Racial Identity Therapists in Brooklyn, NY
My ideal client feels stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected from themselves or their purpose. They may wrestle with anxiety, self-doubt, or unresolved trauma, especially during life transitions. They’re seeking clarity, healing, and lasting tools for change. Their goals include breaking unhelpful patterns, deepening self-understanding, and building more authentic, empowered lives. Beneath the struggle, they believe growth is possible—and they’re ready to begin.
My ideal client feels stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected from themselves or their purpose. They may wrestle with anxiety, self-doubt, or unresolved trauma, especially during life transitions. They’re seeking clarity, healing, and lasting tools for change. Their goals include breaking unhelpful patterns, deepening self-understanding, and building more authentic, empowered lives. Beneath the struggle, they believe growth is possible—and they’re ready to begin.
You may feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure how to cope in healthy ways. Whether you’re adjusting change, managing low functioning, or struggling with suicidality, anxiety, or depression, I aim to create a safe, affirming space free of judgment. Many of my clients come from marginalized backgrounds—immigrant families, BIPOC, Latine, LGBTQIA+ communities, or low-income households. They want support that understands both their emotional struggles and the impact of their identity and lived experiences. I bring not only clinical knowledge, but personal understanding to the work we do together through our shared identities.
You may feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure how to cope in healthy ways. Whether you’re adjusting change, managing low functioning, or struggling with suicidality, anxiety, or depression, I aim to create a safe, affirming space free of judgment. Many of my clients come from marginalized backgrounds—immigrant families, BIPOC, Latine, LGBTQIA+ communities, or low-income households. They want support that understands both their emotional struggles and the impact of their identity and lived experiences. I bring not only clinical knowledge, but personal understanding to the work we do together through our shared identities.
I believe it’s a privilege to be part of a process that helps clients identify strategies that can lead to a more fulfilling life and uncover a greater sense of freedom and agency. I believe that therapy must involve exploring and integrating clients’ cultural context and identities in understanding their lived experiences and addressing their concerns. I have extensive experience working collaboratively with clients of diverse backgrounds to identify goals of treatment and explore meaningful, culturally relevant, psychodynamic and other innovative evidence-based interventions.
I believe it’s a privilege to be part of a process that helps clients identify strategies that can lead to a more fulfilling life and uncover a greater sense of freedom and agency. I believe that therapy must involve exploring and integrating clients’ cultural context and identities in understanding their lived experiences and addressing their concerns. I have extensive experience working collaboratively with clients of diverse backgrounds to identify goals of treatment and explore meaningful, culturally relevant, psychodynamic and other innovative evidence-based interventions.
Do you feel exhausted rather than invigorated by your relationships? Do you feel like you get caught in the middle of other people's drama? Are you exhausted caring for others but feel that no one is caring for you? Do you struggle to say no? I'm here to help you find another way to get what you want. I offer a safe space dedicated to exploring your challenges. My pledge is to help you feel validated, to find clarity and acceptance, to feel empowered and capable, and to help you learn practical skills and strategies to improve your situation NOW. Whatever you are facing, whatever life has thrown your way, you are not alone.
Do you feel exhausted rather than invigorated by your relationships? Do you feel like you get caught in the middle of other people's drama? Are you exhausted caring for others but feel that no one is caring for you? Do you struggle to say no? I'm here to help you find another way to get what you want. I offer a safe space dedicated to exploring your challenges. My pledge is to help you feel validated, to find clarity and acceptance, to feel empowered and capable, and to help you learn practical skills and strategies to improve your situation NOW. Whatever you are facing, whatever life has thrown your way, you are not alone.
As an Asian-American gay man who grew up in the US South, I knew from a young age that I lived in a world that did not offer me freedom to author my narrative. Thus, I am passionate about building critical consciousness, self-awareness, and self-confidence to counteract oppression and live in the world with empowerment and authenticity. I am privileged and honored to use my experience to heal any client who has ever felt marginalized, outcasted, or misunderstood simply for "not fitting into boxes." If you are ready to live for yourself rather than for the limiting expectations of society, then I am looking forward to collaborating.
