Emily H. Brackman, PhD is the Owner and Director of Sidewalk Psychology, a psychotherapy practice in Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Brackman provides trauma-informed therapy to adults and couples navigating anxiety, depression, complex PTSD, and relationship challenges.

Dr. Brackman tailors treatment to each individual client, drawing most often from cognitive-behavioral approaches (including CBT, CPT, and PE), psychodynamic and relational frameworks, attachment theory, and existential psychotherapy. Her work attends to the full complexity of a person’s internal world, lived behavior, and the psychological and practical barriers that interfere with meaningful, sustained change.

Therapy is active and collaborative, focused on identifying long-standing patterns, understanding how they developed, and building the internal flexibility and skills needed to respond differently over time. Dr. Brackman specializes in working with individuals who have previously engaged in insight-oriented or “talk” therapy yet continue to feel stuck — high-functioning adults who know why something is happening, but find themselves caught in cycles of burnout, emotional dysregulation, relational difficulty, or disconnection from their values.

In addition to her clinical practice at Sidewalk Psychology, Dr. Brackman teaches in doctoral psychology programs, consults with mission-driven organizations on wellness and resilience, and writes about trauma, grief, identity, and the emotional landscape of modern life.