Suzanne Brooks, PsyD
Licensed Psychologist & Nationally Certified School Psychologist
Staff Psychologist: Testing Program
She/Her/Hers

Email: [email protected]
Phone: (617) 244-2700

Suzanne Brooks, PsyD
Licensed Psychologist & Nationally Certified School Psychologist

Dr. Suzanne Brooks is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (PsyD) and Certified School Psychologist (NCSP).  Dr. Brooks graduated from Yeshiva University’s Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology with a doctorate in School-Clinical Child Psychology.  She also received a Master’s degree and Professional Diploma (PD) in School Psychology from Fordham University.

Training
Dr. Brooks completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychology at McLean Hospital, where she provided a range of clinical services to children and adolescents on a psychiatric inpatient unit and in an intensive residential treatment program for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders and emotional struggles (Kennedy Hope Academy).

Professional Experience
​Since 2008, Dr. Brooks has worked as a school psychologist at Weston Middle School in Weston, Massachusetts while maintaining a part-time private practice. In her private practice, Dr. Brooks conducts comprehensive learning and psychological evaluations and is committed to forging collaborative relationships among parents, outside clinicians, and schools, as well as engaging students in their own learning process using a strength-based model.

Publications
Dr. Brooks has also collaborated with her father-in-law, Dr. Robert Brooks, in co-authoring three book chapters in which they articulate strategies for nurturing positive mindsets, engagement, motivation, learning, and resilience in students.   

​Approach:

  • ​Integrative methodology
  • Collaborative approach
  • Relational model
  • Strength-based
  • ​Social problem solving

​Modalities:

Clinical Expertise:

  • Psychological evaluations
  • Neuropsychological assessment
  • Autism spectrum disorders
  • Adolescent development
  • Life skills coaching with teens and young adults
  • College transition
  • ​Executive functioning and ADHD
  • Learning disabilities
  • Peer relationships
  • ​Anxiety

​Locations:

​Newton:
    44 Thornton Street
     Newton, MA 02458

Lexington:
    35 Bedford Street
     Suite #8, Courtyard Entrance
     Lexington, MA 02420

Insurance Options:

In-Network Insurance:
  • Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Out-of-Network Insurance:
  • None