Jean Fain

Shopping for a therapist is like shopping for shoes. Before you find a comfortable fit, you might have to try on a few. As you read about my psychotherapy approach, imagine the fit of my approach to your therapeutic needs.

Different clients find my couch for different reasons, but each and every one wants the same thing: positive change.

Whether you want to feel better, eat better, look better, sleep better, love better, learn better, work better, relax better…, spend time on my couch and you’ll never believe how a safe, supportive refuge inspires groundbreaking shifts, seismic changes.

At my Concord, Massachusetts, private practice, I work with individuals and groups in person and online. (At Cambridge Health Alliance, I work with therapists and other healthcare providers, not clients.) My specialty is food, mood and habit change, but my treatment expertise extends to anxiety and depression, chronic pain and insomnia, career and relationship issues.

The food issues I treat range from everyday eating issues (yo-yo dieting, compulsive overeating, mindless eating…) to diagnosable eating disorders (binge eating, orthorexia, bulimia, as well as disorders that defy categorization). My small private practice prevents me from treating anorexia and other life-threatening eating disorders.

I provide tailor-made therapy, never one-size-fits-all. My integrative, mind-body approach may be informed by proven protocols (cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness-based programs) and insight-oriented traditions (psychodynamic psychotherapy), but it’s guided by my client’s needs and preferences, strengths and vulnerabilities.

Follow the treatment plan, do the homework (yes, there will be homework!) and you’ll soon feel better. You’ll feel calmer, more confident and increasingly capable of making real change. I believe you already have everything you need to live a healthy, fulfilling life. My work is helping you rediscover your innate abilities, your optimism, self-confidence and sense of humor.