Shemika Brooks, Ph.D.

Dr. Shemika Brooks completed her undergraduate degree at Spelman College as a double major in Psychology and Philosophy. She then began her graduate studies at Boston University School of Medicine, where she completed a Masters degree in Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine. Subsequently, she earned a Doctorate (Psy.D. degree) in Clinical Psychology at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP) at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

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Dr. Brooks has engaged in clinical work in a variety of college/university counseling centers, as well as community agencies serving children and adolescents, couples, and families. She also has a passion for group psychotherapy, and has recently been granted the Certified Group Psychotherapist (CGP) credential by the International Board for the Certification of Group Psychotherapists.

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Some of Dr. Brooks’s clinical interests include issues of social justice and equity; diversity, multiculturalism, and intercultural awareness; relationship issues; first-generation college students; issues of child abuse, neglect, and permanency (e.g., foster care, kinship/legal guardianship); interpersonal trauma and recovery; identity development; and women’s issues. She thinks dynamically, takes an integrative approach to therapy, and is open to working with all client identities.