About Jane Brown
I have been a licensed psychoanalyst for the past 29 years, practicing in New York City. I suppose I could say my career began at a very young age – maybe at age eight or nine. My mother found great relief talking to me about the angry feelings she had toward my father, and how difficult it was for her to find happiness with him. She praised me for how much relief she felt after talking with me, and she said that I had an uncanny ability to respond to her. I recall telling her that “if you were married to a blind man, you would not expect him to see – maybe if you look at Daddy that way, you won’t have to be as frustrated as you are.” So, my mother was my first patient.
Since then, I have worked with individuals, groups, and families. I run parenting groups, privately and in schools, and have worked extensively in the field of addiction. Always present in my work is the notion that an individual can embrace all of his thoughts and feelings; and, that feelings are like the passing clouds – always changing, always moving. In time, with a mindful approach, feelings that once felt like an avalanche that might destroy one’s self, or one’s family and friends, can be like the passing clouds – always moving, always changing. The work is in knowing this and in becoming skilled at knowing what to do with these overpowering thoughts and feelings.
