Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychotherapist

I believe that my job as a psychotherapist is to help each person become more fully themselves and more authentic in their relationships. Part of the way that is accomplished is to provide a safe psychotherapeutic environment so that the healing process can unfold. I bring to the therapeutic relationship respect, compassion, and unconditional positive regard for each client. We work together to extend this approach to the unhealed and unloved parts of oneself. As a psychotherapist, my role is not to give advice but to serve as a guide through these inner worlds and I often use various forms of expressive therapy to assist in this process. My work is informed by my studies in art therapy, guided imagery, and Jungian psychotherapy to facilitate the communication with one's deeper self. I value the significant contribution relationships can make to learning about the self and this is reflected in my studies of attachment theory, object relations, and couples therapy and marriage counseling.

I have had over 25 years experience as a psychotherapist and have worked with people of all ages and from diverse backgrounds. I am a registered and board certified art therapist and trained in the Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) method of Helen Bonny. My doctorate is in Clinical Psychology from the Union Institute.

Contact

Phone: 202.232.4900
Email: Jeanne@DCPsychotherapy.com

Client Focus

• Ethnicity: Any
• Gender: All
• Religious orientation: Any
• Gay/Lesbian Focus: Yes
• Age: Childern, Adults, Elders

Treatment Focus

• Psychotherapeutic orientations: Humanistic, Psychodynamic and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
• Modality: Individual psychotherapy, Parent-Child Relationships

Specialties

• Anxiety and fears
• Autism and Asperger's Syndrome
• Anger
• Body image
• Creative blocks
• Depression
• Divorce
• Grief
• Health
• Relationships

Papers & Presentations

Papers

• Considering the Ching, Jung, and the Original Mind. Philadephia Association of Jungian Analysts
• The Intersection of Two Cultures: Providing Care to Military Families and their Children with Autism. Paper given at TEACCH
• Toward the Embodiment of the Goddess: A Study of Six Women Goddess Artists, Doctoral dissertation. The Union Institute, Cincinnati, OH
• Drawing Out the Invisible: Recommendations for Training Cross-culturally. Paper given at the 27th Annual American Art Therapy Conference
• Working With the Image Off the Page. Potomac Art Therapy Association
• Art in Service of Mind, Body, and Spirit. Annapolis Holistic Health Center

Presentations

• Putting the Pieces Together: Creating Community in Action and Art. Workshop for the American Society for Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama
• Collage Journaling: Creating Symbols for Inner Healing. Workshop for the Washington Society for Jungian Psychology
• The Faraway/Nearby: The Intersection of Inner Creative Expression and the Outer Exploration of Place. Seminar for graduate students at The Union Institute
• Re-Embodying the Holy Feminine. Workshop for the Washington National Cathedral, Sacred Circles: A Celebration of Women's Spirituality
• Help and Sustenance for the Journey. Workshop for Women's Retreat at Miniwanca Education Center, Summer Seminars for Women
• Body Dissatisfaction in Women: Alternative Images of Beauty. Workshop at El Paso Women's Fair

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