Brooks & Hurst Counseling

01/26/2026

❄️Monday, January 26❄️
We will open at 1pm due to weather.
If you had an appointment between 8am and 12pm, we will be contacting you to reschedule. Stay warm!

01/23/2026

When you're twinning, you get pics!
Just goofin..new boot goofin 🤪😎

01/22/2026

Healing isn’t weakness, it’s strength.
Less anger. Less chaos. Less fear.
If you’re ready for something different, we’re here. Call us.

📞(256)225-6418

01/14/2026

Hey you! Stop scrolling for a moment.
Take 10 seconds to breathe.
Nothing else needs your attention right now.

01/08/2026

Gloomy day? Turn the music UP. 🎶🌧️
If you have visited our office, you know we love keeping plants throughout our office to bring life and warmth inside, even on gray days.
So go ahead, play your favorite playlist while cooking dinner tonight and let the good vibes grow. 🌿

01/06/2026

Progress over perfection. You don’t have to do everything-just something. A gentle reminder from our winter wellness series to slow down and focus on the basics: positive thoughts, hydration, movement, and rest. Small, intentional choices can make a big difference.

01/05/2026

We are excited to welcome Todd Waldrop to Brooks & Hurst Counseling as a Counselor-in-Training!

Todd is a graduate student at Liberty University pursuing a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. His clinical interests include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and working with clients across the lifespan. He brings a thoughtful, client-centered approach and a strong desire to grow as a clinician.

At Brooks & Hurst Counseling, we value intentional training, collaboration, and professional development. Todd will be joining a supportive team environment where he can continue developing his clinical skills, confidence, and professional identity while serving our community.

As part of his training experience, Todd will be offering counseling services at no cost, expanding access to care for individuals and families.

We are thrilled to invest in Todd’s growth and look forward to the contribution he will make to our practice now and in the future.

12/29/2025

For our Winter Wellness Series today, it's a simple reminder. After the holidays and preparing for others, remember to take care of yourself. You matter! 🤍

12/27/2025

Anniston, AL – The Public Library of Anniston-Calhoun County will begin a new weekly program designed for the community’s youngest residents and their caregivers starting in January 2025. Baby Storytime, scheduled for Tuesday mornings at 9 a.m. in the Children’s Department, offers an hour of a...

12/18/2025

Sometimes...
A boundary looks like this
Forgiveness looks like this
Standing up for yourself looks like this
Self-care/love looks like this
Emotional maturity looks like this
Growth looks like this
Healing looks like this

There’s a stillness between us now, and it’s not the bad kind. It’s not charged, or heavy, or waiting for a spark. It’s just still. Let’s be clear: there’s no beef between us. No drama waiting in the wings. I’m not sitting here simmering, and I hope you’re not either. Whatever tension existed has cooled into something neutral, something almost peaceful in its distance.

But that distance is permanent. And I need to say this plainly, more for my own closure than anything else: friendship isn’t on the table anymore. It’s not held hostage. It’s not paused. The table itself is gone.

Here’s why, and I’ll say it without heat: when you rewrote my character and made me the bad guy, something shifted. It wasn’t just a disagreement. It wasn’t a misunderstanding we could talk through. You took the complex, messy truth of me—with my good intentions and my human flaws—and you drafted a new version. A flat, one-dimensional villain to fit the narrative you needed to tell. You assigned me lines I never spoke and motives I never felt. You needed someone to hold the blame, and my name was the one you wrote on the tag.

And in that moment, something in the foundation of what we were just… crumbled. I looked at you, not in anger, but in a kind of sad recognition. I saw that your need to be right, to be the wounded one, was stronger than your loyalty to the truth of who I’d actually been to you. Once you see that capacity in someone—the capacity to erase your humanity for their convenience—you can’t unsee it. The trust doesn’t just break; it dissolves. The lens is permanently smudged.

So this is where I land, and I say it with a genuine heart: I still want good things for you. I hope you find peace. I hope you find joy that feels real and solid. I hope you heal the parts that need healing. There’s no lie in that. My well-wishing is clean.

But I just don’t want proximity. My peace is a place I’ve built carefully, brick by brick, in the aftermath. And that space cannot include someone who once tried to tear down the blueprint. My energy, my attention, my emotional real estate—they are precious resources now. I’ve become a careful steward of my own spirit. And that means making choices that protect its climate.

You can eat well out there in the world. Feast on success, on love, on adventure. Savor your life. Truly.

Just not beside me.

This isn’t a grudge. It’s a boundary. It’s the quiet, unemotional act of moving a chair away from a table that no longer exists. There’s no ceremony to it. No last word. Just the gentle, final understanding that some roads, once they fork, are meant to lead in separate directions. I’m walking mine with a lighter step, wishing you well on yours—far from here.

12/17/2025

Our Encouragement Tree is filling up with kind words, hope, and reminders that none of us are alone. Clients have been sharing anonymous notes of encouragement for one another this Christmas season, and it’s been such a beautiful thing to witness. Our clients are simply the best! ♥️💚🤍