Khaiesha Robinson, LMSW

Professional Introduction

Khaiesha Robinson, LMSW, is a Licensed Master Social Worker who is passionate about helping children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families navigate emotional challenges while building healthier, more fulfilling lives. She provides a warm, supportive, and collaborative therapeutic environment where clients can feel heard, respected, and comfortable exploring the experiences that have shaped them.

Khaiesha specializes in supporting clients experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD, low self-esteem, family conflict, peer relationship challenges, stress, and significant life transitions. Her current Psychology Today profile also highlights her work with anxiety, depression, trauma, low self-esteem, family conflict, and peer relationships.

Her approach fits closely with Divine Resilience Psychotherapy’s commitment to culturally responsive, identity-affirming mental health care that recognizes each client’s individuality, lived experience, and personal strengths.

My Approach to Therapy

Khaiesha believes therapy works best when it feels like a genuine partnership. She understands that every client enters therapy with a unique combination of experiences, relationships, cultural influences, strengths, challenges, and goals. Because of this, she tailors the therapeutic process to the individual rather than expecting clients to fit into one specific approach.

Her style is warm, supportive, strengths-based, and practical. Khaiesha works to develop a trusting therapeutic relationship where clients can speak openly, explore difficult emotions, and gain greater understanding of the patterns influencing their thoughts, behaviors, relationships, and emotional well-being.

Together, Khaiesha and her clients identify areas they would like to change while also recognizing the strengths and coping abilities they already possess. Therapy may involve learning healthier ways to manage anxiety or stress, strengthening emotional regulation, improving self-esteem, navigating family or peer conflict, processing traumatic experiences, and developing more effective communication and coping strategies.

Whether a client is managing everyday stress or working through deeper emotional wounds, Khaiesha provides guidance, encouragement, and evidence-based interventions designed to strengthen resilience and support meaningful, lasting change.

Specialties & Areas of Focus

• Anxiety disorders and excessive worry

• Depression and mood concerns

• Trauma and PTSD

• Low self-esteem and confidence

• Family conflict and family dynamics

• Peer relationship challenges

• Relationship and interpersonal concerns

• Emotional regulation

• Stress management

• Life transitions and adjustment

• Coping skills development

• Identity and self-discovery

• Behavioral and emotional concerns

• Communication challenges

• Personal growth and resilience

• Children and adolescent mental health

• Family support

• Culturally responsive mental health care

Therapeutic Modalities

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

  Helps clients recognize how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors influence one another while learning practical strategies for challenging unhelpful patterns and developing healthier responses.

• Strengths-Based Therapy

  Focuses on recognizing the abilities, resilience, resources, and personal strengths clients already possess and using those strengths as a foundation for growth.

• Person-Centered Therapy

  Creates a compassionate, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship where clients are respected as the experts on their own experiences and are encouraged to participate actively in their healing process.

• Trauma-Informed Care

  Recognizes the impact that trauma and difficult life experiences can have on emotional well-being, relationships, behavior, and feelings of safety. Treatment emphasizes trust, choice, collaboration, and emotional safety.

• Solution-Focused Therapy

  Helps clients identify goals, recognize what is already working, and develop practical steps toward the changes they would like to see in their lives.

Education & Credentials

• Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) - State of Connecticut

• Master of Social Work (MSW) - Southern Connecticut State University.

• Bachelor's Degree (BA) - University of Connecticut

  
  

Client Focus

• Children

• Adolescents and teens

• Adults

• Individuals

• Couples

• Families

• Parents and caregivers

• Clients experiencing anxiety or depression

• Individuals healing from trauma or PTSD

• Children and teens navigating peer or social concerns

• Individuals struggling with self-esteem or identity

• Families experiencing conflict or communication difficulties

• Clients navigating stressful life transitions

• Individuals seeking stronger coping and emotional regulation skills

• Clients from diverse racial, cultural, socioeconomic, and family backgrounds

• Clients seeking culturally responsive and affirming therapy