Session Details
$125 for a 50-minute individual session or pre-engagement/pre-marital session
Limited reduced fee slots available
Phone - 615-852-6879
Brooks is under the direct supervision of Paul Babb, EdS, ACS, LPC-MHSP
brooks lokey, M.S., LPC-MHSP (TEMP)
Are you an athlete or musician struggling with grief and loss after an injury or a transition away from your time as a player or performer? Are you a Christian pastor feeling burned out by the weight of wearing a million different hats at once, compassion fatigue, or going through a faith crisis of your own? Are you an individual dealing with hopelessness, anxiety, or stress from all life has thrown at you? You may feel alone, unsure of where to turn next, or might be wrestling with your identity. I work with athletes, musicians, pastors, and individuals to restore a sense of hope and purpose in life, help repair relationships, and find meaning. I also work with preengagement and pre-marital couples to prepare them for this next phase of their relationship.
As someone who has experienced many sports injuries and surgeries, is a musician myself, and has 12 years of experience in ministry, I can uniquely support you through a process of growth, healing, and hope. Therapy provides you the opportunity to explore the self and gain an understanding behind the root of the challenges you face to make the changes you want to see. I blend approaches that are both goal-oriented and explore what’s underneath the issues you face. Sometimes in order to move forward we have to understand the past, but we don’t have to stay there. I help my clients gain a new understanding of themselves, their stories, their hopes, their values, their needs and desires so that they can take hold of their future and move forward with clarity and confidence.
THE ATHLETE & MUSICIAN: Strong, tough, brave, team player. Creative, independent, flexible, scrappy. These are all things you’ve had to be. Yet you’ve suffered an injury, and you’re feeling scared and vulnerable. You worry if you’ll ever return to your pre-injury form. You worry if someone is going to take your spot on the team. You’ve lost the thing you love to do the most and you’ve lost the people you love to be around most. You’re isolated, fighting pain, working hard through rehab, and you’re scared. Asking for help feels like the last thing you can do, but you know that something isn’t right.
You might also be an athlete or musician who is transitioning away from your performing days. You’re retiring after a long, successful career or perhaps retiring after a challenging, short stint that didn’t go as you had hoped. You’re a college or high school athlete who is graduating who isn’t going to play at the next level. The band just broke up and you don’t know what to do now. You moved to Nashville to chase the dream, and all it’s felt like is chasing your own tail. All your life you’ve defined yourself as a performer. You’ve measured your worth in wins and losses, hits, lap times, points, assists, percentages, record sales, streams, merch sales, ticket sales. Moreover, everyone around you has measured your worth in these things. Now, you’re moving on from something that meant so much to you, and you’re having to ask the question for the first time - “who am I if not an athlete or musician?” “What matters to me?” “Does anything bring me meaning or purpose?” Sadly, many of the people you thought were your closest allies have disappeared from your life, and you’re left all alone. This is one of the most important transitions you’ll ever make in life. You’ve tried figuring this out on your own, but you feel stuck, confused, angry, scared, sad, lonely, and tired.
THE PASTOR: Holding it together for everybody else – you’re exhausted. You’re tired from having to be all things to all people, having to be a teacher, a budget manager, a team lead, logistics manager, volunteer coordinator, missions director, HR, and a pastoral counselor all at once. You feel the weight of so many hurting, broken people who you shepherd day in and day out. You may yourself feel broken, confused, angry at God, be questioning your faith, and yet you feel like you have to hide these parts of yourself because pastors aren’t allowed to have their own doubts and questions. “What would my co-workers think of me?” “What would my church think of me?” “Am I safe to be human here?” These are the questions that keep you confined. It feels too risky to be honest or vulnerable, so you continue to do what you always do and hold it together for everyone else. Yet you know something has to change.
Reaching out and asking for help can be terrifying – terrifying to admit to yourself and terrifying to admit to another. To ask for help shows strength and courage, however, not weakness. I hope you know that you don't have to do it alone too. Take this next step, and let’s work together toward growth, healing, resilience, and change. Even if you’re not an athlete, musician, or pastor, you also experience many of these same things in your jobs, relationships, family, and more. If it seems like I might be the right fit, call, email, or text, and let's talk soon! I would be happy to talk more.
About Me
I am a Nashville native, a sports fanatic, music lover, and coffee nerd. I’ve been married to my wonderful wife for 6 years. In my free time, I enjoy watching any of my favorite sports teams or playing sports myself. I also enjoy exploring new music as well as playing music as a drummer of over 25 years. Lastly, I am constantly exploring and researching the latest art and science in the world of coffee and espresso. I am a home brewing enthusiast and love learning more about the complexities within the incredible gift of coffee.
I received my M.S. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Lipscomb University. I am a certified Prepare/Enrich facilitator for pre-engagement/pre-marital work. I am practicing under the supervision of Paul Babb, Ed.S., LPC/MSHP.