My Writing and Work

I’m an impassioned writer and reader with a master’s degree in social work, a bachelor’s degree in communications, concentrations in psychology and health, and more than two decades of writing experience. 

I’m also a licensed clinical social worker and therapist.

From 2022-2024, I worked closely with Sherry Turkle, NY Times bestselling author and award-winning MIT professor, as an initial co-brainstormer and then research assistant on her forthcoming book.

My work with Sherry included assisting with line edits and brainstorming on specific sections of the book, writing essays upon Sherry’s request that she could use as inspiration for the book, researching potentially applicable literature to her topic, conducting field research, and interviewing well-known professionals including David Kessler, one of America’s foremost experts on grief, and Dr. Kirsten Smith of Oxford University, who researches prolonged grief disorder about their experiences and perspectives on grief in connection with the use of GriefTech. 

Specific feedback from Sherry about my contributions included, “I knew I could work with you after just two conversations because you have a certain psychological culture, intelligence, and brilliance,” “Your work is excellent, Brooke,” “Your opinions are very smart ones, and I’ve really enjoyed reading your work,” and “I have a very high opinion of you and see you as making a valuable contribution to this project.” 

When Sherry and I first met in the spring of 2022, she was torn between two book ideas, feeling strongly inclined toward both, which were on very different topics. But after several phone conversations between the two of us, she said (and this is the current book on which she is now working), “My book about __________ is a different project. I suppose you have convinced me that this is worth doing first.”  

Simultaneously, I’ve completed a fictional (unpublished) novel, Saving Grace, about which Kirkus Reviews said, “Saving Grace offers readers a timeless and compelling therapeutic journey through trauma, recovery, and growth. A gripping depiction of the damage caused by abuse and enablement,” “The author paints a striking portrait of how the mother becomes an enabler,” and “The insightful and often suspenseful narrative is particularly powerful when capturing a victim’s innermost thoughts.” 

Kirkus named Saving Grace as one of their “Indie Books Worth Discovering” this past autumn of 2024, which, of the thousands of books they review each year, only about 20 percent are awarded.

Saving Grace was also a top ten finalist in Scribbler’s manuscript contest last spring and was featured on the podcast, The Sh*t No One Tells You About Writing: Books with Hooks. 

I’m also a regular writer for Medium.com, where many of my articles have garnered between 50,000 and 100,000+ readers. I’m the author of three blogs, and I’ve been published in Drunk Monkeys literary magazine and other online publications. 

It’s an utter delight and thrill of mine to share insights, as well as my life experiences and inspirations with others. I do this with the thought (and hope) in mind that my offerings might impact another life in a positive, inspired fashion, the way that so many writers have powerfully affected mine.

Since the age of two, I’ve had a book perpetually in hand, taking in ideas, stories, and books the way I used to devour desserts (though as I’ve gotten older, the dessert consumption has abated slightly). Now, I write the way others eat and breathe air; as a necessary, unavoidable aspect of living and being. Reading and writing are my greatest loves (aside from the loved ones in my life). I was drawn into a love affair with words when I was mere months old, and haven’t left it since.