Greetings! My name is Dr. Jean Marie Thompson and I am a licensed State of Indiana Psychologist and Clinical Addictions Counselor. I enjoy working with a variety of individuals. I strive to work respectfully and collaboratively with each person to assist them reach their goals and find solutions to challenges they face.
I have practiced psychology for over fourteen years and developed a specialty in treating traumatic psychological injuries. Persons who have suffered a sudden traumatic event, for example, an automobile accident, a natural disaster, and an illness, or have had a lengthy traumatic history, for example, abuse, political repression, and discrimination. These traumas may lead to struggles with dysregulation of bodily functions, for example, sleeping, eating, mood, and substance use, as well as finding it difficult to maintain self-esteem and positive relationships. In combination, these issues may lead to overwhelming anxiety, depression, and stress-related health problems. I believe that in therapeutic partnership, there is hope for improvement and recovery from these and related problems.
I spent many years living, studying and working overseas and I feel a particular kinship with expats and people striving to assimilate to a different culture. I have worker with people struggling with immigration problems. I also have personal experience with the special circumstances of both military and rural families.
I truly enjoy the practice of psychology and look forward to working with you.
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Depression, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Attachment issues, Chronic pain illness and disability, Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster, Dissociation, Domestic Violence, Eating and Food-Related Issues, Expats, Family of Origin Issues, First Responder Issues, Immigration Issues, Military and Veterans Issues, Mood disorders , Multicultural Concerns, Personality Disorders, Post-traumatic stress, Somatization, Women's issues, Young Adult Issues
Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Existential Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
IN Psychologist 20041090A