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Dr. Lynn Friedman is a psychoanalyst, clinical psychologist and Johns Hopkins University faculty member who's interested in "all things psychoanalytic".
Her first professional love is psychoanalysis. She devotes most of her professional life to doing psychoanalysis, developing the tools of her craft and training neophyte analysts-in-the-making. She believes in the efficacy of psychoanalysis, a four or five day a week, long-term, treatment process for certain kinds of people with certain kinds of struggles. She's witnessed its transformative effects. She's committed to psychoanalysis and she reserves several hours a week to help patients evaluate whether this is an appropriate treatment for them. For those who could benefit from analysis but who can not afford it, she offers referrals to sliding scale resources.
Dr. Friedman recognizes that not everyone needs an analysis nor is it the optimal treatment for every person or every concern. Like most analysts, she provides psychoanalytic therapy. And, because she has a specialty in work-life and organizational concerns, she conducts psychoanalytically-informed, career assessment and organizational consultation.
She believes that psychoanalysis has something to contribute to nearly every interpersonal endeavor. She's serious about bringing psychoanalysis to the understanding about every day life. Her Washington Business Journal column, "Corporations on the Couch" explains puzzling workplace dynamics. In January, it became nationally-syndicated. This column can be found in print and online at The Washington Business Journal, the Pacific Business Journal (Hawaii) and Business First (the Kentucky Business Journal). More of her columns about organizational dynamics can be found on the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) website.
Her work-life columns can be found on the Washington Post website, the DC webwomen website as well as her own website. Beyond this, she's been active as an organizational consultant and she has taught for many years at the undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral levels. She teaches graduate students psychodynamics and organizational development at Johns Hopkins University and psychoanalysis at the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis.
Dr. Friedman welcomes calls from those considering psychotherapy, psychoanalysis and work-life (career) consultation. She can be reached at: (301) 656-9650. Her office is in Friendship Heights (Chevy Chase, Maryland), 1/2 block from the metro.
