Vicky Brandt, LMHC
Owner/Therapist
she/her/hers
Vicky is the owner of Looking Glass Counseling. She has 20 years of experience working as a psychotherapist, both in private practice and community mental health settings. She has taught as adjunct faculty in the master's programs at Boston College and Lesley University.
Vicky specializes in working with people who have experienced trauma and attachment disruptions. She holds a certificate in traumatic stress studies, is a certified rape crisis counselor and is fully trained in EMDR. She has also completed the level 1 and 2 trainings in Internal Family Systems therapy, and has completed training in the clinical applications of Polyvagal Theory. She is currently pursuing advanced training in attachment work, using the DARe method (Dynamic Attachment Re-patterning experience). She brings this trauma-informed lens to her work, which includes understanding the physical and emotional responses to both long-term and single-incident trauma.
Vicky also has a passion for working with parents, from family planning up to having and raising children. She understands the particular challenges that can come with having a child, including fertility struggles, traumatic birth experiences, postpartum depression and anxiety, bonding and attachment issues, parental stress and identity shifts as one becomes a parent. She has completed post-graduate training in maternal mental health.
Vicky is passionate about her work and approaches sessions with an attitude of curiosity, openness and respect. She believes that therapy is a collaborative effort, and works hard to achieve a healthy balance of support and challenge to encourage growth and healing.