Patricia is a licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of California and earned a PhD in Healing Psychology and Integrative Medicine in 2003. She has worked in the Health Care field for over 40 years, specializing in the Mind/Body connection. She is a certified Clinical Hypnotherapist with an eclectic treatment approach tailored to individual’s needs. Dr. Brooks designed and implemented numerous Integrative Medicine Programs including one at Sonoma Valley Hospital. She has worked as a hospital Administrator, a Psychiatric Liaison and Behavioral Health Clinician in a hospital setting and has been in private practice for over 30 years. She has taught undergraduate and graduate studies in three universities, and served as a guest lecturer at the Indiana School of Medicine. She is known for her “collaborative approach, compassion, and ability to be present with her clients.” Local Sonoma physician Brian Sebastian, M.D. recommends Patricia as “…having garnered high regard from local physicians and other colleagues through her thorough evaluations, her clinical acumen and her professional demeanor. I appreciate and rely on her clinical judgment regularly to help me care for patients with psychological and social challenges. She is a remarkable individual.”
Specializes in: Mind/Body connection, clinical hypnotherapy