Bertrille Hookfin, LCSW, LICSW

Bertrille Hookfin, LCSW, LICSW, offers a client-centered approach that begins with where each person is. She draws on 22 years of clinical work and keeps sessions focused on practical steps people can use right away. Her style aims to help people feel understood while they work through emotional challenges. She is based in Louisiana and conducts therapy in English.

Her practice supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, and trauma and abuse. She also helps with issues around intimacy, self-esteem, eating and sleeping concerns, and parenting strains. Bertrille’s additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment concerns, caregiver stress, body image, and coping with major life changes.

She uses a mix of approaches tailored to the individual. That includes Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. Sessions emphasize clear goals, practical tools, and steady progress across weeks.

Bertrille has experience supporting people with neurodiversity and first responder issues, as well as those navigating divorce, blended-family dynamics, or aging-related worries. Her long practice includes work with children from age five through adulthood and with people who have special needs.

Her credentials are Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW). Prospective clients in Louisiana who speak English can begin by using the site’s continue button on this profile to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time.

How these approaches fit into online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so people feel heard. It emphasizes the client’s priorities and helps build choices that make sense for daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and the kinds of problems you want to solve. That discussion helps decide whether a gentler, listening-based method or a skills-focused plan is best, and it can change over time as progress is made.

Details about which online session formats are offered were not included in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter or more frequent check-ins, or reduce travel time. They let people use strategies learned in sessions during real-life moments, and therapists can adapt exercises such as mindfulness or CBT worksheets to work remotely.