Melanated Women’s Health
Work With Licensed Black Women Mental Health Therapists at our Philadelphia office or anywhere in Pennsylvania through online therapy.
BIPOC Therapy Specialists
Studies show that the #1 factor for successful mental health therapy, is having a therapist you feel you connect with and can trust. Our therapists bring not only their professional expertise but also their personal understanding of the nuances of navigating life as a minority person in today’s society.
This shared perspective can significantly enhance the therapeutic process, making it more impactful and empowering for you. At our practice, we are here to support you on your journey to mental wellness with empathy, respect, and a deep commitment to your well-being. Click Get Started to get matched with a black therapist today.
Our In-Person Office Is Located in Center City Philadelphia
Learn More About Each of Our Therapists Below
Get To Know Our Team of Black Therapists

Stephanie Garvin, LPC
Languages: English

Learn About Stephanie
Stephanie Garvin is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania. As a cognitive behavioral therapist in Philadelphia, she has both passion and years of experience providing BIPOC therapy to both teenagers and adults, to help them navigate unique life transitions, their identity, and challenges in this phase of life. Stephanie has a personal understanding of the difficulty of asking for help and the stigma connected to mental health and therapy. She strives to bridge the gap in access to quality service. For that reason, Stephanie constantly pursues knowledge that allows her to provide culturally affirming therapy.
If you want to reduce the impact of intergenerational trauma, childhood trauma, or recent traumatic events you have witnessed or been a part of, Stephanie will be a good fit for your trauma therapy needs. If you are the parent to a teenager or college student who is struggling with depression, anxiety, self-esteem concerns, academic or social struggles, or adjustment to life transition, Stephanie could also be a good fit for your teen or young adult.
She provides a safe therapeutic space that will allow you to process your emotions, spiraling thoughts, and find new perspectives to find healing alongside a licensed cognitive behavioral therapist in Philadelphia. Stephanie is here to help those who are feeling “stuck”, struggling with grief and/or having issues setting healthy boundaries at work and in their personal life.
Not only is Stephanie’s approach trauma informed therapy, she also has expertise in trauma therapy approaches such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
Stephanie completed her undergraduate work at Howard University in Washington, DC and her graduate work at Seton Hall University in New Jersey. Her ultimate goal is to help others find value in themselves and learn to live their lives unapologetically.
Stephanie has appointments available on weekdays and Saturdays.

Florence Mungo, LPC
Languages: English & French

Learn About Florence
Florence Mungo is an African-American Therapist and Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania, with extensive experience providing trauma therapy to young people and adults in community mental health settings.
Florence is also a French speaking therapist.
If you identify as Black, Person of Color, or Immigrant and answer “yes” to any of the following questions, Florence is a good fit for your individual therapy:
Do you have sleep problems or struggle to relax? Are you feeling overwhelmed by stress? Are you struggling with adjustment to a new phase of life? Do you want to start healing from trauma? Do you have negative beliefs about yourself such as, “I’m not good enough”?
Florence provides compassionate culturally sensitive trauma therapy because she understands how race, ethnicity, gender, religion, and immigration status, can influence the way you cope with lived experiences. Her trauma informed therapy techniques are multicultural, collaborative, and centered in the theory of attachment. She uses the therapeutic relationship and her nurturing personality, to help clients with trauma healing.
Many people often think trauma is only caused by violent crimes, acts of physical abuse, or natural disasters. They may also think because trauma happened a long time ago, it does not affect them in the present. These are a few of the myths about trauma. There are many types of traumas such as the sudden or unexpected death of a loved one, bullying, retaliation in the workplace, neglect from parents, infidelity, intimate partner violence, the witnessing of domestic violence and more. Florence provides EMDR therapy for many types of trauma that occur in childhood and adulthood.
Florence is accepting new clients for online therapy in Philadelphia, on weekdays.

Brooke Scott, LSW
Languages: English

Learn About Brooke
Brooke is a trauma therapist in Philadelphia who believes therapy is a space where clients can show up fully as themselves without masks, judgment, or pressure to explain their existence. She is passionate about creating safe, affirming environments where people feel seen, heard, and deeply supported in their healing journey.
She specializes in supporting women of color and LGBTQ+ individuals who are struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship issues, identity-related stress. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, disconnected from your body, Brooke is a good fit for you.
She is passionate about helping clients with:
- Overcoming the lingering impact of trauma (including racial, generational, and religious abuse).
- Coping with stress, grief and loss
- Navigating burnout, complex family dynamics and codependent patterns
- Sexual or gender identity concerns in the face of cultural, religious, or family pressures.

