Jeanne van Gemert, MFA, LMBT, MA, LPC

Mind/Body Therapist

Van Gemert is a mind/body therapist utilizing body-centered and expressive arts modalities as well as mindfulness meditation. She assists individuals and groups to understand, transform, and integrate their emotions, beliefs, thoughts, and spirit.

Using skilled attention, van Gemert offers collaborative multi-modality interventions that promote the unfolding of individuals' psyches and provide deeply meaningful experiences. She has been an instructor in the Duke Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction program since 1999 and participates in the Community Dharma Leader training program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center.

Van Gemert holds an MFA in sculpture from Syracuse University and a master's degree in counseling psychology from Lesley University with specializations in holistic health, the expressive therapies of art, movement and sand tray work, and group dynamics. She received bodywork training at the Baltimore Holistic Health Center and is certified in cranio-sacral therapy, zero balancing, and massage. She is a graduate of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing. Van Gemert also trained in other body energy systems and shamanic practices.