Edna Booker, LPC
Hope-focused counselor with practical skills
Details
| Name | Edna Booker |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC |
| Based in | Louisiana |
| Licensed in | Arizona, Louisiana, Wisconsin |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 25 |
About Edna
Edna Booker is a licensed professional counselor with a long career helping people face addiction, trauma, depression, anger, and relationship struggles. She greets clients with a calm, nonjudgmental presence and focuses on creating a space where people can speak honestly about what they are feeling.
Edna emphasizes practical steps and steady support for those working through intimacy issues, sleep problems, bipolar mood concerns, and struggles with self-esteem. Her approach is collaborative and straightforward.
Background and approach
She listens first and then helps people tell the story of their lives in a clearer way, often drawing on Narrative Therapy and Client-Centered techniques to shift how problems are understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools are used when a person needs concrete skills for coping and emotional regulation.
Edna brings 25 years of experience to sessions and holds licensed professional counselor credentials in Arizona and Wisconsin, listed as LPC. She practices in Louisiana and offers services in English. Her background includes work with addiction, domestic violence, dissociation, and caregiver stress among other concerns.
In sessions she aims to blend storytelling and skills work. That can mean looking at patterns that repeat across relationships, testing small behavior changes, or practicing ways to manage intense feelings. She also supports people navigating family of origin wounds, codependency, grief, and issues that leave them feeling empty.
People who reach out can expect clear, paced guidance and practical techniques to try between sessions. Edna frames therapy as a process of discovering new narratives and building everyday strategies that make life more manageable.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Addictions, Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse among the things Edna works with, alongside the areas below.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Edna among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Edna among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Edna among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Edna among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Edna among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Edna among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Edna among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Edna among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Edna among the ways she works.
- Systemic Therapy: Listed by Edna among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Edna directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Edna directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Approaches in Online Sessions and What They Offer
Edna commonly draws on Narrative Therapy to help people separate themselves from the problems they face and rewrite unhelpful life stories. This approach can be useful for relationship pain, feelings of emptiness, or patterns that keep repeating.She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening and reflecting so people feel understood and can find their own solutions. That approach supports self-esteem work, caregiver stress, and difficult emotions related to trauma.
When concrete skills are needed, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes to reduce depression, anxiety, or sleep problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills may be woven in to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance for intense moods or impulsive behaviors.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist partners with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress is made. This collaborative process helps people try different strategies and keep what works.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video is good for a full conversation and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be used for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does Edna commonly address?
She supports people facing addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, anger, relationship and intimacy issues, bipolar mood concerns, sleep problems, and low self-esteem.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and nonjudgmental. She listens closely, helps people reframe their stories, and uses straightforward tools to manage emotions.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has 25 years of professional experience working with a range of concerns including addiction, trauma, domestic violence, and dissociation.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LPC - licensed professional counselor - with licensure in Arizona and Wisconsin, and she practices from Louisiana.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
People can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits their needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
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