Refilwe Moahi, M.Ed.
Languages: English, Setswana, & French

Learn About Refilwe
Refilwe Moahi, M.Ed. is an African Therapist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She specializes in therapy for women and is passionate about providing therapy to diverse communities such as immigrants and LGBTQIA+ individuals with intersecting identities.
Refilwe’s experiences as an international student in America from Botswana, has provided her with a unique skill to support professionals, young adults, and college students navigate change. She also speaks Setswana and French, which allows her to connect with multilingual clients and help them feel understood linguistically and culturally.
Refilwe is a good fit for you if you are navigating:
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Academic, relationship, or career stress
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Burnout, anxiety, and depression
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Recent or childhood trauma
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Difficult relationships
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Grief and loss
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Life transitions
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Sexual orientation and gender identity concerns
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Gender-based or intimate partner violence
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Emotional and mental strain from activism or leadership work in various settings

Nicola Pierre-Smith, LPC
Founder & Owner of Melanated Women’s Health

Learn About Nicola
Nicola Pierre-Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania , New Jersey, and Delaware who provides culturally affirming therapy and trauma informed workshops to Employee Resource Groups. As an immigrant and Black mental health expert, Pierre-Smith knows how hard it can be to overcome stigma and shame to ask for help with your mental health in the community and workplace settings.
Pierre-Smith is aware that it is especially hard for people from the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) community to go to therapy because of cultural norms and the preference to talk to friends, family, or religious leaders. With this in mind, Pierre-Smith created Melanated Womens Health, LLC in 2019 to provide a culturally affirming therapy space that is both inclusive and accessible for melanated individuals and Therapists with intersecting identities.
Pierre-Smith understands that the intersections of a person’s identities (for example race, gender, immigration status, sexual orientation, etc) influence how they engage with the world. She offers Individual Therapy for trauma using Internal Family Systems (IFS) informed Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
She also provides Individual Therapy to people struggling in an interracial or multicultural relationship, experiencing symptoms for anxiety or depression due to workplace micro-aggressions, and reproductive justice concerns.
Significantly, Pierre-Smith provides mental health workshops and makes guest appearances in the media as a Black mental health expert. Individual and corporate clients who work with Pierre-Smith report increased awareness for the impact of Racism Based Stress on wellness, and increased confidence to promote employee mental health practices that are trauma informed in the workplace.
Pierre-Smith has a wide range of leadership, clinical, and workshop facilitation skills. She has contributed to mental health workshop and events for many brands, was the Director of a Children and Youth behavioral health agency, and a Clinical Coordinator providing therapy to boys and men who were in the criminal justice system.
In terms of her background, Pierre-Smith attended universities in Jamaica and America. She also completed trainings in Clinical Supervision and Transgender Education at Temple University. Outside of clinical practice, Pierre-Smith offers clinical supervision for the PA State Board licensing, and enjoys helping licensed social workers or those with ambition to become a Licensed Professional Counselor over overcome Imposter Syndrome.

Our team of highly skilled and compassionate Black women therapists is dedicated to creating a therapeutic environment where you feel seen, heard, and supported. We understand the unique experiences and challenges that come with being a member of an underserved minority community, and we are here to provide culturally sensitive and relatable care that fosters healing and growth. We are committed to serving Black and other minority communities that have historically been overlooked and underserved in mental health care. By offering a space where cultural identity and personal experiences are acknowledged and respected, we aim to bridge the gap in access to quality mental health services.
We Accept Some Insurance:

The practice is in-network with some plans from Aetna, Meritain, Highmark, Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO, Anthem, and Federal Employee Program.
If you are unsure if we are an in-network provider for your plan, feel free to contact us for more information. We offer the courtesy of assisting all potential clients with mental health benefits verification for insurances that we accept. This is because we understand how difficult it is to find a therapist who accepts insurance, and figure out the cost of therapy using insurance benefits on your specific plan.
We also recommend that you check with your health insurance provider to confirm if we are in-network with your insurance and to verify the mental health benefits on your specific insurance plan.
For insurance plans that we are not in network with, we can offer you a Superbill at the end of an appointment for you to submit for any out of network benefits you may have.