I’m Q. Gibson—a licensed therapist, relational healing expert, writer, and speaker. My work lives at the intersection of psychology, Black womanhood, romantic love, relational healing, and humanity.

At the heart of my work is a simple but radical belief: love is meant to be a place of safety, not survival. Yet many Black women have learned to navigate relationships through endurance, over-functioning, and emotional vigilance without ever being taught what it means to be deeply held.

My work helps women, couples, and leaders interrupt the relational patterns that quietly shape how they love, partner, communicate, and move through the world. I support people in unlearning survival-based intimacy and building relationships rooted in emotional safety, reciprocity, and conscious choice.

Through therapy, writing, speaking, and teaching, I explore how relational trauma shows up in our romantic lives, leadership, and sense of self. This work is both clinical and cultural, informed by psychological theory, lived experience, and a deep understanding of the relational realities Black women navigate.

Across my group practice, public writing, and the HELD Institute for Relational Healing, I create frameworks and spaces that help people move from relational survival into secure, grounded, and connected ways of loving and learning to be truly held.