Brooke Pelster-Hess


Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner and Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor


Norfolk therapy
    • Adolescents aged 14+

    • Adults

    • Addiction/Co-occurring disorders

    • Anxiety

    • Depression

    I also really enjoy working with family members who have struggled with addiction within their families and helping them find their own recovery.

  • Brooke utilizes a blend of the strategies below when working with her clients.

    • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

    • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

    • Solution-Focused

    • Person-Centered

    • United Health Care Community Plan

    • Blue Cross Blue Shield

    • United Health Care

    • Nebraska Total Care

    • Midlands Choice

    • Directions (EAP)

    • Ambetter

    • Molina

    • Medica

    • Aetna

About Brooke

Brooke has worked for several agencies across the state and in all levels of care, including residential, partial care, intensive outpatient, and outpatient.

Addiction treatment has been Brooke's passion throughout her career; however, she also enjoys working with adults and adolescents (14+) struggling with anxiety, depression, severe and persistent mental health conditions, and other difficult life circumstances, such as trauma and grief.

Brooke primarily utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and solution-focused and person-centered techniques in her work with clients.  

Brooke is the owner of BPH Counseling LLC.

Hobbies: Facilitating and practicing guided meditation, reading the classics, and marveling at life’s innumerable absurdities.

Favorite Quote: “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes me, within me, there’s something stronger - something better, pushing right back.” —Albert Camus

Education

  • Obtained licensure in addiction counseling in 2005

  • Master's Degree in Counseling from Doane College in 2012

 

Tuesday: 9:00a-7:00p

Wednesday: 9:00a-7:00p

Thursday - Monday: Closed

*All therapists at TLC offer office hours by appointment only.

Brooke’s Appointment Hours