As an Asian-American gay man who grew up in the US South, I knew from a young age that I lived in a world that did not offer me freedom to author my narrative. Thus, I am passionate about building critical consciousness, self-awareness, and self-confidence to counteract oppression and live in the world with empowerment and authenticity. I am privileged and honored to use my experience to heal any client who has ever felt marginalized, outcasted, or misunderstood simply for "not fitting into boxes." If you are ready to live for yourself rather than for the limiting expectations of society, then I am looking forward to collaborating.
So you’ve worked hard to succeed breaking barriers, carrying dreams, and building a life your ancestors imagined. But success doesn't silence the exhaustion, the burnout, or the pressure to keep performing. At Revived Soul Wellness, I create a healing space for High-achieving Black, Brown, and first-generation professionals to exhale, reconnect, and heal without apology. An experience where your full humanity is honored — where rest, liberation, and radical self-trust are centered in your journey. My approach integrates Internal Family Systems (IFS), Brainspotting, and somatic healing through a liberation-focused lens.
So you’ve worked hard to succeed breaking barriers, carrying dreams, and building a life your ancestors imagined. But success doesn't silence the exhaustion, the burnout, or the pressure to keep performing. At Revived Soul Wellness, I create a healing space for High-achieving Black, Brown, and first-generation professionals to exhale, reconnect, and heal without apology. An experience where your full humanity is honored — where rest, liberation, and radical self-trust are centered in your journey. My approach integrates Internal Family Systems (IFS), Brainspotting, and somatic healing through a liberation-focused lens.
I specialize in working with interracial couples, retirees, and people who are coping with an illness and/or disability. I believe that our identities such as gender, age, race, ethnicity, class, health status, sexual orientation, where we grew up, etc, influence how we experience the world and how others view and interact with us. The understanding of how the larger societal forces influence us is not only relevant but necessary in the therapeutic and healing process.
I specialize in working with interracial couples, retirees, and people who are coping with an illness and/or disability. I believe that our identities such as gender, age, race, ethnicity, class, health status, sexual orientation, where we grew up, etc, influence how we experience the world and how others view and interact with us. The understanding of how the larger societal forces influence us is not only relevant but necessary in the therapeutic and healing process.
You don’t have to go through this alone.
I work with people navigating identity, relationships, and life transitions. Many of my clients are asking big questions about who they are, what they want, and how to live with authenticity and meaning. I have particularly extensive experience working with children of immigrants, who often face the challenge of balancing family expectations with their own emerging sense of self.
My approach is psychodynamic, gestalt, humanistic, and existential. That means I don’t just focus on reducing symptoms—I help you explore deeper layers of your experience, so you can connect more fully to who you
You don’t have to go through this alone.
I work with people navigating identity, relationships, and life transitions. Many of my clients are asking big questions about who they are, what they want, and how to live with authenticity and meaning. I have particularly extensive experience working with children of immigrants, who often face the challenge of balancing family expectations with their own emerging sense of self.
My approach is psychodynamic, gestalt, humanistic, and existential. That means I don’t just focus on reducing symptoms—I help you explore deeper layers of your experience, so you can connect more fully to who you
Francesca Maxime
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LICSW, SEP, IFS, FOT
1 Endorsed
Brooklyn, NY 11218
Serving NY, FL & MA If you've had trauma in your life, a challenging childhood, find yourself struck with anxiety or depression & feel like you need some support, you've come to the right place. I help to guide adults, couples & adult families with somatic, relational, & mindful strategies to help you get at the root of your issues. Folks that I've helped include filmmakers, artists, actors, CEO's/nonprofit executives, Girlboss millennials, tech founders/entrepreneurs, marginalized millennials, couples from the premarital to longstanding marriage stage & more. I hold an inclusive lens along racial, LBGT+ & open relationship lines.
Serving NY, FL & MA If you've had trauma in your life, a challenging childhood, find yourself struck with anxiety or depression & feel like you need some support, you've come to the right place. I help to guide adults, couples & adult families with somatic, relational, & mindful strategies to help you get at the root of your issues. Folks that I've helped include filmmakers, artists, actors, CEO's/nonprofit executives, Girlboss millennials, tech founders/entrepreneurs, marginalized millennials, couples from the premarital to longstanding marriage stage & more. I hold an inclusive lens along racial, LBGT+ & open relationship lines.
