About Dr. Lynn Friedman, Clinical Psychologist, Psychoanalyst, Work-life Coach

Address: 5480 Wisconsin Avenue, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815 Email: drlynnfriedman@comcast.net Make an appointment with Dr. Lynn Friedman Phone: (301) 656-9650 Lynn Friedman, Ph.D. Dr. Lynn Friedman, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist, a psychoanalyst and a work-life/organizational (career coach and organizational consultant) consultant, who practices in Chevy Chase (Friendship Heights), Maryland. She is on the associate faculty at Johns Hopkins University graduate school. In the Clinical-community counseling program, she teaches psychodynamic theory and therapy. In the Carey Business School, she teaches, career coaching and organizational development. Actively involved in the training of psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic therapists, she teaches clinical technique and theory courses. Dr. Lynn Friedman is on the faculty of the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute and is a Visiting Lecturer at the Baltimore Washington Institute. She is in full-time private practice where she provides psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. In her clinical practice, Dr. Lynn Friedman, works with individuals with a range of difficulties, including: anxiety depression relationship difficulties (such as problems with intimacy and commitment, conflict in love relationships and workplace relationships) self-esteem problems (including volatile self-esteem which skyrockets and plummets in reaction to the approval and disapproval of others) trouble feeling trapped and or abandoned conflicts about success difficulties with self-assertion family conflicts difficulties with attachment adults, young adults, adolescents, middle schoolers and their families individuals for whom previous therapy didn't fully resolve their difficulties (to try to clarify the obstacles that stood in the way and what sort of treatment might be most useful) workplace difficulties uncertainty about work and life goals An experienced clinician, she provides ongoing consultation and supervision to therapists and career counselors. Dr. Friedman has a special interest in writing for the popular media. Many of her work-life columns are published on the Washington Post website. Her Washington Business Journal Column, Corporations on the Couch, is nationally-syndicated. From 1988-1999, she maintained a private practice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For nine years (1989-1997), she served as a, systems consultant to Shady Side Academy, in Pennsylvania. In the teaching arena, at Carnegie Mellon University, from 1986-1999, she taught within the psychology department and was an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Policy, Planning & Evaluation, within the Heinz School of Public Policy and Management. In these roles, she taught courses in: clinical intervention, psychopathology, program evaluation and program evaluation for educational leaders as well as a summer clinical psychology research internship course, geared toward helping students to identify and pursue their worklife goals. She has developed and implemented a community-oriented, undergraduate clinical internship program. She's an experienced organizational consultant who has worked extensively with independent schools. Academic Affiliations Johns Hopkins University (Adjunct Faculty) Carnegie Mellon University, (Adjunct Faculty) University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D., NIMH predoctoral fellow Clark University, B.A., magna cum laude

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Dr. Lynn Friedman works with professionals and professionals-in-the-making to help them to achieve their work-life goals. Is your career off-track? Are you unhappy at work? Do you find it impossible to follow through on the suggestions of career books and coaches? Download Dr. Lynn Friedman's pdf file examining the kinds of help that might be useful. If you'd like to schedule an appointment with Dr. Lynn Friedman, feel free to give her a call at: 301-656-9650 Subscribe to Dr. Lynn Friedman's work-life ezine Corporations on the Couch Read Dr. Lynn Friedman's monthly, Washington Business Journal, column on understanding workplace dynamics. For your questions about relationships, psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, check out Dr. Lynn Friedman's new website, The Washington Psychoanalyst.