Feminist Therapists in Brooklyn, NY
Therapy may be new for you and I appreciate the bravery it takes to embark on this journey. I believe the work of a therapist is not to provide magical answers, but to help people find their own answers and inner strength. I'm Robin (she, her) a Brooklyn based therapist with over 18 years of clinical experience. I love watching people grow and evolve. I am guided by social justice and feminist principals. Affordable mental health care is a social justice issue. Everyone deserves to have a meaningful life.
Therapy may be new for you and I appreciate the bravery it takes to embark on this journey. I believe the work of a therapist is not to provide magical answers, but to help people find their own answers and inner strength. I'm Robin (she, her) a Brooklyn based therapist with over 18 years of clinical experience. I love watching people grow and evolve. I am guided by social justice and feminist principals. Affordable mental health care is a social justice issue. Everyone deserves to have a meaningful life.
With experience in EFT, CBT, Mindfulness, and Feminist orientations, I utilize an integrative approach, with humor and curiosity, designed to meet the specific needs of the individual or couple.
You may have found yourself here because something isn’t working anymore. Whether in your relationship, your job, or negative thoughts that you can’t seem to redirect, it may feel like your typical coping skills or support systems aren’t enough. That’s ok. Take a breath and know that untangling this right now is not something you have to do alone. In my practice, I work with adults navigating interpersonal relationships, career stress, self-esteem and personal growths. I have experience with eating disorders, substance abuse, and trauma, and a special interest in working with the unique struggles of creative and performing artists.
With experience in EFT, CBT, Mindfulness, and Feminist orientations, I utilize an integrative approach, with humor and curiosity, designed to meet the specific needs of the individual or couple.
You may have found yourself here because something isn’t working anymore. Whether in your relationship, your job, or negative thoughts that you can’t seem to redirect, it may feel like your typical coping skills or support systems aren’t enough. That’s ok. Take a breath and know that untangling this right now is not something you have to do alone. In my practice, I work with adults navigating interpersonal relationships, career stress, self-esteem and personal growths. I have experience with eating disorders, substance abuse, and trauma, and a special interest in working with the unique struggles of creative and performing artists.
My work is informed by attachment, neuroplasticity, and relational theories from a feminist perspective.
I believe in searching for the resilience in each person. Beginning therapy can feel like entering unknown territory. I have a warm, interactive practice that includes the following: problematic life changes, depression, adoption issues (both child and adult), work issues, social competence, relationship issues, recovery issues, trauma, anxiety and aging issues. I have a special feeling for those who are dealing with anxiety, and use meditation frequently. I am also able to assist with creative blocks regarding writing and other arts.
My work is informed by attachment, neuroplasticity, and relational theories from a feminist perspective.
I believe in searching for the resilience in each person. Beginning therapy can feel like entering unknown territory. I have a warm, interactive practice that includes the following: problematic life changes, depression, adoption issues (both child and adult), work issues, social competence, relationship issues, recovery issues, trauma, anxiety and aging issues. I have a special feeling for those who are dealing with anxiety, and use meditation frequently. I am also able to assist with creative blocks regarding writing and other arts.
Victoria Licandro
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Brooklyn, NY 11242 (Online Only)
As an individual and couples therapist, I draw upon Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and feminist theory.
I believe that embedded in each of us are the tools and knowledge for self-reflection, growth, and healing. I work with clients to develop the insight and skills necessary to manage anxiety, depression, overwhelming emotions, relationship struggles, and to resolve past traumas. I understand that everyone’s path forward is unique; therefore, I am dedicated to forming an authentic relationship with each of my clients and learning from them in the process. My goal is to actively engage with my clients—while putting them at ease and offering support—as they find their best path forward.
As an individual and couples therapist, I draw upon Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and feminist theory.
