Jeanine Stewart

I am curious and validating, providing a nurturing environment to talk openly and honestly about your struggles, strengths, weaknesses, needs, likes, and dislikes. I love helping people explore their unique and particular powers as well as how these powers impact their world and their relationships. As a passionate supporter of those who have been through unjust or otherwise traumatic experiences--including those experiencing discrimination based upon race or gender identity or sexual orientation--I am particularly interested in helping people gain skills for dealing with, and making sense of, the remnants of their pasts.

Having completed Bessel Van der Kolk's Trauma Research Foundation's Certificate in Traumatic Stress Studies in early 2025, I have a strong foundational understanding of the most cutting edge approaches to treating trauma. I am also comfortable using a combination of approaches, including Psychodynamic, Gestalt, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. I received an MSW from the University of Pennsylvania, a psychodynamically focused program, after which I completed Bryn Mawr's certificate program in psychodynamic psychotherapy. I have also completed 1 year of Gestalt Therapy training and the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Immersion Program.

As an LCSW, my training emphasized the role of social environment--from the family to society at large--in how we construct our narratives, enabling me to help you make sense of what in your life is yours to own and what is a product of your environment.

I take a long-term approach to therapy which is heavily relational and supportive. We will explore how your past and present experiences impact your ability to engage in meaningful action while utilizing your values as our guiding lights. I like to provide some psycho-education along the way, but the process will always return to the many exciting explorations of you, from what helps you to manage feelings such as anxiety and depression to learning how to detach from obsessive thinking. If relationships, past or present, have been challenging, toxic, or traumatic, life in general can become confusing. I place a strong focus on exploring messages from past and present relationships so that we can work through the challenges they may have caused inside. My goal is to help people reach a place where it feels safe to feel things, where emotions can be present without always hijacking the nervous system or driving decision-making processes. Ultimately, I hope to help you return to a sense of peace, to move forward in your life with an inner sense of knowing, and ultimately to attain a meaningful experience of life as a whole.

After sessions, you will take away new thoughts and feelings about your experiences, enhancing the way you relate to yourself and the world around you.