We are who we serve.
A richly diverse team who know what it is like to feel "othered", building safe experiences that challenge norms, foster acceptance and enrich connections — for ourselves, our clients and our communities.
Bukky Kolawole, PsyD (she/her/hers)
Since I decided to become a psychologist I have never looked back. The privilege of the work is the chance, daily, to be with clients as they arrive at the birthplace of change.
I built Relationship HQ to be a place where the needs of people of color and the LGBTQ+ community are not an afterthought but the starting point — a space that feels like a close friend's home, shoes off included. I am passionate about helping clients feel accepted, important and loved in their relationships.
- Licensed psychologist in New York and New Jersey · PSYPACT participant
- Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples · Race-based stress and racial trauma · LGBTQ+ topics · Intensive work · Motivational Interviewing (MINT member) · Relationship and executive coaching
- PsyD in clinical psychology, Long Island University (C.W. Post) · Doctoral internship at Bellevue Hospital · Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, NYU Department of Population Health
- Identities: Nigerian-American · Gender non-conforming, masculine of center woman · Queer
- Languages: English, Yoruba
Terese De'Lorae, LMFT-LP (she/her/hers)
I believe that relationships shape everything about who we are and how we move through the world — starting with the relationship we have with ourselves. That belief drew me to marriage and family therapy.
I help clients explore the many ways they show up in their lives, using a holistic and systemic approach to healing that goes beyond blame or pathology. I am especially passionate about couples work, the LGBTQ+ community, and the mental health of Black women.
- Licensed in New York · New Jersey licensure in progress
- Couples · LGBTQ+ · Non-monogamy · Relational dynamics · Gottman Method
- MA in Marriage and Family Therapy, Capella University · Clinical training at the Center for Families and Relationships, Philadelphia · Gottman Level One · LGBTQ+ best practices, Bryson Institute · Polyamorous and monogamous relationships, Ackerman Institute for the Family
- Identities: Black · Cis woman · Queer
Dana Rhule, PhD (she/her/hers)
I am a child clinical psychologist passionate about supporting children and families. I specialize in culturally responsive approaches to family engagement, social-emotional learning, positive identity development and mental health, with a focus on treating anxiety.
My approach is rooted in creating a safe and nurturing environment where children, educators and families feel understood, supported and empowered. As a white woman, queer wife and mother of two multiracial children, I bring both personal insight and professional expertise to my work.
- Licensed psychologist in New York and New Jersey
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy · Parent coaching · Anxiety and selective mutism · Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) · Classroom consultation and teacher coaching · LGBTQ+ topics
- PhD in child clinical psychology, University of Washington · BA in psychology, Duke University · Internship at Bellevue Hospital and the NYU Child Study Center · Sixteen years at NYU Langone Medical Center
- Identities: White · Italian-American · Cis woman · Queer
Mick
Mick handles scheduling and the paperwork around it, and is usually the first person you will hear from after you get in touch.
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