VNC Therapy New York was founded to provide a healing space for humans to reconnect with their identities and explore new pathways to pleasure in a radically affirming and expansive way. Some of the healing has included dismantling ideas around perfectionism, entitlement, and oppression that may be specific to AAPI, BIPOC, Latinx, LGBTQIA2S+ and gender expansive communities and which show up intersectionally to create unique barriers to pleasure. You can expect a therapist with the capacity to hold multiple truths, respect your beliefs, and challenge patterns of behavior in a supportive way that facilitates sustainable change.
VNC Therapy New York was founded to provide a healing space for humans to reconnect with their identities and explore new pathways to pleasure in a radically affirming and expansive way. Some of the healing has included dismantling ideas around perfectionism, entitlement, and oppression that may be specific to AAPI, BIPOC, Latinx, LGBTQIA2S+ and gender expansive communities and which show up intersectionally to create unique barriers to pleasure. You can expect a therapist with the capacity to hold multiple truths, respect your beliefs, and challenge patterns of behavior in a supportive way that facilitates sustainable change.
My areas of focus include anxiety, depression, racial identity development, gender-affirming therapy, immigration trauma, intergenerational trauma, and women’s mental health.
Hi there!
I’m Na, and I’m a trilingual therapist (Korean and Mandarin) and Licensed Clinical Social Worker offering online therapy across New York State.
I hold a degree in Social Work from Columbia University and bring over 9 years of experience supporting clients of all backgrounds, ages, and identities.
My areas of focus include anxiety, depression, racial identity development, gender-affirming therapy, immigration trauma, intergenerational trauma, and women’s mental health.
Hi there!
I’m Na, and I’m a trilingual therapist (Korean and Mandarin) and Licensed Clinical Social Worker offering online therapy across New York State.
I hold a degree in Social Work from Columbia University and bring over 9 years of experience supporting clients of all backgrounds, ages, and identities.
Why are we here, and what are we meant to do? How do we relate to each other well? Together, we can help you make sense of these questions and more. If you're looking for someone down-to-earth and thoughtful to accompany you as you sift through the pieces, you've come to the right place. I invite anyone (18+) to come work with me, if you think you'd like to show up and dig deep.
As a therapist belonging to the LGBTQ+, BIPOC, disabled, and neurodivergent communities, I often focus on working with these communit(ies).
Why are we here, and what are we meant to do? How do we relate to each other well? Together, we can help you make sense of these questions and more. If you're looking for someone down-to-earth and thoughtful to accompany you as you sift through the pieces, you've come to the right place. I invite anyone (18+) to come work with me, if you think you'd like to show up and dig deep.
As a therapist belonging to the LGBTQ+, BIPOC, disabled, and neurodivergent communities, I often focus on working with these communit(ies).
My ideal client is ready to examine how their relationships, identity, and lived experiences have shaped their connection to self and others. Many are queer and/or BIPOC, navigating shame, disconnection, and internalized messages around sex, intimacy, and vulnerability. They’re seeking depth, self-trust, and space to show up fully—without needing to perform or explain. In our work, we explore what it means to move from survival to embodied aliveness, centering healing that is grounded in curiosity, consent, and a sense of personal and collective liberation.
My ideal client is ready to examine how their relationships, identity, and lived experiences have shaped their connection to self and others. Many are queer and/or BIPOC, navigating shame, disconnection, and internalized messages around sex, intimacy, and vulnerability. They’re seeking depth, self-trust, and space to show up fully—without needing to perform or explain. In our work, we explore what it means to move from survival to embodied aliveness, centering healing that is grounded in curiosity, consent, and a sense of personal and collective liberation.
Sometimes, all we want is to be seen and heard—for who we are, without explanation. As a BIPOC woman therapist, I understand how hard it can be to find a space where your experiences are reflected and respected. Whether you're navigating depression, anxiety, trauma, relationships, motherhood, or career challenges, you deserve support that honors your identity and lived reality. I provide a warm, affirming space for people to heal, grow, and be their full selves. Our work together centers your voice, your goals, and the strength you already hold.
Sometimes, all we want is to be seen and heard—for who we are, without explanation. As a BIPOC woman therapist, I understand how hard it can be to find a space where your experiences are reflected and respected. Whether you're navigating depression, anxiety, trauma, relationships, motherhood, or career challenges, you deserve support that honors your identity and lived reality. I provide a warm, affirming space for people to heal, grow, and be their full selves. Our work together centers your voice, your goals, and the strength you already hold.
