Bertrille Hookfin, LCSW, LICSW

Louisiana · 22 years in practice

Bertrille Hookfin is a licensed clinical social worker with more than two decades of experience.

License and registration

LCSW, Louisiana: 7749 · expires August 2026
LICSW, Alabama: 5872C · expires August 2026
NPI: 1760649107 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 22
Languages: English

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About Bertrille

Bertrille Hookfin is a licensed clinical social worker with more than two decades of experience. She uses a mix of proven approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and challenges that affect daily life. Bertrille speaks English and practices from Louisiana as an LCSW and LICSW.

Her style begins by meeting people where they are. Sessions are practical and grounded. She listens, helps identify priorities, and develops steps that fit each person's life.

Background and approach

Bertrille integrates client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques to address thoughts and behaviors that cause distress. She also uses EMDR to support people working through traumatic memories and mindfulness practices to build calm and focus. Motivational interviewing can help clients find reasons to change when they feel stuck.

Clients come for many concerns including depression, grief, addictions, sleep and eating problems, anger, self-esteem, and relationship or intimacy-related issues. She also supports people facing life changes, caregiver stress, first responder issues, gender dysphoria concerns, and attention-related challenges like ADHD. Over 22 years Bertrille has worked with people of different ages and needs, including those with developmental differences.

Her approach is flexible, aiming to tailor methods to each person’s goals and pace.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Bertrille lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
LGBT
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Depression
Addictions
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Blended family issues
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Divorce and separation
Family of origin issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
HIV / AIDS
Hoarding
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Intellectual disability
Jealousy
Life purpose
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Prejudice and discrimination
Self-love
Social anxiety and phobia
Trichotillomania
Visually impaired
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Bertrille names

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Online support

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Bertrille blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral methods and EMDR in ways that adapt well to remote sessions. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a collaborative relationship so clients feel heard and guided. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors and uses concrete exercises to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress. EMDR helps people process traumatic memories through structured protocols that can be conducted in video or phone sessions when appropriate.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try first. That collaborative process means adjustments can be made as progress and comfort evolve.

Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and guided practices, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed, and live chat or text-based messaging can support short updates, coping prompts, or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy routines and to continue work from different locations.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of problems does she help address?

She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, sleep and eating concerns, anger, self-esteem, and relationship or intimacy-related issues, among others.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She works in a client-centered way, listening first and then using practical techniques such as cognitive behavioral strategies, mindfulness, EMDR, and motivational interviewing as needed.

How long has she practiced therapy?

She has 22 years of experience working with people across a range of ages and needs.

What credentials and location does she hold?

She holds LCSW and LICSW credentials and practices in Louisiana.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Are international clients supported?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

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