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Dr. Henrietta Lavengood is trained as a psychotherapist in individual and group psychotherapy and as a marriage and family therapist. She has a Master of Divinity degree and a concentration in psychiatry and religion from Union Theological Seminary, New York. And she has a Doctorate in counseling and pastoral care from New York Theological Seminary, New York. She has also completed a three year full-time residency in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, and marriage and family therapy at Blanton-Peale Graduate Institute in New York City. She completed a training analysis in individual and group psychotherapy with a psychoanalytically trained New York psychiatrist as part of her training at Blanton-Peale. She has also completed the Trauma Studies program with Bessel von der Kolk, MD at the Trauma Center in Boston, MA. Dr. Lavengood is also an ordained Episcopal priest, and a Fellow in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors. She is trained in EMDR.

Dr. Lavengood has a deep interest in the connection between our emotional lives and our spiritual journeys. She believes that one's belief systems and spiritual practices are significant contributors to our healing and growth in our lifetimes. She directed a pastoral counseling center, FRMH, Mid-Westchester Counseling Center, in Tarrytown, NY from 1992-1996 and is currently the part-time Vicar of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Clementon, NJ. Her practice has included men and women who have endured emotional and physical abuse. One group she led at FRMH was a spiritual and emotional support group for female childhood survivors of sexual abuse. Dr. Lavengood led another women's spiritual and emotional support group that explored Biblical texts from the Old and New Testaments with relation to roles, beliefs, and cultural expectations of women in the Christian community. She was an adjunct lecturer and faculty member of the Center for Christian Spirituality at General Theological Seminary, NY (1986-89) and a faculty member of the Pastoral Studies Program at Blanton-Peale (1989-92).

Dr. Lavengood is also committed to working with couples who want to integrate their spiritual values and beliefs into their therapy. She is interested in continuing her in-depth counseling with individuals and couples struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, and issues involving life transitions (such as parenting, marriage, illness, professional transitions, aging and grief).

Henrietta Lavengood, DMin can be reached in the Voorhees, NJ office at 856-783-4200 ext. 8. or in the Washington Twp, NJ office at 856-589-3748.