I believe that embedded in each of us are the tools and knowledge for self-reflection, growth, and healing. I work with clients to develop the insight and skills necessary to manage anxiety, depression, overwhelming emotions, relationship struggles, and to resolve past traumas. I understand that everyone’s path forward is unique; therefore, I am dedicated to forming an authentic relationship with each of my clients and learning from them in the process. My goal is to actively engage with my clients—while putting them at ease and offering support—as they find their best path forward.
Through my activism efforts I facilitate political education, community building, and the development and dissemination of intersectional feminist frameworks.
Guided by feminist and relational therapeutic practices, I work with you to uncover why, where, and who you are at this moment. In this process, I pay particular attention to the complexities of identities, nuances of relationships, and experiences of oppression that shape us all. Through psychodynamic exploration and a liberatory framework, my ultimate goal as your counselor is to empower you to empower yourself. My therapeutic practice is rooted in the understanding that you are the expert of your own experiences. I am here for you as you are, and am prepared to approach your needs with collaboration, flexibility, and compassion.
Through my activism efforts I facilitate political education, community building, and the development and dissemination of intersectional feminist frameworks.
Guided by feminist and relational therapeutic practices, I work with you to uncover why, where, and who you are at this moment. In this process, I pay particular attention to the complexities of identities, nuances of relationships, and experiences of oppression that shape us all. Through psychodynamic exploration and a liberatory framework, my ultimate goal as your counselor is to empower you to empower yourself. My therapeutic practice is rooted in the understanding that you are the expert of your own experiences. I am here for you as you are, and am prepared to approach your needs with collaboration, flexibility, and compassion.
Devon Leigh Roller
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Brooklyn, NY 11201 (Online Only)
My purpose as a therapist is to inspire individuals to discover their own true power by identifying patterns which may be holding them back from who they truly are. I believe my role as a therapist is to guide people toward finding their own inner power and strength, listen to their own inner knowing and find their own healing. Therapeutic modalities I utilize include depth work, internal family systems (parts work/inner child work) and family of origin, positive psychology, self-efficacy and self-empowerment perspective also known as feminist theory. Above all, I utilize a spiritual and holistic approach.
My purpose as a therapist is to inspire individuals to discover their own true power by identifying patterns which may be holding them back from who they truly are. I believe my role as a therapist is to guide people toward finding their own inner power and strength, listen to their own inner knowing and find their own healing. Therapeutic modalities I utilize include depth work, internal family systems (parts work/inner child work) and family of origin, positive psychology, self-efficacy and self-empowerment perspective also known as feminist theory. Above all, I utilize a spiritual and holistic approach.
Maggie Dunleavy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Brooklyn, NY 11238
My therapeutic practice is informed by critical race theory as well as queer and feminist theory and grounded in an understanding that as a white therapist, cultural humility and anti-racist practice are essential to my work with all clients.
Hi, I'm glad you're here! In my therapeutic practice, I work to support all clients in their exploration and healing around issues of gender identity, sex and sexuality, loss and grief, depression, anxiety, cultivating healthy relationships, and self-acceptance. I specialize in therapeutic work with queer and trans clients. I believe that the most important aspect of therapeutic work is the creation of an affirming and safe relationship between therapist and client. In this way, my approach as a therapist is one that first and foremost is warm, kind, and authentic.
My therapeutic practice is informed by critical race theory as well as queer and feminist theory and grounded in an understanding that as a white therapist, cultural humility and anti-racist practice are essential to my work with all clients.
Hi, I'm glad you're here! In my therapeutic practice, I work to support all clients in their exploration and healing around issues of gender identity, sex and sexuality, loss and grief, depression, anxiety, cultivating healthy relationships, and self-acceptance. I specialize in therapeutic work with queer and trans clients. I believe that the most important aspect of therapeutic work is the creation of an affirming and safe relationship between therapist and client. In this way, my approach as a therapist is one that first and foremost is warm, kind, and authentic.
I offer a holistic approach, drawing from diverse methodologies like CBT, IFS, and feminist theories.
