Fem Erkaya, LMHC, is a licensed mental health counselor and a psychotherapist based in Brooklyn, New York, where she provides individual and couples therapy, clinical supervision, and professional consultation to adults across diverse backgrounds and life experiences. Fluent in both English and Turkish, she works with individuals navigating anxiety, trauma, depression, relational challenges, identity questions, and major life transitions. Her work is grounded in psychodynamic and relational theory, shaped by depth, cultural sensitivity, and genuine human engagement.

Fem holds a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling. Prior to and alongside her graduate education, she pursued extensive training in trauma-informed care and cognitive and behavioral therapies, particularly in work with survivors of mass and complex trauma. Early in her career, she provided psychological support to immigrants, asylum seekers, and individuals affected by severe adversity in Turkey — an experience that continues to inform her attentiveness to cultural context, displacement, resilience, and the layered nature of identity.

Her clinical formation was further shaped by post-graduate psychoanalytic training at the former Training Institute for Mental Health (TIMH) in New York City, now part of the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy (ICP). This training emphasized intensive psychodynamic study, close supervision, and sustained engagement with complex relational material. As part of this formation, she also completed a four-year personal psychoanalysis. Experiencing the analytic process from the other side of the therapeutic relationship has deeply influenced her work. It instilled not only theoretical understanding, but lived awareness of the vulnerability, patience, and emotional depth required in long-term therapeutic work. This perspective allows her to approach treatment with humility, steadiness, and respect for the pace at which meaningful change unfolds.

In addition to her clinical practice, Fem has contributed to the training and mentorship of emerging clinicians. She previously served as an adjunct instructor within the Psychology Department at Brooklyn College, teaching undergraduate students and mentoring graduate-level mental health counseling trainees. She continues to support students, early-career therapists, and developing clinicians through supervision, consultation, and professional mentorship that emphasize clinical depth, ethical grounding, and the cultivation of a confident professional identity.

Within her private practice, Fem integrates psychoanalytic and contemporary psychodynamic perspectives with thoughtful, collaborative engagement. Her approach honors complexity rather than simplifying it. Therapy is not reduced to diagnosis or technique alone; it is a process of understanding emotional patterns, relational dynamics, and the internal narratives that shape how life is experienced.

Known for her warm, attentive presence and thoughtful clinical depth, Fem approaches her work with sincerity and care. Her professional path — shaped by multicultural experience, rigorous analytic training, teaching, and mentorship — informs a practice that values curiosity, nuance, and integrity. Whether working with individuals, couples, or clinicians, her aim is to create a space that feels steady, reflective, and grounded in real human connection — a space where complexity is welcomed and growth can unfold with clarity and intention.