Counseling in Lake Charles: Support for Individuals and Couples

Lake Charles is home, but that doesn't mean you always feel at home within yourself. If you're struggling with your relationship, dealing with addiction, or working through past trauma, counseling can help you find clarity, healing, and a path forward.

At Woods Counseling Services, I provide a space where you feel heard, understood, and equipped to move forward. Whether you're navigating betrayal trauma, sex addiction recovery, or simply trying to rebuild trust in your marriage, I'm here to help you through it.

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Individual counseling gives you a dedicated space to work through what's weighing on you. Whether you're dealing with anxiety, depression, past trauma, or just feeling stuck, we'll work together to identify what's holding you back and create a plan to move forward. Using approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and EMDR, we'll address the root causes, not just the symptoms, so you can experience lasting change.
If your relationship feels more like roommates than partners, or if trust has been broken and you don't know how to rebuild it, couples counseling can help. I use the Gottman Method and other proven approaches to help you improve communication, resolve ongoing conflicts, and restore intimacy. Whether you're on the edge of separation or just want to strengthen your connection, we'll work on creating the relationship you both want.
As a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT), I specialize in helping men break free from pornography and sex addiction. This isn't about shame or judgment. It's about understanding what's driving the behavior, processing the underlying pain, and building a life you don't want to escape from. Recovery is possible, and you don't have to do it alone.
If you've discovered your partner's infidelity or secret life, the trauma is real. You're not crazy for feeling hypervigilant, anxious, or unable to trust your own judgment. Betrayal trauma counseling helps you process what happened, regulate your nervous system, and decide what you want your future to look like. You deserve support as you heal.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a powerful, evidence-based therapy for processing trauma. If you've experienced abuse, neglect, accidents, or other distressing events that still affect you today, EMDR can help reduce the emotional charge of those memories. It's not about forgetting what happened. It's about freeing yourself from the grip it has on your life.

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Why Choose a Specialist?

Not every therapist is trained to handle sex addiction or betrayal trauma. And that's not a knock on general therapists, they do important work. But these issues require specialized knowledge that most counselors simply don't have.

I'm a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT), which means I've completed over 120 hours of intensive training through the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals. I'm also trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), a therapy specifically designed to help you process trauma without having to relive every painful detail over and over.

Here's the reality: if you've tried regular counseling before and it didn't quite work, or if you're dealing with something that feels too big for talk therapy alone, you need someone who's trained for exactly what you're going through.

I understand what it means to live in Lake Charles. We value faith, family, and community, but that also means we sometimes feel pressure to keep up appearances. It's hard to ask for help when you're worried about running into someone you know, or when you feel like admitting struggle means you're failing.

My practice offers a judgment-free space where you can be completely honest about what's really going on. Whether you prefer to meet in person at my Lake Charles office or connect via secure online counseling from the privacy of your own home, your story is safe here. I work with individuals and couples throughout Southwest Louisiana, including Sulphur, Westlake, Moss Bluff, and the surrounding areas.

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What Clients Are Saying

Brent and his therapy sessions have saved my marriage. I cannot recommend him enough. His personal experience allows him to relate on a level not most therapists can achieve. He is so easygoing, you feel comfortable from day one.
After denying the fact that a therapist would help with my anxiety and panic attacks, i decided to go ahead and try it out. Luckily i chose the right one for me on the first try! i highly recommend Brent, not only is he very easy to talk to, he never forgets a detail about past conversations. Very clean and comfortable atmosphere, and i’m learning things every time i have an appointment with him. he has a client for life with me!
The experience with seeing Brent has changed my perspective of my present and future. I have grown as a person and it has helped restored our marriage. He gives honest, unbiased feedback and his Christian values are something we wouldn't have recieved anywhere else. I would recommend his services to anyone seeking counsel.