You might often feel misunderstood or marginalized because of your cultural background, identity, or life experiences. Perhaps you're dealing with trauma, anxiety, depression, substance use, significant life transitions, loss, or relationship challenges. You're looking for a safe, inclusive, and supportive space where you can explore your inner world, find meaning, and begin to heal. You want to feel more connected to yourself and move towards a life that truly reflects who you are. As you embark on this journey of healing and self-discovery, I’m here to support you, helping you navigate the waves of meaningful transformation.
I offer a holistic approach, drawing from diverse methodologies like CBT, IFS, and feminist theories.
You might often feel misunderstood or marginalized because of your cultural background, identity, or life experiences. Perhaps you're dealing with trauma, anxiety, depression, substance use, significant life transitions, loss, or relationship challenges. You're looking for a safe, inclusive, and supportive space where you can explore your inner world, find meaning, and begin to heal. You want to feel more connected to yourself and move towards a life that truly reflects who you are. As you embark on this journey of healing and self-discovery, I’m here to support you, helping you navigate the waves of meaningful transformation.
I welcome all backgrounds and identities, and cater to each individual, while focusing on internal family systems and other specific techniques such as mindfulness, DBT, CBT, and feminist therapy.
Beginning the healing process can feel quite daunting and understandably so. The good news is that narratives can be unlearned! I challenge my clients to turn inward and learn how to consciously trust their natural intuition while gaining awareness towards a deeper sense of self. Here, we will explore the body and mind connection, and how it relates to your current coping and behavior. Whether you have spent years in therapy or if this is your first time, you can anticipate a judgment-free space informed by creativity, humor, and compassion.
I welcome all backgrounds and identities, and cater to each individual, while focusing on internal family systems and other specific techniques such as mindfulness, DBT, CBT, and feminist therapy.
Beginning the healing process can feel quite daunting and understandably so. The good news is that narratives can be unlearned! I challenge my clients to turn inward and learn how to consciously trust their natural intuition while gaining awareness towards a deeper sense of self. Here, we will explore the body and mind connection, and how it relates to your current coping and behavior. Whether you have spent years in therapy or if this is your first time, you can anticipate a judgment-free space informed by creativity, humor, and compassion.
I aim to empower clients to achieve mental wellness by providing therapy through a multi-cultural, strength based and feminist perspective.
I work with couples who are committed to improving their relationships and individuals whose goals are to heal from personal or intergenerational traumas, minority related stress such as BIPOC, LGBTQIA and Non-Monogamous identity or relationship stressors. Their ideal goals would be to improve their relationship, learn effective communication skills, manage emotional triggers and learn how to regulate their mood. The objective would be to develop the insight, self-confidence, and concrete skills to shift from feelings of shame, guilt or anger to feelings of empowerment, confidence and love to have healthier lives and relationships.
I aim to empower clients to achieve mental wellness by providing therapy through a multi-cultural, strength based and feminist perspective.
I work with couples who are committed to improving their relationships and individuals whose goals are to heal from personal or intergenerational traumas, minority related stress such as BIPOC, LGBTQIA and Non-Monogamous identity or relationship stressors. Their ideal goals would be to improve their relationship, learn effective communication skills, manage emotional triggers and learn how to regulate their mood. The objective would be to develop the insight, self-confidence, and concrete skills to shift from feelings of shame, guilt or anger to feelings of empowerment, confidence and love to have healthier lives and relationships.
Kira Cabland Pearson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Brooklyn, NY 11222 (Online Only)
I practice out of a worker owned psychotherapy collective with anti-capitalist, feminist, LGBTQIA-affirming, and anti-racist values, which are all incorporated into my work with clients.
My practice as a psychotherapist prioritizes creating an unconditionally accepting space where you are free to explore your truest self. With postgraduate training in EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy) and AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy), I work with adults and couples using an integrated trauma-informed approach. My clients describe me as warm, real, thoughtful, and engaged.
