Brooke Bralove Psychotherapy

Brooke Bralove Psychotherapy Psychotherapist, Master Accelerated Resolution Therapy Practitioner, AASECT Certified S*x Therapist I am the proud mother of two wonderful daughters.

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Maryland with over 20 years of clinical experience. Born and raised in the DC area, I attended Sidwell Friends School for 14 years before receiving my B.A. in Afro-American Studies from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996. After working in the nonprofit sector for three years, I graduated from Columbia University’s School of Social Work in 2001. I worke

d at House of Ruth in Washington, DC for two years, providing individual and group counseling to victims of domestic violence. In 2004, I completed a two-year advanced clinical training program in psychodynamic psychotherapy at the Washington School of Psychiatry. In 2013 I became a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator, based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown. In 2014 I earned a certificate at the National Group Psychotherapy Institute. In addition, I have recently become an AASECT Certified S*x Therapist. I have been working with individuals, couples, and groups in private practice in Bethesda since 2004.

There’s a reason Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) can work so quickly. It follows a specific formula that helps the ...
06/18/2026

There’s a reason Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) can work so quickly. It follows a specific formula that helps the brain and body process painful memories differently: imaginal exposure, bilateral eye movements, cognitive restructuring, and positization.

Many clients experience relief in just 1–5 sessions, without having to retell every detail over and over.

You keep the knowledge of what happened. The emotional and physical charge can finally shift.

If you’ve felt stuck in trauma, anxiety, grief, or old patterns, ART may be worth exploring. 💜 Send me a message or visit the link in my bio to learn more.

06/16/2026

You don’t have to erase the memory to stop feeling trapped in it.

In this episode of theworldstightestcommunity , I talk with Mathilde about how Accelerated Resolution Therapy helps the brain and body update old trauma responses, so the past stops sounding the alarm in the present.

In ART, we say: Keep the knowledge, lose the pain.
Thank you, Mathilde, for creating such an important space for conversations around pelvic pain, painful s*x, vaginismus, vulvodynia, trauma, and healing.

🎧 Listen to my episode wherever you get your podcasts.

🏳️‍🌈 Happy . Love is love, always. And at Brooke Bralove Psychotherapy, all are welcome here.We are committed to offeri...
06/12/2026

🏳️‍🌈 Happy .

Love is love, always. And at Brooke Bralove Psychotherapy, all are welcome here.
We are committed to offering inclusive, affirming individual and couples therapy for the LGBTQ+ community, especially knowing how often LGBTQ+ people disproportionately carry the weight of trauma, rejection, shame, and not feeling safe to be fully themselves.

You deserve support that honors every part of who you are.

👉 Swipe for LGBTQ+ mental health resources to save or share with someone who may need them.

06/10/2026

S*x is whatever you want it to be.

In my conversation with Leslie Maloney on , I talked about why it’s so important, especially as we age, to expand our definition of s*x.

Bodies change. Pen*ses, vulvas, and vaginas don’t always work the same way they used to.

And if we don’t make room for different ways of having s*x and being s*xual, we’re going to be pretty miserable.

Thank you, Leslie, for having me on for this conversation.

🎧 Listen to the full conversation: The Surprising Truth About Dating, Intimacy, and Love After 50.

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You can love each other and still feel stuck.Same fight. Same shutdown. Same “we’ll talk about it later” that never real...
06/08/2026

You can love each other and still feel stuck.

Same fight. Same shutdown. Same “we’ll talk about it later” that never really gets talked about.

Couples therapy helps you slow the pattern down, understand what’s happening underneath it, and learn how to repair instead of repeat.

Hard conversations can become less threatening when you have the tools to move through them together.

Ready to do the work? Send a DM or learn more at the link in bio.

The facts of what happened don’t magically disappear. You still know what happened. You still remember the experience.Bu...
06/05/2026

The facts of what happened don’t magically disappear. You still know what happened. You still remember the experience.

But your relationship to the memory can change.

That is the power of Accelerated Resolution Therapy. It can help your brain and body process the pain, sadness, anger, fear, or trauma that may still feel stuck, without requiring you to retell every detail over and over again.

So many clients come to me after years of talk therapy saying, “I understand why I feel this way, but I still feel this way.”

ART is designed to help with that exact stuck place.

If you’re ready for a different way to heal, send me a DM or visit the link in bio to learn more.

Big news: Alicia is now a Basic Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) Practitioner, which means every clinician at Brooke...
06/03/2026

Big news: Alicia is now a Basic Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) Practitioner, which means every clinician at Brooke Bralove Psychotherapy is now trained in ART.

And that matters.

ART is one of the ways we help clients move through trauma, anxiety, painful memories, and body-based distress without having to talk through every detail or relive the whole story.

Alicia brings such a thoughtful, somatic, trauma-informed lens to her work with clients, and we’re so excited she can now offer ART as another path for healing.

Ready to learn more? Send us a DM or visit the link in bio.

For neurodivergent clients with ADHD, autism, dyslexia, or sensory differences, therapy can sometimes feel like too much...
05/28/2026

For neurodivergent clients with ADHD, autism, dyslexia, or sensory differences, therapy can sometimes feel like too much talking, too much explaining, and too much reliving.

That’s why Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) can feel different: it isn’t about changing who you are, but helping your brain and body process what you’ve had to carry.

It offers a more structured, body-aware process that doesn’t require you to explain every detail or relive the whole story, which can be especially helpful when anxiety, shame, stress, and overwhelm have built up from years of masking or feeling misunderstood.

If talk therapy has felt exhausting, ART may be worth exploring. DM me or visit the link in bio to learn more.

This , we remember those who did not come home, and we hold deep respect for the veterans who carry their memories, the...
05/25/2026

This , we remember those who did not come home, and we hold deep respect for the veterans who carry their memories, their stories, and sometimes the guilt of surviving.

For many veterans, the impact of service does not end when they return. PTSD, survivor’s guilt, nightmares, intrusive memories, and the weight of what they lived through can stay stored in the body for years.

But healing is possible.

Accelerated Resolution Therapy, or ART, can help the brain reprocess traumatic images and sensations without requiring you to relive every detail out loud. Research with veterans and service members has shown significant reductions in PTSD symptoms in a brief treatment period, with some people experiencing relief in as few as 1–5 sessions.

To every veteran carrying pain that others cannot see: you are not broken, and you do not have to keep carrying it alone.

And to the people who love veterans: please share this with someone who may need to know there is another way forward.

👉 Tap the link in bio to learn more about ART or schedule a consultation.

When s*x starts to feel like one more thing on your to-do list, it can bring up a lot of guilt, confusion, and pressure....
05/22/2026

When s*x starts to feel like one more thing on your to-do list, it can bring up a lot of guilt, confusion, and pressure.

You may want closeness and still feel too tired from being needed all day. You may love your partner and still feel like your body is bracing. You may miss feeling desired, but not want one more place where you have to perform.

S*x therapy can help you understand what’s getting in the way, whether that’s low libido, or**sm struggles, desire differences, s*xual disconnection, or pressure around intimacy.

Brooke and Alicia both offer s*x therapy for women and couples. 💜 DM us or use the link in bio to get started.

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