Why I Specialize in Helping Black Queer Professionals With Anxiety in NYC

Written By Danielle Robbins

You Deserve a Therapist Who Gets It

If you’ve been searching for a Black queer therapist in NYC who understands what it’s like to carry anxiety while trying to hold it all together—you’re not alone.

I work with Black queer professionals who are deeply capable, deeply tired, and wondering if it’s ever going to feel easier. So many of my clients tell me things like:

“From the outside, I look like I’m thriving… but inside, I’m always on edge.”
“No one really sees how hard I’m working just to stay afloat.”

I specialize in supporting people navigating this exact intersection—because I know what it’s like. The pressure to succeed. The fear of being “too much” or “not enough.” The exhaustion of performing strength in spaces that weren’t built with you in mind.

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Why I Chose to Work With Black Queer Professionals

This isn’t just a professional niche for me—it’s personal. As a Black queer therapist, I know how layered our experiences can be. There’s the anxiety that shows up in the body and mind, and then there’s the anxiety that comes from trying to exist fully and safely in this world.

I created my practice to be a space where you don’t have to explain your identity. Where you’re not being analyzed or pathologized for the ways you’ve learned to survive.
Here, your full self is welcome—from the brilliant parts to the tender ones.

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What High-Functioning Anxiety Can Look Like

Many of the Black queer professionals I work with are incredibly accomplished. They're used to being the ones people count on. But under the surface, they’re holding a lot:

  • Overthinking every interaction

  • Struggling to relax, even during downtime

  • Feeling pressure to constantly achieve

  • Silencing themselves in professional or family spaces

  • Always anticipating the next crisis

This is what high-functioning anxiety looks like—and it often goes unnoticed, even by the people closest to you.

Just because you’re “functioning” doesn’t mean you’re okay. And just because you’ve learned to manage alone doesn’t mean you have to.

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How I Support Clients Like You in Therapy

In our work together, we’ll create a space where you can exhale.

I use a mix of approaches—EMDR, somatic work, and relational therapy—to help you move through anxiety in a way that honors both your story and your nervous system. That might look like:

  • Learning how to notice and soothe your anxiety in the body

  • Exploring the messages you’ve internalized about success, safety, and worth

  • Practicing new ways of relating to yourself—with more softness, less pressure

  • Undoing survival strategies that no longer serve you

You don’t have to show up as the “together” version of yourself in therapy. In fact, I invite you to bring the messy, honest parts too. That’s where the healing lives.

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You Don’t Have to Hold It All Together Alone

If this sounds like you—if you’ve been navigating anxiety beneath your success, and you’re ready to feel more grounded, more connected to yourself—I’d love to work with you.

I offer therapy for Black queer professionals with anxiety in NYC, and I’ve designed my practice to be a space where you don’t have to shrink or overperform. Just show up as you are.

You deserve support that sees the full picture of who you are—and helps you feel more at home in your own life.

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Danielle Robbins