I practice out of a worker owned psychotherapy collective with anti-capitalist, feminist, LGBTQIA-affirming, and anti-racist values, which are all incorporated into my work with clients.
My practice as a psychotherapist prioritizes creating an unconditionally accepting space where you are free to explore your truest self. With postgraduate training in EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy) and AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy), I work with adults and couples using an integrated trauma-informed approach. My clients describe me as warm, real, thoughtful, and engaged.
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My practice draws from relational, psychodynamic, and feminist modalities to create a holistic approach best suited to your needs.
There are times in life when the work of being a person in the world can feel utterly unmanageable, if not downright impossible. Therapy should be a place of respite and recovery from these challenges - it is here that we can slow down, process, laugh, cry, heal, and grow. Everyone deserves a therapeutic space where you can be seen in the way you want to be seen, and heard in the way you want to be heard. In my work, I seek to create a collaborative space based on values of affirmation, trust, and compassion, in which we can explore and address the adversity that prevents you from leading the life you want to lead.
My practice draws from relational, psychodynamic, and feminist modalities to create a holistic approach best suited to your needs.
There are times in life when the work of being a person in the world can feel utterly unmanageable, if not downright impossible. Therapy should be a place of respite and recovery from these challenges - it is here that we can slow down, process, laugh, cry, heal, and grow. Everyone deserves a therapeutic space where you can be seen in the way you want to be seen, and heard in the way you want to be heard. In my work, I seek to create a collaborative space based on values of affirmation, trust, and compassion, in which we can explore and address the adversity that prevents you from leading the life you want to lead.
Malwina Andruczyk
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, SIFI
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Everyone deserves to feel at home in their body. I work using an intersectional feminist perspective with a focus on trauma, gender, sexuality, life transitions, feeling stuck, coming out later in life, being a late bloomer, immigration experiences, navigating neurodivergence, and making meaning of psychedelic experiences. I specialize in working with LGBTQIA+, TGNC/NB and queer identified communities.
Everyone deserves to feel at home in their body. I work using an intersectional feminist perspective with a focus on trauma, gender, sexuality, life transitions, feeling stuck, coming out later in life, being a late bloomer, immigration experiences, navigating neurodivergence, and making meaning of psychedelic experiences. I specialize in working with LGBTQIA+, TGNC/NB and queer identified communities.
Alison Duffey
Licensed Professional Counselor, LMHC, LPC
Verified Verified
7 Endorsed
Brooklyn, NY 11201 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
My therapeutic approach stems from a sex-positive, feminist perspective that highlights the collaborative relationship between the therapist and client.
Attending therapy can be both beautiful and challenging, similar to life. A job promotion can lead to imposter syndrome, having a baby can lead to emotional exhaustion and frustration, or beginning a relationship can feel exciting and ignite fears of abandonment. As your therapist, I am here to support you in developing coping skills so the challenges in life feel more manageable. In working together, we can both give space to the more difficult moments and feel excitement for the beautiful things around you.
My therapeutic approach stems from a sex-positive, feminist perspective that highlights the collaborative relationship between the therapist and client.
Attending therapy can be both beautiful and challenging, similar to life. A job promotion can lead to imposter syndrome, having a baby can lead to emotional exhaustion and frustration, or beginning a relationship can feel exciting and ignite fears of abandonment. As your therapist, I am here to support you in developing coping skills so the challenges in life feel more manageable. In working together, we can both give space to the more difficult moments and feel excitement for the beautiful things around you.
I also take a feminist perspective, recognizing that you are influenced by cultural pressures and expectations around you.
Do you feel there’s something more for you in the world, but don’t know what it is or how to get to it? Do emotional difficulties like anxiety, depression, and trauma symptoms make this seem impossible? My mission as a therapist is to build an authentic, trusting relationship where you’ll feel safe to explore who you are and what you want. Feeling secure, heard, and accepted is the starting point for working through any struggles holding you back. I work most often with college students, young professionals, and teens/pre-teens, on issues like anxiety, trauma, PTSD, and depression. I also find it rewarding to work with couples.
