Keanu Jackson, LCSW (He/Him)

Keanu (He/Him) is a queer, Black (African-American) therapist based in Brooklyn, NY who received his graduate training from the Columbia University School of Social Work. He integrates methods from a variety of approaches including: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), Mindfulness, Relational, and Psychodynamic Therapy. He also has a background in facilitation, group work, community organizing & programming, substance use, sex education, social justice work, and higher education, where he has honed his skills and incorporates his experiences during session. Keanu favors a person-centered, collaborative approach to therapy that encourages folks to tap into their internal systems and locate their voice. With the belief that everyone possesses the innate tools to successfully embark on their individual healing journey, Keanu encourages his clients to identify their feelings of urgency, and uses the therapeutic space as an opportunity for folks to take control of their narrative.

Through utilizing a justice-based and person-centered approach, Keanu emphasizes the importance of community and uses his therapeutic framework to assist folks in understanding how their intersectional identities are impacted by the everpresent sociocultural and systemic forces within their day to day. He views the therapeutic space and relationship as sacred, where the client can feel empowered to show up as they are, regardless of identity. Keanu’s trauma-informed and anti-oppressive framework is pivotal in the way he engages clinically and offers expansiveness, curiosity, and a sense of autonomy to the folks he sees.

Keanu specializes in working with adults who identify as LGBTQ+ and has a particular interest in centering the needs of those within Black and POC communities while ensuring access to an affirming mental health space. His areas of expertise include: identity exploration, anti-Black racism, trauma, depression, anxiety, substance use, empowerment & confidence, spirituality, vicarious trauma, gender, sexuality, sex positive & kink affirming topics.

Keanu practices therapy in New York and offers coaching anywhere.