Ebony Brushbreaker , LCSW

Background

Ebony Brushbreaker, LCSW, based in Nevada, bringing 7 years of clinical practice.

Ebony graduated Summa Cum Laude from Colorado State University with a Bachelor’s in Social Work and recently obtained a PhD in Health Administration and Health Care Leadership with honors (Summa Cum Laude).

Ebony has been a member of the Sicangu (Rosebud) Lakota Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.

Ebony served as a Regional Director of Social Services in the Long Term Care discipline.

Specialties

Ebony's practice areas include LGBT, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, and depression.

Ebony works with lgbtq+ related issues, trauma and abuse, coping with grief and loss, motivation, self esteem, and confidence, geriatric clients, and adults with complex medical conditions.

Methods

Ebony's practice integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, and Gottman Method.

Ebony uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), expressive arts, and structural.

Style and philosophy

Ebony believes in cultivating the Being of a person from not only the physical side, following the medical model of treatment, but with an awareness of inner Spirit.

Ebony describes her culturally informed treatment is wholistic, empowering, and sensitive to the BIPOC (Black, indigenous, and people of color) experience.

Ebony is committed to increasing access to medically necessary services.