I also take a feminist perspective, recognizing that you are influenced by cultural pressures and expectations around you.
Do you feel there’s something more for you in the world, but don’t know what it is or how to get to it? Do emotional difficulties like anxiety, depression, and trauma symptoms make this seem impossible? My mission as a therapist is to build an authentic, trusting relationship where you’ll feel safe to explore who you are and what you want. Feeling secure, heard, and accepted is the starting point for working through any struggles holding you back. I work most often with college students, young professionals, and teens/pre-teens, on issues like anxiety, trauma, PTSD, and depression. I also find it rewarding to work with couples.
Alicia Abbaspour
Licensed Master Social Worker, LMSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Brooklyn, NY 11222 (Online Only)
I practice an anti-oppressive and feminist approach, and I specialize in working with immigrant, LGBTQ+, and BIPOC communities, as well as with adolescents and young adults.
With curiosity and care, we'll create a therapeutic space to delve into your emotions and connect them to behaviors, explore the past and its impact on the present, and carve out opportunities for change. I believe that therapy is a place to practice a discipline of hope—while we examine past traumas and current challenges, we'll also find space to make healing possible. As a therapist, I practice with warmth, understanding, and compassion to create a dynamic that makes you feel supported through life's ebbs and flows.
I practice an anti-oppressive and feminist approach, and I specialize in working with immigrant, LGBTQ+, and BIPOC communities, as well as with adolescents and young adults.
With curiosity and care, we'll create a therapeutic space to delve into your emotions and connect them to behaviors, explore the past and its impact on the present, and carve out opportunities for change. I believe that therapy is a place to practice a discipline of hope—while we examine past traumas and current challenges, we'll also find space to make healing possible. As a therapist, I practice with warmth, understanding, and compassion to create a dynamic that makes you feel supported through life's ebbs and flows.
Avery Klotsche
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Brooklyn, NY 11215 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
My specializations include sex therapy, trauma, and grief and my therapeutic orientation is relational, feminist, and behavioral.
Life transitions often lead us to feel overwhelmed. While people close to us may be supportive, we may not always feel able to share with them our doubts and discomfort. Whether we’re holding our own or a loved one's sexuality or gender identity; navigating changes in our primary relationships, or reflecting on adverse experiences, having a safe space to reflect and process is invaluable. My practice serves adult clients who have struggled with anxiety, live with trauma or grief, or who experience the world as members or allies of the LGBTQ+ community. My approach is conversational, strengths-based, and results-oriented.
My specializations include sex therapy, trauma, and grief and my therapeutic orientation is relational, feminist, and behavioral.
Life transitions often lead us to feel overwhelmed. While people close to us may be supportive, we may not always feel able to share with them our doubts and discomfort. Whether we’re holding our own or a loved one's sexuality or gender identity; navigating changes in our primary relationships, or reflecting on adverse experiences, having a safe space to reflect and process is invaluable. My practice serves adult clients who have struggled with anxiety, live with trauma or grief, or who experience the world as members or allies of the LGBTQ+ community. My approach is conversational, strengths-based, and results-oriented.
I incorporate many different orientations, from psychodynamic to cognitive-behavioral to feminist.
I am not currently accepting new clients. Are you struggling with anxiety & depression? Feeling stuck? Have relationships in your life that you need to talk through? Are things just not feeling "right?"
I incorporate many different orientations, from psychodynamic to cognitive-behavioral to feminist.
I am not currently accepting new clients. Are you struggling with anxiety & depression? Feeling stuck? Have relationships in your life that you need to talk through? Are things just not feeling "right?"
My practice includes Gestalt, Internal Family Systems, Mindfulness, Relational, Feminist, and Integral approaches.
