Joan Lavender, PsyD

Bronx born, PsyD, Widener University, Pa., Graduate, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, PostDoc. At SUNY Downstate, 1990-1993, Dance Therapist, violist.

Degree

PsyD

Title

Contemporary Relational Psychotherapy, Experiential Focusing

Description of Practice/ Services Offered

Contemporary Psychotherapy for older adolescents, adults, couples and families.

Professional Education

Joan Lavender PsyD is a clinical psychologist with over thirty years experience as a psychotherapist. Her earliest training in music and movement serve as a unique perspective that unifies all of her clinical work. Experiential Focusing and contemporary relational psychotherapy are her approaches. She has published research on psychotherapy process and designed treatment programs. She regularly presents her work on envy, loneliness and other topics to professional and lay audiences programs. She is a past Fellow of the PostDoctoral Program for Psychotherapy Research at State University of New York, and is a graduate of the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. Dr. Lavender served as a Director of The Renfrew Centers of New York and New Jersey. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, The New Jersey Psychological Association and Research Associates of The American Psychoanalytic Association Dr. Lavender lives in New York City where she has a practice with older adolescents and adults of all ages. She is also in practice in Livingston, New Jersey.

Graduate, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy
Graduate, Widener University Institute for Graduate Study in Clinical Psychology
PostDoctoral Fellow, State University of New York in Brooklyn

Credentials/Board Certification

Licensed, New York, New Jersey

Publications

with Freedman, N.(1997) On Receiving the Patient's Transference: The Symbolizing and DeSymbolizing Countertransference, J.A.P.A. 45:1
With Freedman, N. (2002) On DeSymbolization: The Concept and Observations in Anorexia and Bulimia, Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Thought, 25:2
with Berzofsky, M., Davis, M., Freedman, N. (2001) Nonverbal Facilitators of Symbolizing Space, Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, 18:2

Presentations/Media

How Could this have Happened to Me? The Phenomenology of the Relational Void, The Renfrew Center Perspective, 3:1, 1997

Background

Since each of us is different, no two psychotherapy treatments are the same. A good therapist knows that treating a person solely in terms of symptoms or diagnoses can never speak to the uniqueness of the individual. A good therapist relates to each person in their wholeness in a collaborative way. A skilled therapist not only recommends that you become more in touch with yourself, but shows you how to do that.

The experience of being listened to and understood feels like a gift that restores your own natural ability to grow.

Depression
Anxieties
Life Crises
Loneliness, Aging
Eating Disorders
Overly sensitive, intense or self- defeating personality problems
Problems of competition and envy

How are people helped by psychotherapy?

Relief from symptoms of depression, anxiety, self-blame, and other painful states.
Development of self-knowledge that you can apply in all areas of your life.
Realistic expectations for yourself and others.
Emotional courage.
Increased ability to face changes and transitions.
Patience when patience is needed.
Clarification of your deeply held values.
Increased vitality, humor and compassion.
Ability to turn natural talent into true accomplishment.
Trust in your informed intuitive processes.
Enhanced sense of what makes life meaningful.

In other words, your therapy experience can increase your ability to love and to work.

Contact

680 West End Ave. 1B
NY, NY 10025
Phone: (212) 866-0461
Fax: (917) 493-0132

Office Hours
Tuesdyas, Thursdays, and Fridays

513 W. Mt. Pleasant Ave. Ste 107
Livingston, N.J. 07039
Phone: (973) 533-1195
Fax: (973) 533-1305

Office Hours
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays

boocappy@earthlink.net
JoanLavender.com

Insurances Accepted/Managed Care Accepted: None