Melissa Robinson-Brown, PhD in

Melissa Robinson-Brown, PhD

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Founder at Renewed Focus Psychology Services, PLLC
📍 New York, New York, United States

Dr. Melissa Robinson-Brown is a clinical psychologist and founder of Renewed Focus Psychology Services, where she helps high-achieving women overcome perfectionism and fear. Known as "The Should Slayer, " she draws from over 20 years of experience and a Ph. D. from Loyola University Chicago to guide clients toward authentic living.

As a first-generation Trinidadian-American, she balances her entrepreneurial work with her roles as a wife and mother to three daughters in New Jersey. She embraces her quirks, describes herself as a "gym-obsessed girlie, " and believes in showing up as her full self, using personal expression through her hair as a defining feature.

In her youth, she was fearless enough to sing karaoke in the middle of malls and indoor amusement parks.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
New York, New York, United States
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Women's Empowerment
Her entire practice is built around helping high-achieving women, particularly women of color, dismantle societal expectations, set boundaries, and reclaim their power in their careers and lives.
Dismantling 'Shoulds'
She is known as "The Should Slayer" and frequently speaks about how inherited expectations and arbitrary judgments keep people, especially women, from living authentically.
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Career

Work history

4-2014
Founder
Renewed Focus Psychology Services, PLLC
4-2018
Adjunct Instructor
NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
3-2017
Assistant Clinical Professor Adolescent Medicine & Psychiatry
Mount Sinai Health System
7-2014 - 3-2017
Co-Director of Psychology Training Program
Mount Sinai Hospital Adolescent Health Center
7-2011 - 3-2017
Assistant Professor in Adolescent Medicine & Psychiatry; Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Mount Sinai Medical Center
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Education
2002 - 2008
Ph.D.
Loyola University Chicago
1998 - 2002
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Washington University in St. Louis
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