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Jan Bergstrom, LMHC has been 25 years in practice as a counselor and trainer in the field of codependency, developmental and relational trauma. She studied extensively with Pia Mellody, a pioneer in treating childhood trauma. Jan also practices Susan Johnson’s Emotionally Focused Therapy, an attachment model for communication as well as Terrence Real’s Relational Life Therapy model for couples. Jan is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, which uses a body-oriented approach for healing, a method developed by Peter Levine.

 

Jan’s childhood trauma set the stage for a lifelong interest in the impact of childhood trauma. It also sparked her passion for healing others. Today, based on a framework created by best-selling author and trauma expert Pia Mellody (Facing Co-dependence ©2003), she wrote the book, Gifts from a Challenging Childhood: Creating a Practice for Becoming Your Healthiest Self.

 

In 2008, Jan created the Healing Trauma Network, a directory of therapists offering the work of Pia Mellody. In 2015, with Dr. Rick Butts, she created the Healing Our Core Issues Institute (HOCII), dedicated to teaching therapists a methodology for healing childhood trauma—training practitioners in a developmental and relational trauma model, an integration of Pia Mellody’s Post Induction Therapy, along with other attachment, mindfulness, and body-based techniques.

 

Jan currently resides in the Boston area, with her husband of 30 years. She is the mother of two adult sons. As a therapist and guide to others, Jan lives a restorative practice and reaps its many gifts in her life.

 

Education

Cambridge College
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
M. Ed., 1995
Counseling Psychology
1993 To 1995

Professional Associations

American Counseling Association
2018 - Present

Practice Type

  • Educator
  • Private

Job History

Relational Life Institute
facilitator and therapist
Arlington, MA, United States