About Bertrille
Bertrille Hookfin is a licensed clinical social worker who uses a person-centered style to help people through hard moments. She draws on client-centered work first, then adds tools from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches as needed. Her tone is straightforward and calm, and she focuses on small, practical steps that fit each person’s life.
She has over 22 years of experience and practices in Louisiana. Bertrille has worked with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, grief, and mood concerns such as bipolar disorder.
Background and approach
She also assists with relationship strain, intimacy issues, body image, sleep and eating problems, parenting pressures, career stress, and ADHD-related challenges. Her approach begins with listening closely to where someone is right now. From that starting point she helps set clear, achievable goals.
Sessions often include skill-building from cognitive behavioral therapy, grounding and awareness exercises drawn from mindfulness, and conversational coaching to clarify next steps. Bertrille has supported people dealing with abandonment, attachment struggles, caregiver stress, first responder issues, gender dysphoria concerns, and blended family stress. She also addresses practical problems like coping with life changes, anger, guilt, and forgiveness work.
Her style aims to make progress feel manageable rather than overwhelming. People can expect straightforward talk, concrete strategies, and gradual change tied to real-life routines. Bertrille works collaboratively to find what helps and adjusts the plan as needs shift.
Therapeutic approaches that work well online
Bertrille often uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening, acceptance, and meeting people where they are. That approach helps clients feel heard and makes it easier to set goals that matter to them. Cognitive behavioral therapy is another common tool she uses; it breaks problems into thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety or change unhelpful patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the first sessions. She will work together with each person to decide which combination of methods fits best. This includes checking in about goals, preferences, and what feels doable in day-to-day life, so the plan matches real needs.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and visual cues. Phone can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can support shorter check-ins, coaching-style guidance, or when people prefer typing to speaking. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and make it easier to keep progress moving forward.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana, Alabama
- Languages
- English