brooke enjoys getting invested in reality TV and documentaries, listening to Harry Styles, and spending time with Navy, her long-haired dachshund. She appreciates the little things that make life enjoyable and believes there is plenty of room in a meaningful life for both deep reflection and knowing far too much about reality television.