Primary Business Address 1167 W Baltimore Pike, Ste 109
Organization Private Practice
Phone Number 610-590-1965
Bio Dr. Renée Balthrop is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in Media, Pennsylvania. She has studied extensively with Jungian analyst Marion Woodman and has participated in numerous intensives and dream seminars. She is also a graduate of the first BodySoulRythms leadership training program. Dr Balthrop is also a poet and singer. She has published a chap book of her poetry entitled "Voice Work".
Education She has earned a PhD in psychology from Temple University, a masters degree from Bryn Mawr College, and a BA from Drew University. She has studied extensively with Jungian analyst Marion Woodman and has participated in numerous intensives and dream seminars with her. She is also a graduate of the first BodySoulRythms leadership training program. She has a certficate in EMDR. She has studied Jungian dream interpretation with Marion Woodman, Stephen Aizenstadt, PhD and Robert Bosnak. She has completed the Fellowship Program at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia with specializations in Freudian and Jungian dream interpretation.
Training 1985 - 2005 Workshops, Intensives, Seminars & Courses: BodySoulRhythms Marion Woodman, Jungian Analyst; 2016 - 2018 Fellowship Program, Freudian & Jungian Dream Interpretation, Philadelphia Center of Psychoanalysis; 2017 - 2018 EMDR, Insight Counseling and Education, Allient International University, Parnell Institute, Roxanne Grobel,CASW, Connie Kaolan, LMFT, Laurel Parnell, PhD; 2018 Embodied Imagination: Jungian Dream Interpretation, Wisdom's Goldenrod, Robert Bosnak; 2018 - 2019 Dream Tending: Jungian Dream Interpretation, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Stephen Aizenstadt, PhD
Current Research Dissertation research was on Body Image in Anorexic, Bulimic and Normal Weight Women, developing the concept of the Body Narrative. She worked as a research psychologist on the genetics of mental disorders at the University of Pennsylvania. Her current focus is on the process of dream tending developed by Stephen Aizenstadt, PhD, founder and current President of Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California.
Clinical Specialties mind-body psychology, anxiety, depression, body image issues, eating disorders, issues related to identity and purpose, coaching, mindfulness based stress reduction, mindfulness meditation training
Memberships American Psychological Association, Pennsylvania Psychological Association, Philadelphia Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology, Philadelphia Center of Psychoanalysis
