Brooke Robinson, LMSW, New York City Psychotherapy Collective

Brooke's approach:

My approach is person-centered at its core. I believe you're the expert on your own life, and my role is to create a space where you feel grounded enough to explore it honestly. Over the years, my clients have told me our sessions are the first place they've been able to exhale, where they don't have to perform, explain, or hold it all together. I believe that sense of safety is what makes deeper growth possible. From there, we can explore the patterns that keep you stuck, work through what's beneath them, and build confidence in trusting your own emotions and instincts. I work with young adults and adults navigating anxiety, burnout, hypersensitivity and hypervigilance, relationship challenges, racial identity struggles, and the long term effects of chronic stress and trauma. I draw from humanistic therapy, psychodynamic therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), and I tailor our work to what you need rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all approach. I meet every client where they are, without judgment. In practice, I enjoy bringing mindfulness and somatic tools into sessions. Chronic stress and trauma can leave you feeling disconnected from your mind and body, and grounding practices can help you reconnect with yourself in ways talking alone sometimes can't. As a mixed-race Black woman, I see culturally competent care as foundational to good therapy, not an add-on. My training is grounded in mindfulness and trauma-informed care and I have a lot of experience working with BIPOC and mixed-race communities in both California and New York. In my post undergrad years, I co-facilitated an African American women's wellbeing circle in the Bay Area of California. I especially value supporting clients who are navigating questions of identity and belonging, or who have rarely felt fully understood in the spaces they find themselves in.