Our time together will be that pause in the week to explore whatever challenges you may be experiencing. I work with people of all backgrounds but specialize in children of immigrants. I'm a systems oriented therapist who is trained in family therapy, somatic and trauma informed modalities and center a spiritual approach to the work. We'll identify all the factors that have brought you to this place in your life - intergenerational family dynamics, society, schooling, identity, etc. so that you can keep what you want and leave the rest behind.
Our time together will be that pause in the week to explore whatever challenges you may be experiencing. I work with people of all backgrounds but specialize in children of immigrants. I'm a systems oriented therapist who is trained in family therapy, somatic and trauma informed modalities and center a spiritual approach to the work. We'll identify all the factors that have brought you to this place in your life - intergenerational family dynamics, society, schooling, identity, etc. so that you can keep what you want and leave the rest behind.
You might be carrying grief or anxiety that didn’t begin with you—patterns in ancestral stories still unfolding. Maybe you’re navigating life at the intersections of race, queerness, migration, or spiritual awakening, and you’re seeking a healing space that honors all of you.
You might be carrying grief or anxiety that didn’t begin with you—patterns in ancestral stories still unfolding. Maybe you’re navigating life at the intersections of race, queerness, migration, or spiritual awakening, and you’re seeking a healing space that honors all of you.
Therapy can be many different things, whether you are coming in with a concrete goal in mind or just want to see if therapy is right for you. Starting the therapeutic process can feel daunting, but I strive to create a welcoming environment where you can feel free to be yourself, work together to meet your goals, and connect person-to-person
Therapy can be many different things, whether you are coming in with a concrete goal in mind or just want to see if therapy is right for you. Starting the therapeutic process can feel daunting, but I strive to create a welcoming environment where you can feel free to be yourself, work together to meet your goals, and connect person-to-person
Sometimes it's difficult to know the full extent of the way our trauma and life experiences have impacted us. We find ourselves repeating certain patterns that we know are not good for us and can't seem to break the chain, we constantly fall into moods and feelings that it's difficult to pull ourselves out of. In deciding to do therapy with me, together we learn how to identify the ways in which your past trauma and life experiences show up in your adult life and begin rewriting your narrative for your future.
Sometimes it's difficult to know the full extent of the way our trauma and life experiences have impacted us. We find ourselves repeating certain patterns that we know are not good for us and can't seem to break the chain, we constantly fall into moods and feelings that it's difficult to pull ourselves out of. In deciding to do therapy with me, together we learn how to identify the ways in which your past trauma and life experiences show up in your adult life and begin rewriting your narrative for your future.
Nelson Lacy Group offers Individual and Couples Psychotherapy services as well as Supervision for trained professionals. We are psychodynamic and psychoanalytically trained and specialize in working with those having a difficult time with depression, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma, life transitions and just feeling "stuck."
Nelson Lacy Group offers Individual and Couples Psychotherapy services as well as Supervision for trained professionals. We are psychodynamic and psychoanalytically trained and specialize in working with those having a difficult time with depression, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma, life transitions and just feeling "stuck."
Kim Rosenfield LCSW
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Brooklyn, NY 11222
Waitlist for new clients
In my over 20 plus years of training, studying, writing, thinking, theorizing, and practicing psychotherapy, I’ve come to understand that the experience of feeling deeply seen, heard and listened to is what facilitates change in us and in our relationships. This may sound simple, but for many of us these seemingly basic human tenants have not been upheld. The process of learning to locate oneself for oneself can be a complex undertaking. It is a unique experience for each individual evolving over time and trust. I have a deep belief in the powerful shifts that this process can bring to our lived experience.
In my over 20 plus years of training, studying, writing, thinking, theorizing, and practicing psychotherapy, I’ve come to understand that the experience of feeling deeply seen, heard and listened to is what facilitates change in us and in our relationships. This may sound simple, but for many of us these seemingly basic human tenants have not been upheld. The process of learning to locate oneself for oneself can be a complex undertaking. It is a unique experience for each individual evolving over time and trust. I have a deep belief in the powerful shifts that this process can bring to our lived experience.
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