Location
Brakins Consulting & Psychological Services
9800 Shelard Parkway
Suite #325
Plymouth, MN 55441
(763) 710-2394
9800 Shelard Parkway
Suite #325
Plymouth, MN 55441
Ask about video sessions
About
I am a licensed clinical psychologist with over 30 years of experience. I have written, presented, and consulted extensively about diversity, developmental psychology, multiculturalism, severe psychopathology, childhood abuse, trauma, sexual assault, community/domestic violence and African-American mental health. I believe everyone has a right to wellness and use strategies that promote humor, hard work, experiential learning and resilience. There is a saying: "You do not have to teach a cut how to heal, you just have to create the best environment for healing to take place." My goal is to create a loving space for healing to take place.
I specialize in the areas of diversity, developmental psychology, multiculturalism, severe psychopathology and African-American mental health. I use a strength-based approach to working with children, adults, couples, and families. I am especially effective with people who have experienced abuse, trauma, sexual assault, and community and/or domestic violence.
My youngest client a few months old and my oldest client is 87. Most of my clients use insurance to access services, I also have a grant to provide mental health services to uninsured children (and their families). My expertise is in treating African Americans, bi-racial, and female clients.
Call or Email Bravada M Garrett-Akinsanya for a free 15 minute consultation now - (763) 710-2394
Finances
- Cost per Session: $120 - $200
- Sliding Scale: Yes
Pay By:
Cash, Check
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Amerigroup
- BHS | Behavioral Health Systems
- Beacon Health Options
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Cigna and Evernorth
- HealthPartners of MN and WI
- Medica
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Optum
- PreferredOne
- TRICARE
- UCare
Verify your health insurance coverage when you arrange your first visit.
Qualifications
- Years in Practice: 42 Years
- License: Minnesota / LP4105
- School: Texas Tech University
- Year Graduated: 1990
Additional Credentials
- Certificate: Minnesota Board of Social Work / LICSW 2504
- Certificate Date: 2016
- Certificate: Association of Black Psychologists / Diplomate in Black Psychology
- Certificate Date: 2010
Location
Brakins Consulting & Psychological Services
9800 Shelard Parkway
Suite #325
Plymouth, MN 55441
(763) 710-2394
9800 Shelard Parkway
Suite #325
Plymouth, MN 55441
(763) 710-2394
Ask about video sessions
Specialties
- Racial Identity
- Trauma and PTSD
- Child
Issues
- ADHD
- Adoption
- Alzheimer's
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Career Counseling
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Pain
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Grief
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Intellectual Disability
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Suicidal Ideation
- Teen Violence
- Testing and Evaluation
- Transgender
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
Mental Health
- Elderly Persons Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Personality Disorders
- Psychosis
Sexuality
- Bisexual
- LGBTQ+
- Lesbian
Client Focus
Ethnicity:
Black and African American and Other Racial or Ethnic Background
Faith:
Christian
Age
- Elders (65+)
- Adults
- Teen
- Preteen
- Children (6 to 10)
- Toddler
Communities
- Gay Allied
- HIV / AIDS Allied
- Transgender Allied
- Veterans
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Afrocentric
- Applied Behavioral Analysis
- Attachment-based
- Christian Counseling
- Clinical Supervision and Licensed Supervisors
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dialectical (DBT)
- EMDR
- Eclectic
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Feminist
- Gestalt
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Multicultural
- Narrative
- Psychological Testing and Evaluation
- Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)
- Relational
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Somatic
- Strength-Based
- Structural Family Therapy
- Trauma Focused
Modality
- Individuals
- Family
- Group
Last Modified: 28 May 2021
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