Background and Education

I earned a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology, Widener University. I received a Master’s Degree in Education from Harvard University and a Bachelor’s Degree from Haverford College. In addition to my private practice in Haverford, PA, I am a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry.

Selected Bibliography

Bleiberg, J. (2017). Leading counseling groups with adults: A demonstration of the art of engagement. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 67(1), 152-155.

Bleiberg, J. (2015). A model of leadership: Therapy groups for ambivalent emerging adults, Group, 38.4.

Bleiberg, J. & Baker, M. (2008). Working through co-transferences in inadvertent or unavoidable multiple relationships. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, 3 (4) 465 – 487

Baron, J., Bierschwale, D., & Bleiberg, J.  (2006). Clinical implications of students’ use of online communication for college psychotherapy, Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 20 (3).

Lefkowitz, C., Paharia, I., Prout, M., Debiak, D. & Bleiberg, J.  (Dec 2005).  Animal-assisted prolonged exposure: A treatment for survivors of sexual assault suffering with posttraumatic stress disorder.  Society & Animals, 13(4).

Bleiberg, J. & Skufka, L. (2005). Clergy dual relationships and attachment. Pastoral Psychology, 54(1); 3-22.

Bleiberg, J.R. & Baron, J.  (2004). Entanglement in dual relationships in university counseling center, Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 19 (1), 21-34.

Bleiberg, J.R. (2002). A pathway to wisdom, Congregations, 28, 5-7; 23.

Bleiberg, J.R. (1999). The seasons of a rabbi’s life: A psychological portrait. CCAR Journal, Winter Issue, 3-9.

Membership in Professional Organizations

• American Group Psychotherapy Association
• Pennsylvania Psychological Association
• Philadelphia Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology
• Central Conference of American Rabbis