Jeanne Brown, LMHC, LPC

Jeanne Brown is a licensed counselor who brings extensive training and a long history of service in mental health to her work. She holds the credentials LMHC and LPC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor - which indicate state licensure to provide professional counseling. She is also a Registered Play Therapist - Supervisor (RPT-S) and a Certified Substance Abuse Counselor (CSAC), reflecting specialized training in play-based interventions for children and in substance use treatment. Jeanne earned a Master of Human Services with a specialization in Mental Health Counseling from Capella University and completed certificates in Contemporary Theory of Compulsive and Addictive Behavior and in Play Therapy.

Her professional path includes work in New York and Virginia over many years. She has provided individual, family, and group therapy in community and outpatient settings and has held administrative roles that broadened her clinical perspective. Jeanne reports experience with children, adolescents, parents, adults, families, and groups in a range of treatment contexts and settings.

Jeanne frames counseling as a collaborative and culturally aware process that centers the individual. She favors a non-directive person-centered approach with adults, creating a supportive environment where clients can explore goals and discover their own solutions. With children and adolescents she uses a non-directive play therapy approach, using play as the primary medium for expression and growth and helping young clients process emotions and make sense of their experiences.

Her clinical interests include substance use concerns, anxiety, depression, anger and defiant behaviors, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, ADHD, and coping with life changes. Jeanne offers multiple session formats, including messaging, live chat, and phone sessions, and notes that she typically checks messages at least twice daily. She communicates a warm, patient orientation and a commitment to supporting clients as they pursue meaningful change.