Are you looking for a more embodied, connected, and fulfilling life? If you are seeking lasting, holistic growth, consider my integrated mind-body-soul approach that draws from lineages of experiential, relational, and somatic psychotherapy. I can help you develop a stronger relationship with yourself; cultivate more joy and stability in your relationships with others; balance your nervous system; tend to unprocessed grief; understand inner conflicts, mood and energy changes, unexpressed creativity, soul longings, and more. I work with both individuals and couples.
My practice includes Gestalt, Internal Family Systems, Mindfulness, Relational, Feminist, and Integral approaches.
Are you looking for a more embodied, connected, and fulfilling life? If you are seeking lasting, holistic growth, consider my integrated mind-body-soul approach that draws from lineages of experiential, relational, and somatic psychotherapy. I can help you develop a stronger relationship with yourself; cultivate more joy and stability in your relationships with others; balance your nervous system; tend to unprocessed grief; understand inner conflicts, mood and energy changes, unexpressed creativity, soul longings, and more. I work with both individuals and couples.
I customize my approach, working from a psychodynamic and multicultural- feminist framework to deepen self-understanding while incorporating CBT and DBT to help alleviate symptoms.
I work with individuals and couples struggling with life transitions, overwhelming emotions, and feeling stuck with where they are. My clients often find themselves disconnected from others due to fear that they won’t be understood. Some have dealt with years of anxiety, depression, and trauma, making it difficult to imagine feeling better. Whatever you are going through, you don’t have to do it alone. Our work can help with finding your way through challenging times with greater appreciation of your own innate strength and a newfound perspective of what it means to create a life that is fulfilling and worth living.
I customize my approach, working from a psychodynamic and multicultural- feminist framework to deepen self-understanding while incorporating CBT and DBT to help alleviate symptoms.
I work with individuals and couples struggling with life transitions, overwhelming emotions, and feeling stuck with where they are. My clients often find themselves disconnected from others due to fear that they won’t be understood. Some have dealt with years of anxiety, depression, and trauma, making it difficult to imagine feeling better. Whatever you are going through, you don’t have to do it alone. Our work can help with finding your way through challenging times with greater appreciation of your own innate strength and a newfound perspective of what it means to create a life that is fulfilling and worth living.
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Feminist Therapists
How does feminist therapy work?
Feminist therapy sessions are not only personal but often cultural or political in nature, as the approach is based on the belief that people are affected by, and often struggle with, cultural and societal norms and biases, and need to move beyond those external pressures or stressors to tap their own confidence and engage more fully in their own identity. Sessions may therefore include discussions of sexism, diversity, and gender issues and talk of steps toward greater empowerment for patients who believe they have been silenced and seek to raise their voices.
What are examples of feminist therapy techniques?
Along with traditional talk therapy and analysis, a feminist therapist may employ techniques such as role-playing and assertiveness training to help clients build their self-esteem so that they feel they can act freely, and not based on cultural expectations or gender roles dictated by others. A feminist therapist may also engage in bibliotherapy, offering suggested readings on gender identity or social power inequities as they work toward viewing mental-health concerns through a broad cultural lens before focusing on how they affect the individual. Somatic therapy techniques, with an emphasis on body awareness, self-compassion, and mindfulness practices are also often part of feminist therapist practice.
How long does feminist therapy last?
As with most forms of talk therapy, there is no set duration or end point for feminist therapy; people who believe that they are making progress typically continue until they feel they’ve addressed the issues that had been holding them back. It may take some time to become comfortable discussing personal issues, but once a client feels they can do so, they could expect therapy to last for a number of months, typically including at least 12 sessions.
Does feminist therapy work?
As a relatively recent therapeutic technique, there is not yet a body of evidence proving the efficacy of feminist therapy. However, the approach is based on proven core principles of talk therapy, with a particular emphasis on developing a therapeutic relationship based on equality and authentic connection between therapist and client and discovering and building on clients’ personal strengths to help them gain a greater sense of personal power and agency.